Labour & Employment
Latin America Guide 2025 : Ecuador
Band 1
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Provided by Pérez Bustamante & Ponce
We provide strategic advice on labor issues, litigation and collective bargaining agreements, with a focus on offering effective solutions that serve our clients’ needs no matter how complex the issue.
This focus allows us to:
- Advise and guide clients on strategies relating to contracts of employment.
- Help with audit processes regarding labor compliance and risk mitigation.
- Advise on and design labor subrogation processes due to restructuring, mergers and acquisitions.
- Defend our clients in administrative and judicial disputes.
- Design strategies and guide our clients in collective bargaining processes.
- Help with governmental relations.
- Advise on immigration issues and visas.
- Advise on social security issues.
Chambers Review
Pérez Bustamante & Ponce has a noteworthy department with an exemplary track record in the Ecuadorian labour and employment arena and is well placed to handle routine advisory work, including drafting internal HR policies, assisting with employee contracts, and advising on immigration procedures. The labour and employment department is adept at assisting with dismissals and representing clients in labour benefit claims. Pérez Bustamante & Ponce is also sought after for its advice on social security and collective bargaining agreements.
Work Highlights
- Pérez Bustamante & Ponce aided Arca Continental in the design of the legal strategy for promoting the professional growth and skills of more than 15,000 employees, workplace inclusion of women and young personnel, identifying discrimination-free growth processes, and generating policies for a harassment-free workplace.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Pérez Bustamante & Ponce is a multidisciplinary team that has expertise in many areas, knows all the regulations, and boasts a good level of experience, allowing them to defend clients in any case."
"Pérez Bustamante & Ponce's team has very clear and precise knowledge of the labour legislation in Ecuador. Its level of experience in the country helps us make well-informed decisions."
"Pérez Bustamante & Ponce is a multidisciplinary team that has expertise in many areas, knows all the regulations, and boasts a good level of experience, allowing them to defend clients in any case."
"Pérez Bustamante & Ponce's team has very clear and precise knowledge of the labour legislation in Ecuador. Its level of experience in the country helps us make well-informed decisions."
Notable Practitioners
Partner and head of department Javier Salvador Soto garners extensive praise from clients and peers alike for his well-grounded labour and employment practice in Ecuador.
"Javier Salvador Soto is an excellent professional. He is my right hand man in managing labour issues in the country."
Associate-to-watch Esteban Baquero focuses on labour, social security, and union matters in Ecuador.
"Esteban Baquero has technical knowledge, quick and high-quality responses, and his availability is high. He never leaves you waiting long, and you always feel you can count on his input."
Ranked Lawyers at
Pérez Bustamante & Ponce
Ecuador