Gonzalo González > ECIJA GPA > Quito, Ecuador > Lawyer Profile
ECIJA GPA Offices
AV. 12 DE OCTUBRE Y LINCOLN
OFICINA 1005
QUITO
Ecuador
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Gonzalo González
Work Department
Corporate/M&A, Dispute resolution: litigation and arbitration, Oil & Gas
Position
Managing Partner
Career
Managing partner of ECIJA GPA
Gonzalo began his career as a lawyer in 1985. He is a specialist in oil, gas, electricity, tax, public procurement, contract negotiation and national and international arbitration law.
He has completed several national and international courses and seminars, has been a university professor, author and co-author of various research papers, reforms and new legal bodies in the energy branch.
He was in charge of preparing the regulatory framework and legal framework for the Seventh Oil Round. He was a Consultant member and participant in the Commission for the elaboration of the reforms to the Hydrocarbons Law, member of the Commission appointed by the Minister of Energy and Mines and the World Bank to prepare the legal framework for modernization in the handling of the Commercialization of derivatives and operation of pipelines and terminals. (1995).
He has participated as an Advisory Lawyer in important projects within the tenders called by the electricity and oil sector.
Ecuadorian Petroleum State Corporation and PETROECUADOR, attorney for the attorney general and international trade, member of the procurement and contracting committees of CEPE, head of the advisory division, head of the contracts division, director of contracts, assistant manager and Head of the Legal Unit.
• Attorney General of PETROCOMERCIAL.
• Assistant and advisor to the Executive President of PETROECUADOR.
• Lawyer adviser on important projects within the tenders called by the electricity and oil sector.
• Board member and vice president of the Quito Chamber of Commerce (2004-2007).
• Vice President of the Chamber of Commerce of Quito
• Arbitrator of the Center of Arbitration and Mediation Chamber of Commerce of Quito
• ADR Commission President, ICC Ecuador Chapter
Languages
Spanish
Memberships
Member of the AIPN Board of Directors. Board member and vice president of the Quito Chamber of Commerce (2004-2010). President of the Arbitration and Mediation Center of the Quito Chamber of Commerce and Arbitrator of said center and Member and President of the Commission on Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution Methods (ADR) of the ICC Chapter Ecuador. External and internal lawyer of several national and international oil companies, currently chairs the Petroleum Commission of Ecuador, free exercise of the profession of lawyer, in the branches of National and International Arbitration, Public Procurement, Natural Resources, Oil and Gas.
Lawyer Rankings
Ecuador > Energy and natural resources
(Leading individuals)Recommended for its ‘high level of preparation and individualised attention to each case’, ECIJA GPA‘s team is headed by Gonzalo González and Bayardo Poveda, who, together with other team members, offer clients advice on a broad range of complex issues. These include day-to-day matters, as well as advice on large transactions such as the migration of oil contracts, negotiation with the state concerning contracts, and the delegation of field operations. Practice co-head Poveda draws on over 20 years of experience in the energy sector. Energy expert Álvaro Ordoñez departed from the firm in December 2022 to join the Ministry of Energy and Mines.