Practice Expertise

  • Corporate & Commercial
  • Banking & Finance
  • Dispute Resolution
  • Advertising, Marketing & Consumer Protection

Areas of Practice

  • Advertising, Marketing & Consumer Protection
  • Banking & Finance
  • Corporate & Commercial
  • Dispute Resolution
  • Insurance & Reinsurance
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Profile

Luis has over 11 years of experience in the legal profession. He specializes in Dispute Resolution, Insurance & Reinsurance, and Consumer Protection & Advertising.IFLR 1000 and Who’s Who Legal, prestigious legal publications, have described Luis Ernesto as a leading lawyer in his practice, especially in Banking Law & Finance.In Consumer Protection & Advertising, Luis represents companies in collective proceedings before the regulatory agency, procedures before the Penalization Board and negotiations with the Consumer Protection Agency. In the Dispute Resolution field, Luis is responsible for court and arbitration proceedings in different civil and commercial law areas, foreign investment cases, commercial transactions, international distribution agreements, and agent-principal disputes, among others.Luis joined BLP as an Associate in 2014, after working at Consortium as an Associate for almost four years. He has been involved in major transactions, including the acquisition of Digicel El Salvador, HSBC bank, UNOPETROL and Distribuidora Eléctrica del Sur. In addition, he led the merger of UNOPETROL with Petróleos El Salvador, and of Urbano Express with Mailroom, and participated as an Attorney of the Consumer Protection Agency in several cases in connection with undue charge of interests over interests, charge of non-accrued interests, and undue charges of anticipated commissions against the Salvadoran law.Luis graduated in Case Law and Social Sciences from Universidad Dr. Jose Matías Delgado in 2004. He also has an International Postgraduate Degree in Law, Economics and Business, and another Postgraduate degree in Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions, and Corporate Governance, both from the ISEADE – FEPADE since 2015 and 2016 respectively. He has also completed a specialization in “Application of the Consumer Protection Law” of the Consumer Protection Agency of El Salvador. He has also completed several programs and seminars on arbitration organized by USAID-DPK Consulting in Buenos Aires and on Comparative Political Sciences organized by Universidad Internacional de Andalucía in Spain.He currently lives in San Salvador, El Salvador.

Areas of Practice

  • Advertising, Marketing & Consumer Protection
  • Banking & Finance
  • Corporate & Commercial
  • Dispute Resolution
  • Insurance & Reinsurance

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