Public Law

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Provided by López Ribadeneira Mora

Public Law department manages administrative and constitutional law disputes in various sectors including Public Procurement, Construction, Natural Resources, Infrastructure, Consultancy, Public Services, Punitive Damages, Oil, Agriculture, Telecommunications, and the Commercial Sector. The team provides administrative and judicial support to local and foreign companies, with a focus on representing clients in trials against public sector entities. They occasionally have represented public entities in administrative litigation and dispute resolution processes.

The big success of this department has been representing national and foreign companies against public entities and other private organizations in Ecuador. As a recent highlight, the firm successfully participated in a public bid and secured the representation of the National Superintendency of Banks in a high-profile trial. They were selected as one of the premier litigation firms in Ecuador to defend the National Superintendency of Banks in a case against the Isaias brothers, former owners of the largest bank in Ecuador (Filanbanco), who filed a 2 billion USD punitive damages lawsuit against Ecuador. Winning this bid reaffirmed the firm's exceptional position as a leading administrative litigation firm in Ecuador.

The team has also been hired by foreign companies, organizations and international law firms to issue opinions on Ecuadorian legislation and specific cases.