Energy and Natural Resources Competition and Antitrust Labor and Employment Dispute Resolution

Relevant experience

For almost 18 years, Agustín has been linked to the hydrocarbon industry throughout the largest private production company in the country, since its arrival in Ecuador and after its acquisition of the previous operator. He has been in charge of several processes regarding the renegotiation of contracts and the daily management of oil contracts. For more than 12 years he has led a group of leading retailers in the country (including several of the largest companies in its sector - supermarkets, pharmacies, textiles, etc.), providing legal advice on matters of common interest in tax, labor, competition and foreign trade issues, among others. Legal advice in the pre-contractual and contractual processes of a Swiss multinational leader in the provision of security services, before fiscal and custom authorities. Legal counsel in an investor-state arbitration representing the investor, a Spanish tuna producer multinational company against the Ecuadorian State, jointly with a North American firm.

Work experience

FLOR & HURTADOMember, July 2017 ANDES PETROLEUM ECUADOR LTD.Senior Legal Advisor, 2010 BUSTAMANTE & BUSTAMANTE Partner, 2000 to 2017 UNIVERSIDAD SAN FRANCISCO DE QUITO Professor of the Oil & gas Chair, 2006 to the present CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF QUITOArbitral Secretary, January 2005 to July 2012 MINISTRY OF FINANCE AND PUBLIC CREDIT OF ECUADORGeneral Coordinator, February 1999 to February 2000 MINISTRY OF GOVERNMENT AND POLICE OF ECUADORPersonal Assistant to the Minister, August 1998 to January 1999 MUNICIPALITY OF QUITOAdvisor to Mayor Jamil Mahuad, May 1994 to July 1997

Publications

“Ecuador: Investor-Estate Arbitration 2019”, The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Investor-State Arbitration Laws and Regulations 2019, 1st, Global Legal Group (November 2018).

Pichincha Bar Association

Partner

Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris-Fondation Nationale de Sciences Politiques(Paris Institute of Political Studies / Political Science) Postgraduate in Applied Economics: Diplôme d'Etudes Approfondies (DEA) in Applied Economics, specialization in Corporate Finance - 1998 Pontificia Universidad Católica del EcuadorLawyer - 1997