Legal advisor to companies in the corporate, tax, insurance, and commercial areas. Extensive experience as corporate counsel in Ecuador with a comprehensive legal approach to economic and tax matters. Experience in negotiating and implementing legal business to create, modify, or extinguish legal relationships.
Private Sector
- Served as Legal Counsel for the acquisition of 85% of the shareholding of Ecuatoriano Suiza Insurance Company S.A. by the buyers in 2012.
- Acted as advisor to several prominent Ecuadorian companies, including COMANDATO, EMPAGRAN, INMOBILIARIA BATÁN, CONCRETO Y PREFABRICADOS, ECUATORIANA DE SAL Y PRODUCTOS QUÍMICOS ECUASAL C.A., ECUATORIANO SUIZA S.A., FEBRES-CORDERO COMPAÑÍA DE COMERCIO, SERVISEGUROS, and MILANTOP, among others.
- Provided legal advice to the Board of Almacenera del Agro Almagro from 2013 to 2014, a company within the Banco del Pacífico Group.
- Held the position of Director at Ecuasal, a leading company in Ecuador’s salt and chemical products market.
- Served as an external Legal Advisor and Board Member for Ecuatoriano Suiza Insurance Company S.A.
- Acted as personal attorney for Engineer León Febres-Cordero Rivadeneira (+), former Constitutional President of the Republic and Mayor of Guayaquil.
- Provided external legal advice to the Municipal Potable Water Company of Guayaquil regarding water law matters before the National Congress of Ecuador.
- Represented Ecuatoriano Suiza S.A. in an out-of-court negotiation with Hotelera Quito HOV S.A.
Public Sector
- Vice Minister of Rural Development.
- National Delegate for Ecuador at the United Nations Summit on the Transformation of Food Systems, in collaboration with the UN/FAO.
- Principal Director at the National Financial Corporation (CORPORACIÓN FINANCIERA NACIONAL), serving as Permanent Delegate of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock.
- Principal Director at BANECUADOR, also serving as Permanent Delegate of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock.
Education
- PhD Candidate at the Catholic University of Argentina.
- Master’s in Business Law (MADE) (2006-2007), Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain.
- Business Valuation Program, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain.
- Attorney at Law for the Republic of Ecuador (2005), Catholic University of Santiago de Guayaquil.