INTERNATIONAL MEDIATION
ALFREDO SKINNER-KLéE
Position: partner
Phone: (502) 2386-9393 ext. 9303
Email: skinner-klee@latamlex.com
ALFREDO SKINNER-KLéE SOL
Position: partner
Phone: (502) 2386-9393 ext. 9303
Email: alfredo@latamlex.com
SHEYLA NADIM VARGAS MONROY
Position: associate
Phone: 502) 2386-9300 ext. 9333
Email: svargas@latamlex.com
CHRISTIAN SKINNER-KLéE SOL
Position: of counsel
Phone: (502) 2386-9393
Email: cskinner-klee@latamlex.com
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Alfredo is a Partner at LatamLex Guatemala, . His areas of expertise include Banking, Finance, Energy, M&A, Dispute resolution, with a particular emphasis in Arbitration.
He has served for many years and continue serving in the Board of Directors of Compañia de Desarrollo Bananero –BANDEGUA- and the rest of the affiliates in Guatemala, all of them local subsidiaries of Del Monte Fresh Produce Inc., and for the Neumann Kaffee Grouppe (“NKG”) (Germany) Guatemalan subsidiaries such as SERTINSA and BERO DE GUATEMALA.
He works as a legal consultant for numerous transnational companies, as Philip Morris Inc. (Altria), Del Monte Fresh Produce, Mexichem, Neumann Gruppe, Corrugadora de Guatemala, S.A. Constructora y Perforadora Latina, Grupo Adreo, S.A. de C.V.,and many local companies, whose legal direction he undertakes. The counseling includes the day to day operations, as well as the complex transactions he helps to develop and execute; an activities that go beyond the scope of legal services and involves the trust and confidence of the various clients.
Phone: (502) 2386-9393 ext. 9303
Email: skinner-klee@latamlex.com
STUDIES
Universidad Francisco Marroquín. Lawyer and Public Notary. 2011.
American Arbitration Association. Mediator Essentials: Skills for Facilitating Negotiated Agreements. 2018.
Basic Mediation Training.
ADR Mediator, Inc.
Texas State Bar.
Global Mediator Credentialing Association
PRACTICE AREAS
PERFIL
Alfredo is a Partner in LatamLex Guatemala, and Director of the Center for Arbitration and Conciliation of the Chamber of Commerce of Guatemala, and a member of the Colegio de Abogados y Notarios of Guatemala.
He has specialized in mediation, arbitration and alternative dispute resolution methods in general, and is a certified mediator by ADR Mediator Inc and the American Arbitration Association. He has successfully completed the Mediation Training as approved and appointed by the Texas State Bar and with approval from the International Association of Mediators-Arbitrators and the Global Mediator Credentialing Association.
He has met all the requirements as specified under law of the United States of America, specifically Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code, and is qualified and certified to act as a mediator in the United States of America in any civil proceeding.
He has experience organizing international and local conferences pertaining to alternative dispute resolution methods and has participated as a speaker, moderator and panelist in different conferences throughout the region.
He has ample experience in corporate matters and has participated in projects regarding due diligences, mercers and acquisitions, share purchase agreements and other related transactions.
Phone: (502) 2386-9393 ext. 9303
Email: alfredo@latamlex.com
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Sheyla was a legal assistant at the Center for Arbitrage and Conciliation of the Guatemalan Chamber of Commerce in 2015, and at Paniagua & Associates in 2016. She is now an Associate at Skinnner-Klée & Associates in charge of Corporate and Commercial Law, Civil Law, Administrative & Constitutional Law where she has advised companies and businessmen, both national and foreign, regarding commercial, merchant, and civil topics. In charge of the corporate area that the firm manages for its clients she has taken care of societal and corporate government issues. She has been tasked with the development of all kinds of civil and commercial contracts, adapting to the needs of her clients. She participated in the X International Commercial Arbitrage and Merchant Law Competition, Moot Court Competition Madrid 2017, organized by the Carlos III University of Madrid, reaching the quarter finals.
She is a member of the Honor Tribunal of the Faculty of Law at the Francisco Marroquin University.
Phone: 502) 2386-9300 ext. 9333
Email: svargas@latamlex.com
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Christian is an associate at Skinner-Klée & Asociados, where he draft corporate contracts such as loans, lines of credit, corporate leases, shareholder and employee agreemets. Negotiated and closed several national and international commercial transactions including corporate reorganizations, M&As and corporate tax claims and litigations. He has conducted due dilligence projects on corporate matters, M&As SPAs and Asset Purchases.
During his time at the Constitutional Court he drafted and revised rulings regarding constitutional matters in cases on appeal and when laws were constitutionally challenged. Researched and produced legal opinions for the Justices on the constitutionality of several cases.
Regarding his academic carreer, from june 2011 through 2013 he was assistant professor in Tax Law at Francisco Marroquín University, where he prepared lesson materials, and, on ocasion, presented the subject matter to students using lectures and discussions. Assited students individually and in groups to clarify pending questions.
He is member of Guatemala Bar Association.
Phone: (502) 2386-9393
Email: cskinner-klee@latamlex.com
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