About

Erick Spears leads the legal function at Honduran free-trade promotion body Cámara de Comercio e Industrias de Cortés (CCIC). He has extensive knowledge of administrative law, labour law, civil and family law, commercial law and tax and is an expert in handling state contracts and monitoring and evaluating civil infrastructure projects. Between the years of 2006-2009 he was the legal adviser and secretary of state in the Ministry of Public Works and since last year has been director of the centre of Conciliation and Arbitration Chamber of Commerce and Industries in the region of San Pedro Sula, Cortés. Spears has also had substantial contribution to the education sector in the region by mentoring aspiring lawyers. He has been a lecturer at the Central American Technological University for seven years, teaching master’s subjects such as civil procedural law, civil procedure, practice civil procedure, judicial simulations, consumer law and investment promotion and negotiation. His reputation as a leading lawyer led to his appointment as Ministerial Advisor for National Assets to the Secretary of State in the Honduran Ministry of Finance. This role saw him working on national heritage, direct processes of national assets sales, payment in kind, lease-to-own by public auction process and other legal mechanisms.