Principal at DIRECTO, an equity crowdfunding platform that operates in the U.S. and several Latin American countries. Business incubator expert and innovation policy specialist with multi-regional experience on competition and regulatory reform strategies. Currently works as Innovation Lead Specialist at the Inter-American Development Bank, Broad knowledge, and experience on the Political Economy issues involving institutional reform in Latin America and Central Asia. Mr. De Leon is an international expert in Latin American antitrust and trade policy, intellectual property and investment promotion. He is former Chairman of the Venezuelan Competition Authority, Pro-Competencia. He received his Ph.D. in Law and Economics at University College London (1999). Also, he earns a Master of Economics from Universidad Francisco Marroquin, and a Master of Laws
Ignacio Luis de León
Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) - United States
Curriculum Vitae
Principal at DIRECTO, an equity crowdfunding platform that operates in the U.S. and several Latin American countries. Business incubator expert and innovation policy specialist with multi-regional experience on competition and regulatory reform strategies. Currently works as Innovation Lead Specialist at the Inter-American Development Bank, Broad knowledge, and experience on the Political Economy issues involving institutional reform in Latin America and Central Asia. Mr. De Leon is an international expert in Latin American antitrust and trade policy, intellectual property and investment promotion. He is former Chairman of the Venezuelan Competition Authority, Pro-Competencia. He received his Ph.D. in Law and Economics at University College London (1999). Also, he earns a Master of Economics from Universidad Francisco Marroquin, and a Master of Laws degree from Queen Mary College, University of London. He also regularly contributes to major specialized publications on law and economics and gives public speeches on trade and competition policy, infrastructure regulation and intellectual property. He is author of: Innovation, Startups and Intellectual Property Management: Strategies and Evidence from Latin America and other countries (Springer International, 2017). An Institutional Analysis of Antitrust Policy, (Kluwer Law International, London, 2009), and Latin American Competition Law and Policy: A Policy in Search of Identity, (Kluwer Law International, The Hague, 2001)
Workshop 3: Getting Legally Ready for a Start Up
Ignacio Luis de León
Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) - United States
Ronald Y. Barazarte
Tecnology University of Panama - Panama
Mercedes Morris
Museum of Coffee - Panama
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Principal at DIRECTO, an equity crowdfunding platform that operates in the U.S. and several Latin American countries. Business incubator expert and innovation policy specialist with multi-regional experience on competition and regulatory reform strategies. Currently works as Innovation Lead Specialist at the Inter-American Development Bank, Broad knowledge, and experience on the Political Economy issues involving institutional reform in Latin America and Central Asia. Mr. De Leon is an international expert in Latin American antitrust and trade policy, intellectual property and investment promotion. He is former Chairman of the Venezuelan Competition Authority, Pro-Competencia. He received his Ph.D. in Law and Economics at University College London (1999). Also, he earns a Master of Economics from Universidad Francisco Marroquin, and a Master of Laws
Robert Weiss
Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP - United States