Miguel González Marcos is Of Counsel to Shirley &
Associates.
Education:
Doctor of Law (Dr. iur.), Johann Wolfgang Goethe
University, School of Law, Frankfurt, Germany, 1991 (D.A.A.D. Scholarship;
Cum Laude); Master of Laws (LL.M.), New York University, School of Law, New
York, New York, 2003; Juris Doctor (J.D.), State University of New York,
School of Law, Buffalo, New York, 2000 (Buffalo Law Review Senior Member;
Cum Laude); Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.), University of Panama, School of Law,
Panama, 1984 (Sigma Lambda).
Areas of practice:
corporate & business law, banking law, international law, not-for-profit
law, constitutional law.
Memberships: Member of the
American Society of International Law, and member of the Editorial Board of
the Anuario Mexicano de Derecho Internacional of the Instituto de
Investigaciones Jurídicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
Background: Dr. González
Marcos is a lawyer with over 15 years of experience conducting research
projects and providing counsel to corporations, non-profit organizations,
and individuals in regulatory and international transactional matters. Some
highlights of his experience include the following:
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Attorney with the corporate finance international
group at Faegre & Benson, a large Minneapolis law firm. |
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Attorney with Wolters Kluwer Financial Services in
Minneapolis. |
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Legal Advisor for the International Center for
Not-for-Profit Law in Washington, D.C. |
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Law Professor at the University of Panama for over
ten years. |
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Director of the Institute of National Studies at the
University of Panama leading multidisciplinary research teams on
projects about environmental, educational, science and technology, and
constitutional law issues. |
In addition to his work at Shirley & Associates, Dr.
González Marcos serves as a Legal Consultant for the Heinrich Böll
Foundation, Washington-Office.
He is licensed to practice law in New York, Minnesota,
and the Republic of Panama.
Languages: Spanish,
English, and German.
Some published works:
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At the Heart of a Planetary Democracy:
The Democracy Caucus in the United Nations.
Book chapter in Die Zukunft des Völkerrechts in einer globalisierten Welt (The
Future of International Law in a Globalized World), Nomos
Verlagsgesellschaft, Baden-Baden (2006).
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Comparative Law at the Service of
Democracy: A Reading of Arosemena’s Constitutional Studies of the Latin
American Governments 21 Boston
University International Law Journal 259 (2003), available at
http://lsr.nellco.org/nyu/plltwp/papers/15/.
Email: mgonzalez@shirleylaw.com
