Mrs Mónica Medrano > Arias > Guatemala, Guatemala > Lawyer Profile
Arias Offices
6ª. Avenida 12-24 zona 10
Edificio HQ Fontabella, Nivel 8
Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala. C. A.
Guatemala
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Mrs Mónica Medrano
Work Department
Compliance, Anti-money Laundering and Anti-corruption, Dispute Resolution, Litigation and Arbitration
Position
Senior Counsel
Career
Mónica has experience in Criminal and Criminal Procedural Law Counseling and Litigation.
She Acted as Assistant District Attorney II in the District Attorney Office against Money Laundering and Other Assets of the General Attorney’s Office, during the years 2014 and 2015, she acquired experienced in Investigation and Litigation in cases regarding the crimes of Money Laundering and Other Assets and related crimes.
During the years 2015 through 2019 she acted as District Attorney of the Special District Attorney’s Office Against Impunity –FECI, for its acronym in Spanish- of the General Attorney’s Office. She was responsible for investigating high impact cases at a National Level. During that time, she investigated mainly crimes included in the Law Against Organized Crime (Decree 21-2006 of Congress of the Republic of Guatemala); Law Against Laundering Money and Other Assets (Decree 67-2001 of Congress of the Republic of Guatemala); Criminal Code of Guatemala (Decree 17-73 of Congress of the Republic of Guatemala, especially those related to Crime Against the Public Administration and Crimes Against Justice Administration). She was responsible for litigating all cases under her responsibility during all the stages of the criminal process, incidents and constitutional matters related to them while acting as District Attorney.
Languages
Spanish and English
Memberships
- International Bar Association (IBA)
Education
- Juridical and Social Sciences Degree, Lawyer and Notary by Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala.
Lawyer Rankings
Guatemala > Dispute resolution
(Rising stars)Highlighted for its willingness to ‘take the time to individually analyse each case‘, Arias houses a broad dispute resolution practice with signature strengths in civil, administrative and labour litigation and arbitration. The team represents major local companies and multinationals, and continues to expand the scope of its practice to act for individuals in sensitive family law and human rights cases. Other growing areas of focus include tax litigation and public procurement disputes. Mario René Archila
, who also acts as an arbitrator, leads the team; between them, Archila and senior counsel Luis Fernando Zelada bring almost six decades of experience to the practice, handling a vast array of civil, commercial, constitutional and criminal cases. The strong cohort of junior lawyers includes senior associate Mónica Medrano (who focuses on anti-corruption, money laundering and white-collar criminal cases, drawing on her previous experience as a district attorney), and associates Alvaro Reyes (who mainly handles civil litigation) and Karla Gómez (a specialist in labour disputes). Since publication, Zelada has moved to BLP.