Japanese investment firm has acquired a 20% stake in industrial Pesquera Santa Priscila, an Ecuadorian company that is the world’s largest shrimp farmer.

Espinosa Jervis Dent (EJD), an Ecuadorian law firm, has announced its launch, the brainchild of three managing partners who have come together to unite their talent.

Ecuadorian law firm Pérez Bustamante & Ponce has announced the incorporation of Pedro M. Pérez as a partner.

Ecuadorian law firm Lexvalor Abogados has announced the incorporation of Paola Gachet as a partner in the firm’s tax, administrative law and public contracts practice.

Ecuadorian law firm Pérez Bustamante & Ponce (PBP) has announced the promotion of five directors, in recognition of their “extraordinary work, and demonstrating commitment to t...

Ecuadorian law firm Bustamante Fabara has announced the incorporation of Hugo García-Larriva as its newest dispute resolution and arbitration partner, along with his team of associ...

Ecuadorian law firm Bustamante Fabara has announced the incorporation of two partners. The two new partners are Ernesto Weisson and Ricardo Menéndez, both of whom join the firm fr...

Clifford Chance has announced the promotion of New York-based Mariana Estévez to partner, and who focuses primarily on hybrid financings and debt capital markets transactions in La...

Ecuadorian law firm PBP has announced the incorporation of Margarita Romero Rosales as a partner in its intellectual property practice.

Ecuadorian law firm Noboa, Peña & Torres has announced the promotion of Francisco Larrea Naranjo to partner.

Ecuadorian law firm Dentons Paz Horowitz has added Gabriel Solis Vinueza as a new partner, strengthening the firm's infrastructure and public-private partnerships practice.

ECIJA GPA has announced the incorporation of a new partner, Sebastián Valle, and five associates, strengthening its administrative law, public procurement, corporate law, personal ...

Ecuadorian law firm Falconi Puig Abogados has absorbed fellow law firm De la Pared Plaza, bringing onboard Johnny De La Pared to head up the firm’s operations in its new office in ...

Ecuadorian law firm Robalino has announced that Wendy Noboa Gordon and Gabriel Gallegos Argüello have been named new directors at the firm.

Ecuadorian law firm Spingarn has announced the incorporation of Byron Robayo as a partner, and who will lead the firm’s intellectual property (IP) practice.

Ecuadorian law firm Flor Bustamante Pizarro & Hurtado has announced the incorporation of Juan Pablo Serrano and Erika Alarcón as partners, who join the firm to bolster its inte...

Ecuadorian law firm Robalino has announced the appointment of three new directors and an of counsel.

Pástor, an Ecuadorian boutique law firm focused on environmental law, has launched, and which has already successfully represented prestigious multinational and local firms on envi...

Ecuadorian law firm Robalino has announced the addition of Cristina Viteri Torres as of counsel, who will act as an external counsel in the firm’s litigation and arbitration practi...

Deloitte Legal has added a new partner in Ecuador, Ernesto J. Weisson, who is an experienced M&A, real estate and corporate attorney.

Ecuadorian law firm Bustamante Fabara has announced the addition of two new partners, and who bring with them a team comprising a total of 11 highly qualified lawyers to the firm’s...

Ecuadorian law firm Robalino has announced the addition of Carol Riofrío as the new director of its banking and finance practice.

Peruvian airport services company Talma has announced it has acquired Ecuadorian Company Generalair, which will allow it to expand its activities in that country, where it has been...

Just two months since achieving unicorn status, Ecuadorian paytech Kushki has acquired Mexican startup Billpocket, a company that facilitates point-of-sale payments.

Dentons Paz Horowitz has announced the promotion of Verónica Mieles, leader of the real estate practice area, to partner.

Ecuadorian law firm Tobar ZVS has appointed lawyer Marta Villagómez to head its labor law practice.

Ecuadorian law firm Spingarn has announced the incorporation of Lorena Naranjo Godoy and Daniela Macias, and whose addition to the team consolidate the firm’s personal data protect...

Ecuadorian law firm Flor Bustamante Pizarro & Hurtado has announced the incorporation of two new partners, Gilberto Gutiérrez and Alfonso Becerra, who join the firm from Antitr...

Ecuadorian startup Kushki has announced a $100 million extension of its Series B round fundraising, making it the South American country’s first unicorn, with a valuation in excess...

Global firm Kennedys has entered into a strategic alliance with Ecuadorian firm Tobar ZVS, and announced the opening of an office in Bolivia in association with local law firm Lópe...

With the appointment, the Ecuadorian firm strengthens its anti-counterfeiting area.

Law firm Greenberg Traurig has named Antonio Peña as the new co-chair of its Latin America practice.

Ecuadorian law firm Torres Saldaña Abogados has launched, based in the city of Cuenca.

ECIJA GPA has opened an office in the Ecuadorian city of Manta, its third in the country, and which will be led by partner Ingrid Rodríguez.

Ecuadorian law firm Carmigniani Pérez has announced the promotion of Daniel Dziouba from senior associate to partner.

Ecuadorian law firm Flor Bustamante Pizarro & Hurtado (FBPH) has launched, the result of a merger orchestrated by former partners, of Pabralaw, Jorge Pizarro Paéz, of Flor &...

Robalino Abogados y Consultores, one of the largest law and consultancy firm in Ecuador, has announced the opening of a new office in the city of Cuenca, the firm’s fifth in the co...

Bustamante & Bustamante, a third-generation law firm and one of the most prestigious in Ecuador, has merged with Fabara Abogados, a highly respected firm, to form Bustamante Fa...

Ecuadorian law firm Falconi Puig has announced the addition of two partners in its corporate and litigation, and tax and finance areas.

Ecuadorian firm Coronel & Pérez has hired Octavio Rosselli to lead its banking and finance practice.

Ecuadorian law firm Heka Law has announced the incorporation of Cristina Serrano Crespo as a partner in its constitutional and administrative law departments.

Ecuador’s largest medical instrument distributor Corporación Omni Invest (Omninvest) has acquired the Tababela Cargo Center (Tabacarcen), one of the largest logistics centers in So...

Ecuadorian corporate, tax and financial advisory law firm Spingarn & Marks has announced the incorporation of two partners, two directors, and three legal advisors to strengthe...

Stralegis Abogados Consultores, an Ecuadorian firm, has launched, founded by partners David Montecé Villacís and Andrés Cervantes Valarezo, who have integrated their professional p...

Ecuadorian law firm HEKA Law and private equity fund administrator ZION have signed a strategic alliance in order to link the two businesses in the central and southern region of t...

Rizon Integral law firm, headquartered in Guayaquil with offices in Quito, Manta and Machala, has launched, formed by the merger of Integracorp and two independent practices.

Ecuadorian law firm Paz Horowitz Abogados has announced the incorporation of a new partner, Andrés Chong Qui Toris, who will be based in the firm’s Guayaquil office. The addition o...

Ecuadorian law firm Robalino has announced the promotion of three of its lawyers to partner, Luis Carlos Fernández Gilbert, Pedro Córdova Balda, and Álvaro Ordóñez Cornejo.

Ecuadorian law firm Robalino has opened a new office in the city of Machala, known as ‘the banana capital of the world’, a city in the country’s El Oro Province.

Ecuadorian law firms Lexvalor Abogados and Axis Consultores Legales have announced their signing of an integration agreement whereby Axis will become part of Lexvalor Abogados, eff...

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Global law firm Dentons has announced it has formed a combination with leading Ecuadorian law firm Paz Horowitz Abogados.

Ecuadorian law firm Solines & Asociados has announced the promotion of Diego Beltrán Bastides to partner, and who heads the firm’s digital, environmental and constitutional law...

A new legal firm has launched in Ecuador, AVL Abogados, and which is the result of a merger between Lexim Abogados and Andrade Veloz, the latter with 46 years’ experience in the fi...

Six former partners at South American regional law firm Ferrere have announced the launch of their own law firm in Ecuador, Robalino Donoso Gachet Beltrán Pallares Valdivieso Weiss...

Ecuadorian law firm Pérez Bustamante & Ponce (PBP) has announced the addition of a new partner, Sebastián Cortéz, and who focuses his practice on energy and natural resources, ...

Peruvian tech and innovation firm Niubox has opened a new office in Quito, Ecuador and appointed Diego Álvarez as country manager.

Divergent Law, a multi-disciplinary law firm, has launched in Ecuador’s capital Quito, created by co-founders Paúl Peña Núñez and María-Belén Rivadeneira.

IKNITO Legal Marketing & Communications has announced its launch as the first Ecuadorian marketing and communications firm aimed specifically at the legal sector, and which was...

LACEC, one of Ecuador’s largest mining companies, has signed an investment contract with the Ecuadorian government, under which it has committed to invest approximately $9 million ...

Ecuadorian law firm HEKA has appointed Juan Andrés Gortaire to its team as the partner in charge of the new Cuenca office.

Spanish law firm ECIJA opens in Brazil and Ecuador becoming the largest Spanish law firm in Latin America.

Ecuadorian law firm Heka has added José Manuel Albornoz as a new partner in its finance and tax practice. He is one of the most experienced professionals in the country in tax, fin...

Moving to avert a deeper economic crisis, Ecuador’s President Lenin Moreno has announced a series of drastic cuts and the closure of state-owned companies, prompting citizens to ta...