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Jorge Constantino Colindres

Jorge Constantino Colindres

Co-Founder / Chief Legal Officer

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Technical Secretary of Próspera ZEDE Special Economic Zone

  • Education

    • Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras

      2017 - 2017
      Post Graduate Studies Constitutional Law

      Part of the Rule of Law for Latin America initiative by the german Konrad Adenauer Stiftung Foundation. Several justice operators participated in the program, including Honduran prosecutors, judges and magistrates, representatives from the General Attorney´s Office and the National Human Rights Commissioner. The faculty included judges from Centra American Supreme Court Constitutional Chambers; former judges from the Inter American Court on Human Rights; Inter-American Human Rights Commission… Show more Part of the Rule of Law for Latin America initiative by the german Konrad Adenauer Stiftung Foundation. Several justice operators participated in the program, including Honduran prosecutors, judges and magistrates, representatives from the General Attorney´s Office and the National Human Rights Commissioner. The faculty included judges from Centra American Supreme Court Constitutional Chambers; former judges from the Inter American Court on Human Rights; Inter-American Human Rights Commission and Human Rights Lawyers. Show less

    • Universidad de A Coruna

      2017 - 2017
      Post Graduate Studies Derecho Administrativo Iberoamericano

      Organized with the Latin American Centre on Human Rights. The studies encompassed the uniform principles of administrative law in Latin America, Spain and the European Union; jurisprudential analysis of rulings from constitutional chambers and the Inter American Court on Human Rights; the nature, impact and possible tools for fighting public corruption; economic regulation; public contracts; public concessions; neoconstitutional study of power of police theories; and public domain goods.

    • Universidad de San Pedro Sula

      2012 - 2016
      Lawyer Derecho

      My final thesis titled "Zones for Employment and Development of the Economy (ZEDE) as the evolution of special economic zones in Honduras" analyses the most novel legal institutions introduced into the Honduran corpus juris by the new ZEDE regime. A ZEDE is a highly autonomous jurisdiction with its own judiciary and security forces, its own fiscal and monetary policy, as well as the authority to develop its own commercial and labour laws. A ZEDE is also authorized to adopt a common-law system… Show more My final thesis titled "Zones for Employment and Development of the Economy (ZEDE) as the evolution of special economic zones in Honduras" analyses the most novel legal institutions introduced into the Honduran corpus juris by the new ZEDE regime. A ZEDE is a highly autonomous jurisdiction with its own judiciary and security forces, its own fiscal and monetary policy, as well as the authority to develop its own commercial and labour laws. A ZEDE is also authorized to adopt a common-law system and make a foreign country´s case law binding within its jurisdiction. Show less

  • Experience

    • Fundación Eléutera

      Aug 2013 - Jun 2017
      Co-Founder / Chief Legal Officer

      Public policy think tank driving free market reforms in Honduras. Worked as Chief Legal Officer and Director of Research, supervising regulatory compliance and leading the strategic research and political reform initiatives. Author and Co-Author of several papers on human rights, economic freedom, rule of law and due process. Over 15 of the recommendations presented in my papers were incorporated by the National Congress in the new Honduran Tax Code (2016).

    • Honduran Manufacturer´s Association

      Mar 2014 - Aug 2014
      Free Zone Consulting

      Provided consulting services for the development of transition schemes between different special economic zones in Honduras. Particularly from the Free Zone regime to the Zones of Employment and Development of the Economy (ZEDE) scheme.

    • Bueso & Bueso Abogados, S.A. (Honduras Legal)

      Apr 2015 - Nov 2018
      Associate Attorney

      Corporate law firm based in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. Honduras Legal offers business process outsourcing (BPO) services, and has decades of experience in tax planning, regulatory compliance, contract negotiations, and commercial, administrative, and corporate law practice.

    • Fundación para la Libertad Económica

      Oct 2018 - now
      Board Member

      Our mission is to improve the business climate in Honduras and Central America through strategic research, advocacy, and litigation initiatives conceived to further free-market reforms, protect economic liberties and foster institutional changes that are favorable to business freedom and accelerated poverty reduction. Our initiatives focus on the following themes:1. Simplification and reduction of the Public Administration;2. Tax Reform and Securing Property Rights;3. Developing a Competitive Market Economy;4. Legal Defense of Constitutional Economic Freedoms;5. Strengthening the Rule of Law and Constitutional Democracy. Show less

    • Board Solutions

      Nov 2018 - Mar 2021
      CEO for Central America

      Board Solutions is a regional leader in the implementation of best practices for Corporate Governance, Family Office, Wealth Management, and Strategic Planning. Board Solutions has led the institutionalization processes of over 600 companies, supporting 50 companies in their initial public offering at the Mexican Stock Exchange, and over 70 companies in the issuance debt securities. The firm has wide variety of corporate services which include:1. Family Business: Family Governance Systems;2. Wealth Management: Family Office, Trusts, Investment Control;3. Corporate Governance;4. Board of Directors Evaluation;5. Strategic Planning;6. Internal Control and Risk Management;7. Internal Audits; Show less

    • INERTIA Tax & Legal

      Oct 2019 - now
      Partner

      Integrated professional services firm specialized in corporate legal counsel, international tax planning, wealth protection, regulatory compliance, special economic zones, and international trade. Through our international business network spanning from Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama we can tend to your regional investment and litigation needs in a standardized high-quality fashion.

    • Próspera

      Sept 2021 - Jan 2022
      Deputy General Counsel

    • Próspera ZEDE

      Jan 2022 - now
      Technical Secretary

      Legal representation of Próspera ZEDE. Preside over the meetings of the Próspera ZEDE Council of Trustees.Analysis of public policy, review, drafting, proposing, deliberating, and approving new Local Rules.Defending legal stability rights of over 2,000 persons and more than 200 entities under the Próspera ZEDE legal framework.

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Atlas Leadership Academy (Think Tank MBA)

      Atlas Network
      Sept 2016

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Jorge Constantino Colindres
      Latin American Think Tank Shark Tank Award Atlas Network 2017 Granted after presenting a "Justice for All" project, which consisted in challenging the constitutionality of the main legal and economic barriers preventing citizens from accesing the justice system to protect themselves against unlawful government policies and measures.
    • Awarded to Jorge Constantino Colindres
      Miguel Kast Award for Free-Market Solutions to Poverty Atlas Network 2017 Granted for Tax and Business Reform. When Honduras passed a new tax code in 2016, it incorporated 14 of the 20 proposals presented in the policy papers I authored as head of policy research at Fundación Eléutera, helping protect the due process rights of more than 2 million registered taxpayers.
    • Awarded to Jorge Constantino Colindres
      John Blundell Elevator Pitch Award Atlas Network 2016 Granted at Atlas Network´s 2016 Liberty Forum held in Miami, Florida for my proposal to create a Human Rights and Civil Liberties Defense Unit focused in defending constitutional order, taxpayer rights and freedom of speech in Honduras.
    • Awarded to Jorge Constantino Colindres
      Event of the Year Award 2015 Students for Liberty 2015 Granted for succesful activism of student rights within Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras (UNAH) Valle de Sula campus, promoting peaceful protest as an alternative to violent action from specific student groups.

  • Volunteer Experience

    • Executive Board Member (Latin America)

      Issued by Students For Liberty on Jan 2013
      Students For LibertyAssociated with Jorge Constantino Colindres