Region Area

Lawyers

Leyre Suarez

Leyre Suarez

Work Department

Litigation, Mediation and Arbitration, Administrative Law and Energy and Natural Resources.

Position

Senior Associate

Career

Leyre Suarez is an LLM graduate from the International Business Regulation, Litigation and Arbitration program at New York University, with 7 years of experience in litigation, mediation, arbitration, administrative law, energy and natural resources.

Leyre is an active teacher in the Law School of the Universidad San Francisco de Quito, where she teaches different courses in Civil Law.

Besides working on important law firms throughout the country, she has been chosen by Chamber & Partners as “Associate to Watch” on Ecuador, in the Dispute Resolution area.

She worked in the litigation and arbitration departments, drafting legal documents, including closing statements and appellate briefs. Also, on international investment arbitration and international commercial arbitration cases involving issues of administrative, public procurement and environmental law.

Leyre is the author of several articles for the “Revista Ecuatoriana de Arbitraje”, “The International Arbitration Review”, “Global Arbitration Review”, “Arbitration Guide” from the International Bar Association, among others.

Languages

 Spanish, English, French

Memberships

Pichincha Bar Association.

Education

LLM, International Business Regulation Litigation and Arbitration, New York University School of Law, 2016. Lawyer Summa Cum Laude, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, 2012.

Mentions