About us

Mikhail Arguelles, the firm's founding member, was the legal counsel and prosecutor for the Financial Intelligence Unit of Belize, an autonomous Government-funded agency, where he prosecuted white-collar crime, particularly money laundering and related offences. During that time he was certified as a legal examiner/assessor of the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) in Trinidad & Tobago and has had extensive experience with the new Money Laundering and Terrorism (Prevention) Act recently enacted in Belize.

Education

York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, 2003)
University of Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, England, U.K. (Bachelor of Laws [LL.B], 2007)
University of the West of England, Bristol, U.K. (Postgraduate Diploma, Bar Vocational Studies, 2008)
Called to the Bar of England and Wales by The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, London, 2008
Norman Manley School of Law, Kingston, Jamaica (Legal Education Certificate, 2009)

Supplemental Info

Honorary Consul of the Philippines in Belize
Barrister of the Middle Temple
Former prosecutor for the Financial Intelligence Unit of Belize (FIU)
Certified Legal Examiner/Assessor of the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF)
Member of Belize International Financial Services Association (BIFSA)
Member of the Belize Bar Association
Local Agent for Belize Intellectual Property Office (BELIPO)
Former member of the Executive Committee and Vice President of the Law Society at the University of Buckingham.
Former member of the Belize City Trade Licensing Board (2012)
TEP (Trust and Estate Practitioner)
Former Chairman of the Board of Directors of Belize Airports Authority
Member of the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham)