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Born San Salvador, El Salvador 1968. Admitted to Bar, 1994. Legal Education: University Dr. José Matías Delgado (Licenciate in Juridical Sciences-J.D. equivalent). Other Studies: Degree given by Georgetown University Law Center at INCAE. Subject: Legal Aspects of International Business (1998-1999). Extra Curriculum Activities: Head of the Intellectual Property Department of GSQ since 1995. Member of the Board of Directors of the Center for Legal Studies (a lawyers association) since 1994. National Delegate in El Salvador for the Inter-American Association of Industrial Property (ASIPI) from 1994 to 1997 and 2004 to 2007. Founder (1998) and former President (2002-2004) of the Salvadoran Association of Intellectual Property (ASPI). Named in 2005 by LATIN LAWYER, amoung the most infuencial lawyers in the region under 40.

Representative of ASPI in the negotiations of the Central American (plus Dominican Republic) Free Trade Agreement with the USA (“CAFTA”): 2003-2004. Member of the Committee for Legal Studies and Intellectual Property of the “American Chamber of Commerce of El Salvador (AMCHAM) since 2001. Member of the Board of Directors and Legal adviser of the Board of Directors of the Salvadoran Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) since 2004, and recently elected First Vice president of the salvadorian Chamber of Comerse for the time period 2009-2010. Member of the Board of Directors and President of the Committee for Legal and Economic Studies of the SCCI since 2005. Arbitrator of the “Center of Arbitration” of the SCCI, since 2006. Member of the Committee of Administrative Procedures in Government Acquisitions of the SCCI, since 2007. Languages: Spanish and English. Practice Areas: Corporate and Intellectual Property Law in general, Commercial and Distribution ship Agreements, Franchising, Licensing, Administrative Law, litigation and arbitration.

email: leguandiquech@gsqlaw.com