Marcel Forgues Urquizo

Business Partner in Gerke Legal Firm, Private Company since 2004.
Languages: Spanish – English

Educational Background

Degree of Lawyer in National Provision (1997)
Degree Thesis: “The conciliation as an Alternative Approach to Common Bolivian Justice Proceedings”
Catholic University of Bolivia, La Paz, Bolivia.
He specialized in Alternative Approaches to the Solution of Controversies: 1996
NAFTA Arbitration & Meditation Center. Tucson, Arizona, U.S.A.
Bar association. La Paz, Bolivia.
Post Graduate Course in Tax Law. (Module 1). Andean University, Bolivia, 1997.

Lawyer specialized in Conciliation and Arbitration, Brands and Patents, Commercial, Civil and Regulatory law in telecommunications, transport and electricity.

Academic Activities

Intellectual Property Law (2204) in the Catholic University of Bolivia, Santa Cruz de la Sierra.
Commercial Law
Alternative Approaches to Common Justice Proceedings for the Solution of Conflicts. (1998)
Alternative Approaches to the Solution of Controversies (1996-97)
Lecturer in different seminars, courses and lectures based on conciliation and arbitration: Project OID7USAID-Bolivia, Catholic University of Bolivia and the Non-governmental Legal Training and Citizens Rights.
Human Rights (1994-95)
Chair Assistant in the Catholic University of Bolivia.

Different functions in a court, such as supernumerary, court clerk, assistant, and secretary.
Local Court in Civil Matters Nº1. 1993
La Paz, Bolivia

Co writer: “The Foundations in Spanish Latin America: Legal System”
Coordinated by Jose Luis Piñar Mañas and Juan Andres Garcia Garcia.
Mc Graw hill Editorial.
Madrid, Spain, 1997