Ignacio M Aguirre Urioste

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Ignacio is a partner and manager of Bufete Aguirre, Quintanilla, Soria & Nishizawa and focuses his work in the areas of banking, finance and securities, energy and environmental law. Provides legal advice services to companies and entities, both national and international, and advises different Boards of Bolivian companies. He was also Managing Partner at Aguirre Soc. Civ.

Ignacio is currently the Regular Trustee of Banco Solidario SA and a member of the Board of Directors (as an Independent Director) at CREDIBOLSA SA, Stock Broker, and at the American Chamber of Commerce of Bolivia – AMCHAM.

He was a member of the following Boards of Directors: Hidroeléctrica Boliviana SA, Trenes Continentales SA, Electricidad de La Paz SA, Empresa de Luz y Fuerza Eléctrica de Oruro SA, Empresa de Servicios EDESER SA, Compañía Administradora de Empresas – Bolivia SA, Iberbolivia de Inversiones SA, Iberdrola de Inversiones SA

Ignacio was a legal assistant for Environmental Matters at Empresa Minera Inti Raymi SA and has also participated in the Regulatory Committee for Environmental Impact Assessment of the Environmental Law.

Ignacio was Visiting Professor of Environmental Law at the Bolivian Catholic University “San Pablo”, La Paz

Expertise:

• Corporate – M&A
• Banking and Finance
• Miner
• Hydrocarbon
• Energetic
• Contracts
• Environmental
• Real estate
• Non-Profit Entities

Education:

• LLM in Law and Development, The London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London, London, England, 1996
• Law Degree, Universidad Católica Boliviana “San Pablo”, La Paz, Bolivia, 1996

Acknowledgments:

• Ignacio has been recognized by the Latin American Corporate Counsel Association as one of the best lawyers to work on banking and financial matters in Latin America
• Ignacio has been listed in the publications of Chambers & Partners, The Legal 500, IFLR 1000 and the Latin American Corporate Counsel Association, among others, as a leading lawyer in the areas of Banking & Finance, Corporate / Commercial and Energy & Natural Resources.

Memberships:

• La Paz Bar Association

Languages:

• Spanish
• English