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Legal innovation and artificial intelligence

Since June 2025 I have been an Associate in the Corporate and New Technologies practice at Moreno Baldivieso. I lead the implementation of the legal industry’s leading artificial intelligence solutions at the firm: I administer its legal AI platforms and design workflows and automations for the practice and for clients. I apply AI agents to complex matters, with legal review of every output. I train lawyers in the La Paz and Santa Cruz offices to use the firm’s legal AI platforms, with a focus on verifying outputs. Outside the firm, I train colleagues, independent practitioners and arbitrators in legal AI.

Since its inaugural meeting in July 2025, I have taken part, on behalf of Moreno Baldivieso, in the Artificial Intelligence Working Group of the UN Global Compact in Bolivia. In April 2025 I was a speaker at the Artificial Intelligence Session of the Fifth Bolivian Congress of Constitutional Law, in Sucre, presenting “Inteligencia artificial, derechos y Constitución: un análisis de sesgos y desigualdades” [Artificial Intelligence, Rights and the Constitution: An Analysis of Bias and Inequality], later published as a chapter in the congress proceedings. On October 21, 2026, I gave a talk and demonstration of legal AI platforms (Harvey, Legora and Claude) for lawyers at Universidad Católica Boliviana San Pablo, organized by the Office of the National Secretary General.

Practice

I have been part of Moreno Baldivieso Estudio de Abogados since March 2023, when I joined through the MB Mentoring Internship Program. Today I handle complex civil, commercial and contractual litigation and disputes.

From November 2023 to May 2025, as co-leader of the litigation practice in the Santa Cruz office, I designed and executed strategies for high-value civil, commercial, enforcement, and debt-collection proceedings, achieving favorable outcomes and excellent client evaluations. In one of my notable engagements, I led the defense of a corporate client in criminal proceedings arising from a corporate dispute connected to the collection of negotiable instruments; the strategy brought together corporate law and civil-commercial arguments transposed into the criminal forum, securing a favorable outcome for the client.

In the Corporate and New Technologies practice, I advise domestic and international companies on corporate and contractual matters from an integrated legal and technological perspective, with a focus on high-complexity transactions and deal structuring.

Among my notable engagements is the legal analysis that established the viability of a large-scale capital increase implemented through negotiable instruments, resolving the validity and structuring questions that conditioned its feasibility. I have also conducted analyses of potential conflicts of interest among shareholders of major corporations, assessing the corporate governance implications and fiduciary duties involved. In the regulatory and international arena, I prepared a regulatory analysis of the biotechnology sector for a regional multilateral development organization, which I presented at the organization’s offices.

Earlier I completed an internship in the corporate practice of Dentons Guevara & Gutiérrez (2022) and worked as a legal assistant in the corporate practice of Garrón Bozo Abogados (2017), focusing on drafting civil and commercial contracts and handling proceedings before various institutions.

Arbitration

I have prior experience as an analyst in arbitrations administered by the CAINCO Commercial Conciliation and Arbitration Center (2022), under the mentorship of practicing arbitrators, with a solid grounding in alternative dispute resolution. I have remained actively engaged with the arbitration community ever since.

Teaching

I have experience teaching at the university level starting in 2022. I have lectured in Commercial Law, Civil Procedure and the Thesis Workshop at Universidad Autónoma Gabriel René Moreno; Administrative Law and Municipal Law at Unifranz; Constitutional Procedural Law and Constitutional Law at Utepsa; and Constitutional Procedural Law at Universidad NUR. Previously I served as a teaching assistant in Banking Law, Civil Litigation Practice and Legal Research.

Education

I hold a law degree (Licenciatura en Derecho) from Universidad Autónoma Gabriel René Moreno (2018–2022), where I graduated first at program, faculty and university level, among approximately 120,000 students, with a GPA of 99.5 out of 100. I began my legal studies at Universidad Católica Boliviana San Pablo (2015–2017), where I ranked first in the law program until my transfer.

Distinctions and certifications

I received the IDH Academic Excellence Scholarship at Universidad Autónoma Gabriel René Moreno for five consecutive years (2018–2022), three of them for ranking first, and held an IDH research scholarship in 2020. IDH scholarships are funded by Bolivia’s Direct Hydrocarbons Tax.

In October 2026 I earned four Harvey certifications in AI for legal work: AI Analysis for Legal Workflows, AI for Legal Basics, Level 1 Foundations and Level 1 Legal Engineer. I also earned three Legora certifications: Legora Advanced Certificate – “Legora Power User”, Legora Foundations Certificate – “Legora Core Skills”, and Legora Essentials Certificate – “Getting Started with Legora”.

I am registered in Bolivia’s Public Registry of Lawyers (Registro Público de la Abogacía) of the Ministry of Justice and Institutional Transparency.

Bolivian lawyer. Legal innovation and artificial intelligence in legal practice, with a practice in complex litigation and disputes, corporate law and new technologies.

Melvin@melvinquisbertlee.com
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia