Experience

Arbitration & Litigation

• Counsel of BASF Aktiengesselshaft, multinational pharmaceutical, before Ecuadorian courts, and expert witness in connection with a class action filed before US courts, and more than 30 related claims in Ecuador for alleged environmental and civil damages of more than one billion dollars. 
• Counsel to a multinational company, manufacturer of consumer goods, in an unfair competition claim of several millions of dollars, filed by a competitor company.
• Counsel to Ambev, multinational beverage company, in an intellectual property claim of several millions of dollars. 
• Counsel to Aztra, a sugar mill company, in a breach of contract litigation for several million dollars. 
• Counsel to an agricultural goods company in a series of labor, contractual and administrative disputes and in bankruptcy proceedings.
• Counsel to Ecuavisa, a television network, in a breach of contract litigation in relation to sports broadcasting rights.
• Counsel to Oleoducto de Crudos Pesados, oil company, in several tax litigations against the Ecuadorian tax authorities, in connection with claims worth hundreds of millions of dollars. 
• Expert witness on Ecuadorian law in an arbitration between Chevron and the Ecuadorian Government for more than 18 billion dollars.
• Expert witness on Ecuadorian law in an arbitration between Texaco and the Ecuadorian Government for more than 100 million dollars.
• Lead counsel in an ICC commercial arbitration worth several million dollars between a Florida bank and a New York-based investment fund regarding the breach of a creditor bankruptcy agreement. 
• Counsel in an ICSID arbitration between Duke Energy and the Ecuadorian Government. 
• Advisor to International Water Services, the company that held a water services concession in a commercial arbitration against the government regulator regarding service tariffs. 
• Lead counsel in an arbitration between a real estate promoter and an international religious corporation for breach of contract, and in the subsequent award annulment proceedings. 
• Arbitrator in commercial disputes before the ICC, Arbitration Centre of the Guayaquil Chamber of Commerce, Amcham Arbitration Centre and CIAM.

Corporate Law and M&A

• Counsel for several years to Holcim, a multinational cement company with investments in Ecuador.
• Counsel for several years to a multinational beverage company. 
• Counsel and advisor to the Board of Directors of the Ecuadorian branch of Owens-Illinois, Cridesa, the multinational glass manufacturer.
• Counsel for several years to Royal Dutch/Shell regarding its operations in Ecuador.
• External counsel for several years to a fishing multinational company. 
• Counsel for the company holding the concession for public water and sanitation services in Guayaquil.
• Counsel to several construction and infrastructure companies. 

Languages

• Spanish
• English