Constitutional Law

Diana De Mata

ASSOCIATE - GUATEMALA

Diana is an Associate and Coordinator of the Constitutional Affairs Department (DAC) at Consortium Legal – Guatemala, with 11 years of experience advising clients in the food and beverage, financial, energy, and education sectors on constitutional law matters.

Her practice focuses on constitutional litigation, legal opinions, advisory reports, and analysis of constitutional jurisprudence. She has participated in high-impact cases, including constitutional challenges against the National Budget Law (2014), the Credit Card Law, and the regulations of both the VAT and Income Tax Laws.

In 2012, she authored the essay “Economic Globalization and National Sovereignty: An Appropriate Legal Balance”, published in the Law Faculty Journal of Universidad Francisco Marroquín. This work won third place at the inter-American level in the “Law Student Award” competition organized by the Inter-American Bar Association.

Currently, she serves as a Professor of Constitutional Law at Universidad Francisco Marroquín, reinforcing her dual role as both a legal practitioner and academic in the constitutional field.

 


 

Practice Areas

  • Constitutional Law
  • Constitutional Litigation
  • Legal Opinions and Advisory Reports
  • Constitutional Jurisprudence Analysis
  • Regulatory Compliance
  • Filed partial unconstitutionality actions against the Law on the Distribution of Cement Tax.
  • Filed partial unconstitutionality actions against the Organic Law of the National Agricultural Development Bank.
  • Filed partial unconstitutionality actions against the Helmet Safety Regulation (1968).
  • Conducted constitutional analysis of the Taxative List of Projects Requiring Environmental Approval (Ministerial Agreement 204-2019).
  • Master’s Degree in Constitutional Law (magna cum laude), Faculty of Legal and Social Sciences, Universidad Rafael Landívar, Guatemala (2014)
  • Lawyer and Notary (Magna Cum Laude), Faculty of Law, Universidad Francisco Marroquín, Guatemala (2012)
  • Member, College of Lawyers, and Notaries of Guatemala
  • Member, Center for the Defense of the Constitution (CEDECON)

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