Gonzalo González Galarza

Practice Areas

Gonzalo is partner in the Corporate/M&A, Dispute Resolution: Litigation and Arbitration and Oil & Gas areas at ECIJA Ecuador, specialising in oil, gas, electricity, tax, public procurement, contract negotiation and national and international arbitration.

Career

He has taken several national and international courses and seminars, has been a university professor and author and co-author of several research papers.

He has directed the elaboration of the regulatory scheme and legal framework of the Seventh Oil Round. He has also been a consultant and participant in the Commission for the Elaboration of the Reforms to the Hydrocarbons Law and has participated as a legal advisor in projects in the electricity and oil sectors.

Vice-president of the Quito Chamber of Commerce (2004-2010), president of the Arbitration and Mediation Centre of the Quito Chamber of Commerce, Gonzalo is currently president of the Petroleum Commission of Ecuador.