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Interviews & Expert Insights

"Legal, psychological, or social advice and representation are provided free of charge"

"Legal, psychological, or social advice and representation are provided free of charge"

Roberth Puertas, manager of the Fabián Ponce Ordóñez pro bono foundation in Ecuador, tells us about the work of the organization and how it make a difference to the lives of child...
"Ecuador is on par with international standards and has introduced interesting compliance systems"

"Ecuador is on par with international standards and has introduced interesting compliance systems"

Agustin Acosta, VP of the Integrity and Anticorruption Committee of the International Chamber of Commerce of Ecuador and a partner at Dentons Paz Horowitz tells us about the latest...
"One of our goals is to include software with artificial intelligence and blockchain technology"

"One of our goals is to include software with artificial intelligence and blockchain technology"

María Gabriela Campoverde Soto, assumed the general direction of the National Service of Intellectual Rights (Senadi) in June of this year, becoming the first woman to occupy the p...
‘The Ecuadorian Personal Data Protection Bill is very much in line with the GDPR’

‘The Ecuadorian Personal Data Protection Bill is very much in line with the GDPR’

Early April, the Personal Data Protection Bill was approved by the National Assembly of Ecuador's Commission on Sovereignty and International Relations. It will be debated for a se...
‘The main legal challenges are now mostly in the privacy, data protection and cybersecurity space’

‘The main legal challenges are now mostly in the privacy, data protection and cybersecurity space’

We talked with Luis Marin, partner at Ecuadorian law firm Lexvalor, about the main issues Covid poses for the legal profession in Ecuador.
“Compulsory licenses are not the solution for access to medicine for developing countries”

“Compulsory licenses are not the solution for access to medicine for developing countries”

During the Covid-19 emergency intellectual property rights are highly coveted - we spoke to Byron Robayo, IP specialist and partner at Ecuadorian law firm Paz Horowitz about how ph...