Elías is a Partner at Consortium Legal – Guatemala with 20 years of experience in civil, commercial, arbitration, administrative, constitutional, intellectual property, and tax litigation. He has led complex and high-profile cases, including institutional and ad hoc arbitrations, high-value commercial and civil lawsuits, and disputes with national and international implications.

His work includes representing clients in arbitration over breaches of technology, engineering, and administrative contracts with the State; commercial litigation for termination of distribution agreements or exclusion of partners; civil claims for damages arising from criminal offenses; and property disputes involving strategic assets such as hydroelectric plants.

In academia, he is a Professor of Civil and Commercial Procedural Law at Universidad Rafael Landívar. He previously taught Business Law in the Master’s Program at the Faculty of Economics at the same university (2011–2014) and Civil and Commercial Procedural Law at Universidad del Istmo (2015–2019). He also collaborated with the Guatemalan Bar Association as a lecturer on the cassation appeal process (2015–2019).

Practice Areas

• Civil and Commercial Litigation
• National and International Arbitration
• Administrative and Constitutional Law
• Tax Litigation

• Defense in a professional fees claim against a banking institution exceeding US$20 million.
• Ad hoc arbitration and executive proceedings related to a breach of surety bonds valued at US$3 million.
• Defense in lawsuits alleging breach of payment obligations under construction, management, and sales commission contracts totaling US$2 million.

• Master’s Degree in Finance, Universidad Rafael Landívar, Guatemala (2010)
• Degree in Legal and Social Sciences (cum laude), Universidad Rafael Landívar, Guatemala (2006)

• Member, College of Lawyers and Notaries of Guatemala

• Founding member, Guatemalan Institute of Procedural Law; President, Board of Directors (2017-2018)