Adv Margarita Vélez > Noboa, Peña & Torres, Abogados > Guayaquil, Ecuador > Lawyer Profile

Noboa, Peña & Torres, Abogados
JUNÍN 114 Y MALECÓN SIMÓN BOLÍVAR
EDIFICIO TORRES DEL RÍO, PISO 8
GUAYAQUIL
Ecuador

Work Department

Dispute Resolution

Position

Director of the Dispute Resolution practice, Senior Associate

Career

Margarita Vélez Casanova is the Director of the Dispute Resolution Area of Noboa, Peña & Torres.

As leader/member of the area, she has advised and represented our clients in different judicial processes, including constitutional, administrative, civil, family, and arbitration matters.

In this sense, Margarita participated as part of the dispute resolution team in a civil trial aimed at lifting the corporate veil against a lubricant company (Gulf representative in the country). She has intervened in the defense of damage lawsuits against companies such as UBESA (part of the Dole Group), OTECEL (of the Telefónica Group), and DHL EXPRESS.

Languages

Spanish, English.

Memberships

Ecuadorian Bar Association

Education

  • Law Degree from the Catholic University of Santiago de Guayaquil.
  • Master’s degree in Procedural Law from the Catholic University of Santiago de Guayaquil.
  • Master’s degree in Probative Law from the University of Girona, Spain.
  • Diploma in Theory of Legal Argumentation, Espiritu Santo University and the University of Geneva.