Adv Rafael Balda Santistevan > Apolo Abogados > Guayaqui, Ecuador > Lawyer Profile
Apolo Abogados Offices
Jurin 105 y Malecon Simon Bolivar
Edifico Apolo River Tower
6to piso
10903
Ecuador
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Adv Rafael Balda Santistevan
Work Department
- Capital markets, Financial services regulatory, M&A, Project development
Position
Partner
Career
Rafael Balda Santistevan is a Partner at Apolo Abogados, and his professional activity has primarily focused on constitutional; administrative; communications; trust; financial and capital markets; urban and rural real estate; corporate; and general corporate matters.
In the public sector, among various other positions, he served as the National Superintendent of the Securities Market at the Superintendency of Companies, Securities, and Insurance (SCVS) from 2013 to 2018, where he also acted as the Acting National Superintendent of Companies and Acting Superintendent of Companies, Securities, and Insurance. As the National Superintendent of the Securities Market, he successfully led the SCVS’s efforts to achieve the subscription of the IOSCO’s Multilateral Memorandum of Understanding (MMoU). Rafael also acted as a representative to the Latin American Group of Issuers of Financial Reporting Standards (GLENIF), a regional organization responsible for representing Latin America before the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB, issuer of IFRS), and as a permanent delegate to the Board of Financial and Monetary Policy and Regulation.
In academia, Rafael has been a guest professor of Law Theory at the Catholic University of Santiago de Guayaquil; an instructor at the Ibero-American Institute of Securities Markets in workshops aimed at regulatory and supervisory body officials in Latin America; a speaker and presenter at various forums, workshops, and conferences; and has published articles on corporate, securities, electoral, constitutional law, and political science. He has been interviewed and quoted as a political analyst in various local and international media outlets, including The New York Times.
Languages
Spanish, English and Portuguese
Memberships
Ecuadorian Forum of Lawyers, Guayas Province Bar
Education
Rafael completed his higher education at the Catholic University of Santiago de Guayaquil in law, the University of Palermo in international relations and political science, and also obtained a Global Certificate in Financial Regulation from Harvard Law School.
Lawyer Rankings
Ecuador > Real estate
The real estate team at Apolo Abogados is highly specialised in the aquaculture and agriculture industries. The group is regularly sought for advice on purchases of land and properties; assistance in this field ranges from issues arising out of the legal sponsorship of commercial premises to the obtainment of operating, construction and demolition permits. José Gabriel Apolo, Rafael Balda Santistevan and Javier Cardoso lead the practice, combining knowledge of exporting groups in the country, public affairs and maritime law. Associate María José Arias is noted for corporate matters. Andrés Suárez joined the Ministry of Agriculture.
Ecuador > Corporate and M&A
Apolo Abogados ‘has a multidisciplinary team of experts in different areas of law‘ and ‘is very well connected with the authorities in the area‘. Group head Rafael Balda Santistevan draws on previous experience from working in the private sector as a consultant for public and corporate affairs. The team includes several multidisciplinary lawyers, such as associate María José Arias, who deals with a range of corporate issues, as does the group more widely. These matters include transactions, corporate structuring and other corporate procedures.