Founder of the Sports Law area at Barrera Andrade Abogados (BACLAW). His participation in international firms has consolidated his areas of expertise. Diego Rafael has advised national and international federations, clubs and athletes, leading in more than 25 processes before the judicial bodies of the Ecuadorian Football Federation (FEF’s Mediation and Dispute Resolution Chamber, among others) and FIFA (Dispute Resolution Chamber, Committee of the Player's Statute, Disciplinary Commission), as well as before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS, TAS). Diego Rafael has extensive experience in estate planning, complex company structuring and asset protection in the United States, especially in the state of Florida.