Rafael is a partner in Consortium Legal - Guatemala. He has more than 23 years of experience in Foreign Investment, Project Finance, International Commercial Contracts, Telecommunications, Tax Law, and International Trade. He is a member of the International Bar Association (IBA); American Bar Association (ABA) and the Guatemalan Bar Association.

• Advised AIG Seguros in the acquisition of Assa Seguros.
• Advised Rentokil Initial Americas, LTD in the asset acquisition of the pest control division of the Guatemalan company Dimegsa, S.A. for $1.4mll.
• Advised OPIC and Banco de América Central in the cancellation process of more than 200 sub-mortgages that were granted on behalf of a loan agreement signed on April 28, 2009, by and in between BAC, OPIC and Citibank, N.A. for the amount of US$38,300,000.
• Helped Southern Cross Group in the Merger and Acquisition process of a software company called Intellego Caricam for the Guatemalan companies involved in the process.

• Master in Commercial Law and Business Administration (cum laude), Universidad Francisco Marroquín, Guatemala (2003)
• Lawyer and Notary, Universidad Rafael Landívar, Guatemala (2000)

• Association of Lawyers and Notaries of Guatemala
• Member, American Bar Association (ABA)
• Member, International Bar Association (IBA)