Américo ROMERO

Américo Romero provides legal counseling and defense in administrative, regulatory and commercial matters, to different commercial companies involving their operations in Bolivia. He is a member of the Public and Corporate teams at PPO, in the area of state administrative contracts, administrative instances and contentious processes.

Américo has a vast experience in state contracts, design of public – economic policies, and he has also worked as a sponsoring attorney before the Bolivian State in variouss judicial and constitutional actions. He held important positions in public entities such as Legal Manager at Bolivia´s Central Bank as well as legal counsel for different authorities. Américo has also performed consultancies for international cooperation organizations and state entities in the area of normative development. Prior to his incorporation to the firm, Américo was a partner at a legal boutique, where he provided legal counseling to commercial companies such as Clínica Rengel, FLADES, SNT Group, TUAYUDA MAS Srl., among others.

Américo obtained his law degree from Universidad Católica Boliviana, and attended postgraduate courses in Constitutional and Procedural Constitutional Law, Administrative and Regulatory Law, and was a candidate for a Master´s degree in Constitutional and Procedural Constitutional Law at Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar. He is currently attending the International MBA and Master´s Degree program in Project Management at Escuela de Negocios Europea in Barcelona – Spain. Within the academic area, he is a professor of Commercial Law, Assets and Real Estate Law, at Universidad Tecnológica Boliviana and Universidad Católica Boliviana.