“Serrano Puig & Associates” that operates in Quito from 1975, founded by one of the most prestigious attorneys in Ecuador, Dr. Armando Serrano Puig.

We can define our professional exercise areas in general practice, intellectual property, copyrights, administrative law, oil, gas and mining, bank, commercial, civil, contitutional, contracts, construction industry, corporations , association, alternatives of dispute resolution, energy and environment, family, franchises, immigration, bidding and licitations, public contracting, tax, telecommunications, insurance, litigations: civil, commercial, labour, non-contractual liability, etc. Our firm offers a wide range of quality legal services to clients of North, South and Central America, Europe, Japan and other countries of the Asia-Pacific area, as well as local clients.

In order to provide excellent service to our clients, we consider essential and effective assistance by attorneys that understand not only the Ecuadorian law but also the opportunities and difficulties facing the world of business in Ecuador and abroad.

PRACTICE AREAS: General Practice, Civil Litigation, Foreign Investment, Oil and Gas Law, Mining Law, General Liability, Corporate Commercial Law, Arbitration, Mediation, International Dispute Resolution, Government Concessions, Public Law, Public Bids, Labor, Constitutional Law, Amparo, Labor Law, International Contracts.

E-mail: aserrano@serranopuig.com

ASSOCIATES

DR. FELIPE INFANTE-REY, born Ecuador, 1958, admitted 1994, Quito, Ecuador. Education: University of Ecuador (Licentiate in Social and Public Sciences, 1994, Attorney, Juris Doctor, 1996); Member: Quito Bar Association. PRACTICE AREAS: Civil Litigation, labor Law and Commercial Law.

E-mail: finfante@serranopuig.com

DRA. LORENA SOTO PAREDES, born Ecuador, 1973; Education: Catholic University of Ecuador (Licentiate of Law, 1997, Attorney, 1999, Juris Doctor, 1999). Member. Quito Bar Association; Board of Directors of the Ecuadorian Franchissing Association – Quito. Languages: Spanish, French and English. PRACTICE AREAS: Intellectual Property, Like author rights, Industrial Property rights, that include among others: inventions; industrial drawings, names, commercial slogans; geographic indications, vegetable varieties; sanitary registrations, and franchising contracts.

E-mail: lorenasoto@serranopuig.com

DRA. MARIA EUGENIA SAGASTI RHOR, born Ecuador, 1965, admited, 1996, Ecuador. Education: Central University of Ecuador ((Licentiate in Social and Public Sciences 1994, Attorney; Juris Doctor 1996) Harvard Negotiation Course (two levels); New Mexico University-Program on Mediation 1999. Mediator and Secretary of Arbitration at the Center of the Quito Chamber of Commerce and Quito Chamber of Construction, 1997. Director of the Mediation and Arbitration Center of the Quito Chamber of Commerce, 1999, and Director of the Mediation and Arbitration Center of the Quito Chamber of Construction, 2002, Member: Quito Bar Association. LANGUAGES: Spanish and English. PRACTICE AREAS: Alternative Dispute Resolution, Advisor in Negotiation, Mediation and Arbitration.

E-mail:mesagasti@serranopuig.com

LEGAL STAFF

FELIPE DURINI-ANDRADE, born Ecuador, 1979; Education: Catholic University of Ecuador (To graduate from Law School). Languages: Spanish and English. PRACTICE AREAS: Oil and Gas Law, Corporate Law, Immigration Law, Commercial Law, Litigation and Labor Law.

E-mail: fdurini@serranopuig.com

JUAN FRANCISCO GUERRERO DEL POZO, born Ecuador, 1980; Education: Catholic University of Ecuador (ninth level). Languages: Spanish and English. PRACTICE AREAS: General Practice, Intellectual Property, Like author rights, Industrkial Property rights, Civil Litigation.

E-mail: jfguerrero@serranopuig.com