Jorge Ordóñez

Jorge joined the firm in 2010. His practice focuses on the areas of corporate, civil, commercial, notarial, real estate and administrative law, advising important companies, both national and multinational.

- Municipality of Santa Catarina Pinula, department of Guatemala (Civil Registry, Neighborhoods, and Marriages -extinct entity-).

- General Mercantile Registry of the Republic.

- Judicial Body of Guatemala (Second Court of First Instance Criminal, Drug Trafficking and Crimes against the Environment).

- Constitutional Court.

- Office of the Attorney General of the Nation (Criminal Unit of the Office for Childhood and Adolescence Prosecutor).

He has participated in acquisitions and due diligence processes of national and international companies and has extensive experience in the incorporation, modification, merger and liquidation of companies. Likewise, he has carried out major projects of voluntary proceedings in the country.

In addition, on behalf of the firm, he served for one year as an in-house legal advisor in the division of Guatemala of an important multinational company in the hydrocarbons sector, focusing on the corporate area in general.

He previously held internship positions in the following public institutions:

Education

• Candidate to obtain Specialization and Master’s Degree in Public Politics, from the Universidad Rafael Landívar (currently studying). Law Degree and professional titles of Attorney and Notary Public from the Law School of the Universidad del Istmo. Diploma in Registry Qualification Guides of the General Property Registry, from the Guatemalan Bar Association, with the endorsement of the Faculty of Legal and Social Sciences of the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala. Candidate to obtain Specialization Program in Real Estate Law, from the Guatemalan Institute of Notarial Law, with the endorsement of the School of Postgraduate Studies of the Faculty of Legal and Social Sciences of the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala (currently studying). Postgraduate Update in Notarial and Registry Law, from the Guatemalan Institute of Notarial Law, with the endorsement of the School of Postgraduate Studies of the Faculty of Legal and Social Sciences of the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala.

Memberships

• Member of the Guatemalan Bar Association. International Bar Association (IBA) Guatemalan Institute of Notarial Law