Firm History

“Villela & Villela” is a legal firm founded in the year of 1946 by a prestigious Lawyer in Honduras with a PhD in Labor Law from the National University of Argentina in Buenos Aires Doctor Salvador Villela y Vidal father of Honduran Attorney, Lobbyist and politician Alex Villela Franco y Vidal. Doctor Salvador Villela y Vidal is one of the countries most recognized and prestigious Labor Law specialists and has recently retired at 96 years of age, last year he was granted a national recognition by the Honduran Lawyers Bar for 50 consecutive years of law practice and social awareness, Title of: “Illustrious Lawyer of This New Century”. The senior partners of the Firm are Lawyer Salvador Villela y Vidal, International Law Specialist her Excellency Ambassador Marlene Villela Franco y Vidal and Lawyer Lobbyist Alex Villela Franco y Vidal. In the year of 1999 Attorney Alex Villela Franco y Vidal and his sister her Excellency Ambassador Marlene Villea Franco y Vidal opened Villela & Villela offices in the Island of Roatan, Bay Islands of Honduras C.A. In the year 2000 Lawyer Alex Villela Franco y Vidal launched Villela & Villela Corporate Services – Lobby Department and Villela & Villela Real Estate Agency as well as WWW.ROATANLEGAL.COM the first ONLINE Legal Service Firm in Latin America which is also the “Villela & Villela” Law Firms International web page.

Brief Political annotation of Lawyer Alex Villela Franco y Vidal

Attorney at Law Alex Villela Franco y Vidal comes from a family of politicians and diplomats for 200 years in Central America, his ancestors immigrated to Central America from the European city of Guipuzcoa in the Vasc Country currently ruled by the Spanish Reign. Alex Villela Franco y Vidal is actually a leader in the Honduran conservative National Political Party actually in power. Mr. Villela Franco amongst various political endeavors has been Legal & Political Advisor in the presidential campaigns of the former National Party President of the Republic of Honduras Ricardo Maduro and of the current president of the Republic of Honduras Porfirio Lobo Sosa, he has been an active member of the International Political Observers Group of the Organization of American States in Washington D.C. U.S.A. and was assigned Chief of Staff in the International Political Observers Committee from the O.A.S in the Venezuela Mega Elections, Caracas in the year 2000. Attorney Alex Villela F. y Vidal was also invited by the Vic president of Taiwan Annette Lu to represent the National Party of Honduras in the international political event “Democracy Asia Pacific”. Lawyer Alex Villela Franco y Vidal Partner, his sister her Excellency Ambassador Marlene Villela Franco y Vidal is former Ambassador of Honduras to Taiwan, Organization American States O.A.S. with headquarters in W.D.C. (U.S.A.) , former Counselor Ministry to the Honduran Embassy to the White House W.D.C. (U.S.A.) and is currently the Honduran Ambassador to the Empire of Japan. Alex Villela Franco y Vidal Grandfather Don Miguel Villela y Vidal was a congressman of the National Political Party for 16 years and Attorney at Law Alex Villela Franco y Vidal is currently political and legal advisor to the political commission of the National Party of Honduras.