Hugo García Larriva

Practice Areas

Hugo García Larriva boasts over 15 years of distinguished experience in arbitration, litigation, public law, concessions, and telecommunications. He currently leads the arbitration practice and co-leads the litigation, public procurement-concessions, telecommunications and energy and natural resources practices at BUSTAMANTE FABARA.

In the realm of litigation and arbitration, Hugo represents clients in complex cases before Ecuadorian courts, in commercial, administrative, and constitutional matters. Additionally, he has developed a stellar reputation as counsel in both domestic and international arbitrations, participating in arbitral tribunals constituted under various rules, including ICC, ICSID, UNCITRAL, and CIETAC, addressing both commercial and investment disputes. Hugo also actively serves as an arbitrator in proceedings under different rules.

In the field of public procurement and concessions, Hugo provides his considerable expertise and guidance to clients in highly regulated industries such as construction, energy, telecommunications, and infrastructure development. His work includes consultancy for the structuring of tenders, negotiation, and drafting of public contracts, concessions, and public-private partnership projects. Furthermore, he advises on the daily implementation and resolution of administrative disputes related to these projects.

Hugo complements his professional practice with valuable academic experience as a professor at the Universidad San Francisco de Quito and the Universidad de Las Américas, teaching both at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

Career

2023 – Present: Partner, BUSTAMANTE FABARA.

2017 – 2023: Partner, CARMIGNIANI PÉREZ.

2015 – 2017: Senior Associate, CORRAL ROSALES CARMIGNIANI PÉREZ.

2014 – 2015: Jurist, DECHERT LLP.

2014: International Lawyer, PROCURADURÍA GENERAL DEL ESTADO.

2009 – 2013: Director, Centro de Arbitraje AMCHAM Quito.

Publications

“Arbitraje en Ecuador: Desarrollo Jurisprudencial y Reformas Legales”, Revista Ecuatoriana de Arbitraje, 2016.

http://iea.ec/pdfs/2015/Art6.pdf

“Relación entre el Código Orgánico General de Procesos y el procedimiento arbitral”, Revista Ecuatoriana de Arbitraje, 2015.

http://iea.ec/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Art_Galindo.pdf

“Partes no signatarias del convenio arbitral: entre la realidad económica y la ficción jurídica”, Revista Ecuatoriana de Arbitraje y Revista Iuris Dictio, 2012.

http://www.usfq.edu.ec/publicaciones/iurisDictio/archivo_de_contenidos/Documents/IurisDictio_15/iurisdictio_015_009.pdf

Languages Spoken

Spanish

English

Education