Gerardo is a Partner at Consortium Legal – Nicaragua with more than 32 years of experience in the food and beverage, banking and financial services, real estate, energy, and retail sectors. He is widely recognized as the leading lawyer in Nicaragua for dispute resolution, particularly in litigation and commercial arbitration. He has litigated in civil and commercial matters and is a certified commercial arbitrator of the Antonio Leiva Pérez Mediation and Arbitration Center of the Chamber of Commerce and Services of Nicaragua.

He has led the firm’s litigation team to success in the country’s most significant cases. For over a decade, he has been the only Nicaraguan lawyer consistently ranked as a Dispute Resolution leader by global legal directories.

A former Pro Tempore Judge of the Managua Civil District Court, Gerardo has taught at Nicaragua’s top universities and the Judicial School in undergraduate, master’s, and postgraduate programs in Civil Procedural Law, Insolvency Law, and Commercial Arbitration. He is the author of a Civil Procedure Manual and co-author of several manuals on International Commercial Arbitration in Ibero-America.

Practice Areas

• Dispute Resolution
• Civil and Commercial Litigation
• National and International Arbitration
• Civil Procedural Law

• Team leader of the litigation team representing a Fortune Top 10 beverage company in a lawsuit exceeding US$57 million. The team successfully obtained a ruling from the Court of Appeals and the Civil Chamber of the Supreme Court overturning the lower court’s judgment.
• Team leader in representing a Fortune Top 10 company in a commercial arbitration involving breach of contract and damages claims of more than US$10 million. The process concluded with a favorable award, reducing liability to less than US$600,000.
• Co-counsel and expert in Nicaraguan law in representing a medical supplies industry client in civil proceedings in Florida, USA, involving breach of fiduciary duty, unfair competition, and confidentiality violations. The client obtained a favorable judgment exceeding US$12 million.
• Served as an expert witness on Nicaraguan law in numerous cases before state and federal courts in the United States.

• PIDA Advanced International Commercial Arbitration, International Chamber of Commerce, France (2010)
• Master’s Degree in Private Law, Universidad de Barcelona, Spain (2001)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Law, Universidad Autónoma de Nicaragua (UNAN), Nicaragua (1994)

• Member, World Services Group (WSG)
• Member, Asociación Latinoamericana de Arbitraje (LAR)
• Member, Latam ICC Group
• Member, Miami International Arbitration Society (MIAS)