Heka Law Firm

Firm Details:
HEKALaw was created with the aim of offering legal services through practical and intelligent solutions that contemplate a proactive, ethical, and efficient working manner.

The firm are a team of highly qualified professionals with multidisciplinary experience in resolving and attending a wide range of requirements from the firm's clients. The team is comprised of 9 partners and a group of 30 associates, paralegals, and administrative personnel.

The firm has offices in Quito and Cuenca, as well as strategic partners in the most important cities of the country.

Practice Areas:
Administrative Law and Public Procurement:

HEKA provides legal advice in administrative law processes against any public entity or authority.

The firm sponsor clients in administrative processes and administrative contentious processes before the Central Government and Decentralized Autonomous Governments -municipalities and provincial government.

HEKA also advises clients on their interrelation with State and public policies as it may have an impact on their businesses. The firm also provide legal and technical support in various public procurement processes, including those that follow special regimes.

Competition and Antitrust:
Heka advises national and foreign companies with preventive advice through Compliance Programs, guidance of their strategy and decision-making for the companies. In addition, the Firm advises and represents its clients in proceedings before the Antitrust Authority (abuse of dominant position, cartels, unfair practices, and operations of economic concentration).

Constitutional:
Constitutional Law is the cornerstone of a country’s legal system. At Heka, the firm provide advice with a specialized team for the protection of Constitutional Rights, incorporating a vision of protection and defense of these rights in professional practice.

Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions:
HEKA advises national and foreign companies on complex corporate matters that encompass the following areas: corporate, commercial, labor, consumer, tax and regulatory. Heka`s counsel includes structuring of M&A`s, implementation of corporate governance, preparation of national and international commercial contracts, restructuring and business reorganization, among other matters.

Dispute Resolution:
HEKA advises large and medium-sized companies, as well as individuals, in the search for agile solutions to disputes that arise in various matters. When clients cannot find a solution through extrajudicial means, Heka will provide the necessary guidance, so the correspondent actions are initiated before the local courts or arbitration tribunals. Additionally, the firm provide assistance, with the help of foreign law firms, in judicial processes that must be filed in other jurisdictions.

Financial and Stock Market:
The firm's team has extensive experience in advising financial institutions, brokerage houses and investors on a variety of matters. Heka's main objective is to advise their clients in their search of financing for future investments through the securities market and over the counter, as well as other strategic transactions.

Labour:
Heka advises clients from various industries on employment matters. Aware of the complexity of personnel management, the firm focuses its service on risk prevention and mitigation through advice that prioritizes practical and technical solutions which translate into savings for their clients in the short and long run. Additionally, the Firm has the necessary equipment to advise, accompany and sponsor the defense of its clients in labor, individual and collective negotiations and litigation.

Real Estate and Infrastructure:
Heka has led large-scale Real Estate projects in the country. These developments have been carried out through mixed-use projects with equipment, housing and offices; as well as small, medium and large-scale infrastructure projects, with different types of regulatory frameworks.The firm concentrates its practice on guiding clients in their search for financing, on the management of their real estate projects and with municipal compliance.Additionally, Heka has established a 'mortgage factory' service where domain transfer processes have been standardized in order to improve times of response and minimize errors.

Technology Media, and Telecommunications:
Heka provides its services to national and foreign companies on complex issues in the application of disruptive technologies in regulated sectors. The firm also offers specialized consulting services in the telecommunications sector specially on matters related to commercial agreements, regulatory compliance, and relationship with the regulatory entity. Likewise, Heka has led projects related to the implementation of computer security and protection of personal data.

Wealth Management:
The firm's clients require personalized advice when it comes to their personal affairs and the management of their wealth. The firm support them in the structuring of their corporate governments from the legal field, its day-to-day management and succession planning for family companies. The firm's goal is to provide quality service with short response times, and with the greatest proactivity as legal professionals. HEKA handle real estate law matters, family business transactions, as well as mergers and acquisitions.