Diego
Rojas, has been a member of the firm since
1995. He graduated from Marlborough College,
Wiltshire, England in 1989 and then obtained
his law degree with an honors distinction
from Universidad Católica Boliviana
Law School, La Paz, Bolivia. He was admitted
to practice in 1997.
Mr.
Rojas holds a Post Graduate Degree in Corporate
Law from the Universidad Andina Simón
Bolivar, La Paz, Bolivia, a Post Graduate
Degree in Oil and Gas Law from the Universidad
Privada de Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Santa
Cruz, Bolivia, a Post Graduate Degree in
Conciliation and Arbitration from the Universidad
Aquino de Bolivia, Santa Cruz, Bolivia,
and holds a Masters in Law (LL.M) from the
University of Chicago Law School, where
he won an award for Negotiation Skills.
Mr. Rojas has several publications related
to Bolivian Banking Regulations, Social
Security, Securities in the Electronic Stock
Exchange, the South American Common Market,
Securitizations in Bolivia, Gas Regulation
and the Bolivian Oil and Gas potential.
Mr.
Rojas worked as a Foreign Associate in the
Corporate and Securities Division of Epstein
Becker & Green P.C., New York and as
a trainee at Holland & Knight, LLP in
New York.
Mr. Rojas also worked as Senior
Attorney for BG Bolivia Corporation (Suc.
Bolivia).
He is Professor of Oil, Gas and Mining Law at the Universidad Privada Domingo Savio, Santa Cruz, Bolivia.
He is fluent in Spanish and English.