ECUADOR Law and Practice Contributed by: Oswaldo Santos Dávalos and Bernarda Haro Aillón, Santos Burbano de Lara
Santos Burbano de Lara is a Quito-based boutique firm with over 35 years of experience. Its practice concentrates on arbitration, dispute resolution and competition law. Its team has participated in do - mestic and international arbitrations under ICSID, ICC and UNCITRAL rules across the energy, mining, construction and infrastructure sectors. Its team has
represented public-sector entities and several of the most prominent business groups at the local and in - ternational level, providing advice complemented by an economic and financial approach. Over the past year its team has handled an arbitration portfolio ex - ceeding USD586 million.
Authors
Oswaldo Santos Dávalos is a partner at SBL. He leads the dispute
Bernarda Haro Aillón is an associate at SBL. Her practice focuses on
resolution, arbitration and competition law departments. He has taken part in more than 60 national or international arbitrations under various institutional rules. He sits as an arbitrator at the country’s leading centres. Oswaldo serves on the boards of the Arbitration and Mediation Centre of the Ecuadorian- American Chamber of Commerce and Ecuadorian Arbitration Institute, is co-founder of the Ibero- American Institute of Law and Finance, holds a M. Sc. in Law and Finance from the University of Oxford, teaches at several universities in Ecuador, and is the author of academic articles and a speaker at seminars in his areas of specialisation.
dispute resolution and arbitration. She was co-ordinator of the Ecuadorian Arbitration Institute and is currently a member. She was an editor of the Ecuadorian Arbitration Review and of the USFQ Law Review. She was part of the arbitration team of Universidad San Francisco de Quito in national and international competitions and is currently one of its coaches. Bernarda is a teaching assistant and has published several academic articles. She sits on the list of arbitral secretaries of one of the country’s leading arbitration centres.
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