José Evenor Taboada

Consortium Legal

José Evenor is a partner and president at Consortium Legal, with more than 50 years of experience in the banking and finance, telecommunications, mining, and retail sectors. He has been a local advisor to large companies, including large local and international companies such as Wal-Mart, General Electric, Sony, Caterpillar, Phillip Morris, Citi, GE Finance, and the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (BCIE). He is Honorary Consul of Great Britain and Honorary Consul of Sweden. He is also President of service institutions such as Unirse (Nicaraguan Union for Corporate Social Responsibility) and Teleton (in support of children with disabilities).

In 2014, he was awarded with the Lifetime Achievement Award by Chambers & Partners, recognizing his exceptional career as a lawyer.

His experience includes legal services to the government of Nicaragua in the negotiations with commercial banks on the external debt, the IDB, the World Bank, and the IMF, as well as the Paris Club. He has been President of the Banco Central de Nicaragua and Inversiones Financieras. He has also been a member of the board of directors of the Superintendency of Banks and Financial Institutions.

EDUCATION

• J.S.D. Doctor of the Science of Law, Cornell University, United States (1976)
• Parker School of Foreign and Comparative Law, Columbia University, United States (1974)
• Law Degree, Universidad de Chile, Chile (1969)

• Member of International Bar Association (IBA)
• Member of American Bar Association (ABA)
• Member of State Capital
• Member of World Services Group (WSG)

www.consortiumlegal.com

jetaboada@consortiumlegal.com