ATTORNEYS

Juan Fernando Páez Terán

FOUNDER

BIO

Doctor Juan F. Páez Terán was born in Quito, Ecuador, on June 5th, 1931. He established his own law firm and became a part-time teacher on the Pontificia Universidad Católica of Ecuador after being admitted to the Bar Association of Quito in 1958. He has dedicated his life to the law and has great recognition and admiration within the justice field.

EDUCATION
- Specialization in Horizontal Property, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina 1955 - 1957,

- Doctor of Jurisprudence, Lawyer, PUCE, 1958.

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION

- Civil Law

- Labor Law

- Corporate Law

- Contracts

- Commercial Law

HIGHLIGHTS

- Professor for 15 years at the Pontificia Universidad del Ecuador

- Professor at the Escuela Politécnica Nacional, School of Chemical Engineering.

- Former member of the Arbitration Tribunal of the Chamber of Commerce of Quito

- Jude Joint of the Labor Law Chamber of the Supreme Court for several periods.

- He was legal advisor of the Superintendence of Companies in the legal department.

- President of the Instituto San Martiniano del Ecuador.

- Lecturer on Corporate, Labor, Constitutional Law and Commercial Arbitration in public and private seminars.

- Provided legal advice to the Chamber of Commerce of Quito and Industrials of Pichincha, Inter-American Development Bank. In addition to other national and foreign banks and various business groups, in matters of Labor, Civil and Commercial Law among others.

- Book Collector.

- Medium level understanding of Latin, French, Italian and English.

- Poetry writer.

Juan Fernando Páez Parral

BIO
Doctor Juan Fernando Páez Parral, born in Quito, has training and experience in the private sector, in the areas of litigation, mediation and arbitration. He was a part-time university professor for 28 years at Universidad Católica del Ecuador. He has fulfilled important roles such as Legal Director of the Foundation Towards Security, Empire of the Law, founder of the International Center of Arbitration with headquarters in Quito and he is a mediator of the Cámara de Comercio Ecuatoriano Americana AMCHAM 1999 until the present date.

EDUCATION
- Doctor in Jurisprudence, Attorney, PUCE, 1988

- J.D., PUCE. 1998

- B.A. in Public and Social Sciences. PUCE 1998

- Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar. Graduated from the Diploma in Public Contracting and Modernization of the State, 2006

- Specialization in Mediation, Quito, Buenos Aires, 2001.

- Several courses of procedural law.

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION

- Labor Law

- Litigation Mediation and Arbitration

- Migration Law

- Tax Law

- Consulting in several law areas.

- Inheritance Law

HIGHLIGHTS

- Associated with the Law Firm since 1980.

- Professor of the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador, from 1989 to 2016.

- Professor of the Universidad Andina Simón Bolivar, Universidad de las Americas, Universidad Indoamérica in several periods from 1998 until 2012.

- Director of the International Center for Arbitration and Mediation - CIAM from July 2007 to March 2010

- Has participated in more than one hundred twenty processes as mediator,

- Mediator of several Mediation Centers, from 1999 to the present date.

- Speaker in public and private seminars on Labor Law, Constitutional Law and Commercial Arbitration, Mediation and Litigation.

- Trainer in mediation and arbitration.

Nora Páez Parral

BIO
Doctor Nora Páez Parral was born in Quito, Ecuador and decided to study law to continue her long history of public and law servers predecessors. She was admitted to the Bar Association of Quito in 1995.

EDUCATION
- Doctor in Jurisprudence, Attorney, PUCE, 1995

- J.D., PUCE. 1995

- B.A. in Public and Social Sciences. PUCE 1995

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION

- Intellectual Property and Trademark

- Corporate Law

- Commercial Law

- Contracts

- Administrative Law

- Inheritance Law

HIGHLIGHTS

- Linked to the Law Firm since 1978.

- Lawyer in free practice since 1995.

- Titled at WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization).

- Certificate in courses on Social Security.

- Certificates in courses on Negotiation.

- Professor in Practice of Collective Labor Law at the Pontifica Universidad Católica del Ecuador in Quito.

- Read, speak and understand English fluently.

- Basic understanding of the German language.

Augusto Chasillacta

BIO
Augusto Chasillacta was born in Latacunga in 1989. He is a Lawyer of the Courts of the Republic of Ecuador, titled by the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Faculty of Law, in 2015. Due to his experience in counseling and litigation, he currently concentrates his practice in conflict resolution, participating in litigation, labor and commercial matters. In addition, he offers personalized advice to the different clients that make up the portfolio of the Law Firm. He is a member of this Law Firm since 2016.

EDUCATION

-Lawyer, J.D. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, 2015.

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION

- Child Welfare Law

- Tax Law

- Transit Law

- Public Contracting

- Migration

- Labor law

- Antitrust

HIGHLIGHTS

- Assistant Professor of Matters: Criminal Law, dictated by the former magistrate of the former Supreme Court of Justice of Ecuador in Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador for two years.

-Eight years of work experience as Legal Assistant and has been principal counsel of several companies with a renowned reputation both national and international.

Martín Gangotena Páez

BIO
Martin Gangotena Páez, LL.M, has deep knowledge of the Ecuadorian criminal laws and proceedings. He is a PhD(c) on Criminal Law for Universidad Castilla-La Mancha. Has an LL.M from Loyola University Chicago, a diploma on International Criminal Law from Leiden University in the Netherlands. Studied in Salamanca, Spain and obtained his law degree in Universidad de las Americas.

EDUCATION
-PhD (c) in Criminal Law. Universidad Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, 2017

- Leiden University- Diploma on International Criminal Law, Netherlands, 2015

- LL.M. Loyola University, Chicago 2013

- Universidad de las Américas- J.D. 2012

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION

- Criminal Law

- White Collar Criminal Defence and Private Prosecution

- Corporate Compliance

- Corporate Criminal Defense

- Customs

- Tax Law

- Antitrust Law

HIGHLIGHTS

- Consultant for Worth Street Group.

- Member of the International Association of Penal Law.

- Member of the International Society of Social Defense and Humane Criminal Policy.

- Member of Roxin Alliance.

- Conference speaker for the Association of International Developing Penalist- Young Professionals at the University of Sao Paulo.

- Published articles: “Consequences for Criminal Liability in the Decision Making and Oversight in Corporations”, published in Spanish, English and Portuguese.

- Contributing writer for “International Legal Guide” Business Crimes, Ecuador Chapter.

- Contributing writer for “Global Compliance News” on white-collar crimes issues, Ecuador.

- Conference speaker at the Wharton School of Business, University of Pensilvania, “Corporate Crime and Corruption: Voices from Latin America”.