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Attorney at Law and Notary Public
clopez@aczalaw.com
Higher Education:
Degree in Law and Social Sciences, Universities Complutense of
Madrid and National University of Honduras, Schools of Law, 1969.
Authorized as Attorney at Law and Notary Public by the Supreme Court
of Justice of Honduras, 1974.
Other Studies:
Preparing Corporations for
Globalization, INCAE (Central American Business Administration
Institute), San Pedro Sula, Honduras, March 1997; First
Interamerican Session of Alternative Resolution of Disputes,
Fundación Libra, Buenos Aires, Argentina, November 1993; Second
Central American Convention of Private Enterprises, FEDEPRICAP, San
Salvador, El Salvador, July 1992; Notary Public Law of North America,
Central America and the Caribbean, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, 1991;
Convention on Private Enterprise for the Economic Community of the
Central American Istm, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, 1991; Citibank and
Chamber of Private Enterprise, Privatization and Conversion of
Debt for Capital, Priority for Development, Guatemala City, 1991,
Seminars on Aeronautical and Outer Space Law, 1982; Diploma on the
New Law of the Sea, United Nations, South Pacific Commission and
Diplomatic Academy of Peru, 1980. Diploma from the Academy on
American and International Law, South Western Legal Foundation,
Dallas, Texas, 1976;
Legal Experience:
Senior Partner, ACZALAW, since April 2002, Founding Partner,.
Legal Legal Practice: In
Corporate Law, Negotiations and Alternative Solutions to Disputes,
Arbitration, Notary Public Law, International Law and Labor Law.
Diplomatic Experience and Public
Posts: Ambassador of
Honduras to several countries in Europe and America. At present,
National Consultant for the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Honduras
and Agent for Honduras to the International Court of Justice;
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Honduras, 1986-89; Vice- Minister of
Foreign Affairs of Honduras, 1979-80; Conciliator and Arbitrator for
Honduras to the International Center for Settlement of Investment
Disputes.
Other Posts and Memberships:
Member of the Board of Directors
for Honduras to the Central American Bank for Economic Integration,
1990-91; Consultant for the Armed Forces and the Ministry of Economy
of Honduras; Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, The Hague,
The Netherlands; Member of the National Academy of Law and Social
Sciences; Member of the Hispanic-Portuguese-American Institute for
International Law, El Escorial, Spain.
Academic Experience:
Law professor at the Universities of
San Pedro Sula, 1977-79 and the National University of Honduras,
Tegucigalpa, 1981-85.
Languages:
Spanish, English, Italian and French
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