POSITIONS AND DUTIES IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR
Apolo Law Firm: Senior Associate Attorney
Constitutional, administrative, financial, tax, corporate and general corporate areas, 2018–to date)
Independent consultant and advisor
2008, 2013
Persona. Institutional Representation
Project Manager
Project and Research Management, development of new services and direct advice to private sector for-profit and not-for-profit clients
June 2007–September 2008
Estadio Magazine
Freelance International Correspondent
2003–2004
Pareja & Associates, Attorneys at Law
Legal Assistant
July 2002–January 2003
"Attorney Carlos Chávez Negrete" Law Firm. Legal Assistant
January 2002–June 2002
MAIN PUBLIC SECTOR POSITIONS HELD
• Superintendence of Companies, Securities, and Insurance:
National Intendant of the Securities Market
Overall and strategic direction of the supervision and control of the securities market and the trust sector in Ecuador
Responsible for adopting administrative measures and imposing sanctions for violations of securities market regulations
Responsible for supervising the preparation and approval of draft securities market regulations
Occasionally performed as Acting National Intendant of Companies and Acting Superintendent of Companies, Securities, and Insurance
2013 -2018
• Superintendence of Companies
General Counsel
Advising on the institutional management of situations and processes of the Superintendence of Companies, with emphasis on regulatory challenges and corporate matters
April 2011–April 2013
• Presidency of the Republic
National Secretariat of Communication
Political–Legal Advisor
Advising on the political and institutional management of the Presidency, within the scope of the Secretariat's work. Coordination with the Legal Secretariat. Emphasis on human rights, right to freedom of expression, and regulatory issues.
August 2009–January 2011
• Contentious Electoral Tribunal
Advisor to the Presidency
Preparation of draft rulings, legal reports, constitutional interpretation, and support to the management of the Tribunal
November 2008–July 2009
• Constituent Assembly
Assistant to the Commission for the Final Drafting of the Constitution
Assisting, with legal-political criteria, in the final drafting of the Constitution currently in force
June–July 2008
DEGREES AND STUDIES
PhD candidate at Universidad Católica Argentina
Certificate from IOSCO/PIFS-Harvard Law School Global Certificate Program for Regulators of Securities Market, Harvard University
Lawyer of the Courts and Tribunals of the Republic of Argentina, Major in Public Law, Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil, UCSG
Bachelor's Degree in International Relations, Universidad de Palermo, Buenos Aires, Argentina
POSITIONS HELD IN THE ACADEMIC AREA
Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil
Law School
Visiting Professor of Theory of Law
2011
PUBLICATIONS
"Marketing of Financial Instruments and other Products in the Ecuadorian Securities Market. Regulation and responsibilities of intermediaries and other participants." Revista Iberoamericana de Mercados de Valores, issue No. 51, July 2017
"Main changes in Ecuadorian Securities Market Legislation. A three-pronged approach", Revista Iberoamericana de Mercados de Valores, issue No. 42, July 2014
"An introduction to electoral systems in 9,674 characters." GK, 2012. https://gk.city/2012/01/13/introduccion-los-sistemas-electorales-9674-caracteres/.
"Twenty years after 'the end of history'". La Otra magazine. November 2011.
"The new Organic Electoral and Political Parties Law of the Republic of Ecuador vis-à-vis the 2008 Constitution". Ramiro Ávila Santamaría, ed. Publication pending in "The regulatory guarantees and legislative production: adequacy or emptying?"
"The Determinacy Principle and its application in Ecuadorian Electoral Law", in "Electoral Justice Studies". Dieter Nohlen et. al. Richard Ortiz Ortiz, editor. Contentious Electoral Tribunal. Quito, 2009. ISBN 978-9978-927267
"Towards a New Government System: Institutional Design of Presidentialism in the New Constitution of the Ecuadorian State", in "Constitutional Challenges: The Constitution in Perspective". Ramiro Ávila Santamaría, Agustín Grijalva Jiménez and Rubén Martínez Dalmau, editors. Ministry of Justice and Human Rights - Constitutional Tribunal. Quito, 2008. ISBN 978-9978926512
"Legitimate Defence", El Universo newspaper, March 26, 2008. Article about the attack on Angostura.
(http://www.eluniverso.com/2008/03/26/0001/21/798EFFE597B545DAB5B4446B442AE2C5.html)
"Marine Resources and the CONVEMAR", El Universo newspaper, January 2, 2008.
(http://www.eluniverso.com/2008/01/02/0001/21/B0A1BC4CE37B4BA0B5559A303396CC52.html)
"Change and Continuity: The Vortex of Executive-Legislative Relations in Ecuador". Guayaquil Magazine, October 2007
"Notes on Marx". AEDUC Magazine, September 2007
"The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (CONVEMAR). Protection of Ecuador's Marine Natural Resources in the perspective of its ratification". International Paper