Diego F. RomeroRomero Arteta Ponce Abogados, Quito, ECUADORAreas of Practice: Administrative Law, Admiralty & Maritime Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Banking & Finance Law, Bankruptcy Law, Business & Commercial Law, Business Organizations, Communications & Media Law, Employment Law -- Employee, Employment Law -- Employer, Energy Law, Environmental Law, Estate Planning, Government Contracts, Immigration & Naturalization Law, Intellectual Property Law, International Law, Litigation & Appeals, Probate & Estate Administration, Real Estate Law, Science & Technology Law, Taxation Law, Transportation Law Contact Information:
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Diego F. Romero was born May 3, 1960 in Quito, Ecuador. He has been a partner at Romero Arteta Ponce since receiving his law degree (LL.B.) from Central University of Ecuador and his admittance to the Ecuadorian bar in 1986.Dr. Diego Romero has completed several post-graduate programs in the United States. He received an LL.M. from American University's Washington College of Law in 1998. He has also completed an International Business Management program at Georgetown University's School of Business (Washington, D.C.). Diego Romero worked as an associate attorney at Thelan, Reid & Priest in their Washington, D.C. office and served on the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights at the Organization of American States (OAS). In 1991 he participated in the Special Instruction for Lawyers Seminar at Harvard University Law School. He returned to Harvard in 1992 for the Negotiation Workshop with Roger Fisher. Since 1993 Diego Romero has served in many capacities at the Quito Chamber of Commerce, including: Director (1993-95 & 1996-98), President of the Arbitration Commission (1996-1997), Delegate to the Executive Board of Directors (1993-95), and 1999-2000 he was Vice President of the Ecuadorian-American Arbitration and Mediation Center and is currently a designated arbitrator and mediator at this well regarded center. Dr. Romero presently serves as Director on the Commercial Law Affiliates (CLA) Board of Directors (2000-2003). He is a panel member of the International Arbitration Forum headquartered in Minneapolis.With extensive experience in the areas of aviation accidents, alternative dispute resolution, commercial law, conflicts of law, corporations, international business transactions, finance and taxation. Dr. Romero has written many scholarly works on the subjects including: Licensing, Franchising and Trademark Issues in Latin America (presented at the fall 1998 meeting of the New York Bar Association), Legal Mechanisms for Rehabilitation of Enterprises in Ecuador (1986) and Mediation and Arbitration in Ecuador (2000). Diego Romero was a law professor at Central University of Ecuador's Economics and Doctrine Department (1996-1998).Dr. Romero is a member of the Quito Bar Association, the American Bar Association, the American Arbitration Association (AAA), the Inter-American Bar Association and the International Bar Association. Bar Admissions Ecuador, 1986 Education American University, Washington College of Law, Washington, District of Columbia, 1998 LL.M. Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Ecuador , Quito, Ecuador, 1986 LL.B. Summa Cum Laude Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA Published Works
Representative Clients Merck, Sharp & Dohme Lloyds TBS Bank Nestle Ecuador S.A. Professional Associations and Memberships International Arbitration Forum, 2001 - Present; Panel Member American Bar Association, 1996 - Present; Member Ecuadorian-American Chamber of Commerce, 1999 - Present; Director Ecuadorian-American Mediation & Arbitration Center, 1999 - Present; President Quito Chamber of Commerce; Director, 1993-95; 1996-98 |
