Ecuador’s Robalino welcomes new partner

Lisette is joined by her team of six associates and one counsel.

The firm’s managing partner, Javier Robalino Orellana, expressed his satisfaction with Lisette’s incorporation, saying: “On behalf of the partners I would like to offer the most cordial invitation to Lisette, her addition to the firm and her commitment to excellence and her great leadership represent a great contribution to the growth of our organization”.

“We are confident that Lisette's extensive background and experience will be a great boost to the Firm and a guarantee of her excellent performance,” he added.

Lisette joins the firm from Grupo SMI, where she was the company’s legal manager for more than nine years, and prior to that was a director at the Asociación Ecuatoriana de Plásticos, and she has also held managerial roles at Banco DelBank and Cristaltech.

She holds a master’s degree in environmental law from the Universitat Rovira i Virgili in Tarragona, Catalonia, and holds a law degree from the Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil and from the Universidad del Pacífico.

Lisette specializes in business law, regulatory, labor, corporate, insurance, environmental law and intellectual property.

Robalino is one of the most prominent professional legal services firms in Ecuador and a leader in the provision of legal and consulting services, with a team of 80 lawyers and 40 consultants, with offices in Quito, Guayaquil, Manta, Machala and Cuenca.