At Lexvalor Abogados, we continue to strengthen our practice areas to provide comprehensive legal counsel aligned with today’s challenges in sustainability, wealth continuity, and corporate governance.

In this context, we are pleased to announce the creation of our new Corporate Governance and Family Business Strategy practice area, led by María Lorena Correa, who joins our team as Director of the area.

María Lorena brings extensive experience in strategic consulting, corporate governance, and succession planning. She is an Ecuadorian attorney with a master’s in public policy from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and has completed several specialization programs in family business consulting, board training, among others. She previously led the Economic Development Division at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). In parallel, she has served as Chair of the Board of Grupo Moderna Alimentos, and as a Board Member of Hospital Metropolitano. In 2024, she was appointed as IDB Advisor to Ecuador’s Ministry of Economy and Finance. Throughout her career, she has advised business groups across various sectors and sizes on the design of governance structures, succession strategies, and long-term value creation tools—strengthening their business performance, market competitiveness, and generational transition planning.

Through this new practice area, we offer specialized legal advisory services in:

• Facilitation of Family Protocols and Shareholders’ Agreements

• Training and performance evaluation of high-level boards of directors

• Formation of family councils and legacy preservation initiatives

• Continuity diagnostics and corporate governance scorecards

• Drafting of internal corporate governance regulations

• Legal services related to corporate restructuring and optimization, including corporate, labor, and tax matters

We are confident that this specialized approach will meaningfully contribute to the sustainability, professionalization, and growth of the family-owned businesses that place their trust in our team.