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Jaime Zaldumbide-Serrano

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Jaime is an experienced attorney in energy, exploration and exploitation of natural resources and environmental law. He has spent decades advising oil and mining companies on their operations and negotiations in Ecuador and on the development of electricity and alternative energy projects. Thanks to his experience in this field, he is one of the most well-regarded experts in Ecuador.

From 2012 to 2016, Jaime practiced in Chile as Senior Counsel in the energy department of the prestigious law firm Carey Abogados.

Admitted to the bar in Chile and Ecuador, Jaime is one of the few Ecuadorian attorneys to be distinguished as a foreign expert by Chambers Global.

Position

Partner

Career

• Pérez Bustamante & Ponce (1987 – present)
• Speaker at various national and international events on energy and environmental issues (present)
• Arbitrator, Construction Chamber of Quito, Ecuador (1998 – present)
• Member, Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN) (1992 – present)
• President, Natural Resources and Energy Commission of the Ecuadorian – American Chamber of Commerce, Quito (2018)
• Manager, Legal Department, Kerr McGee Ecuador Energy Corporation (now Anadarko) (1991 – 1995)
• Private Secretary to the Minister of Energy and Mines, Ecuador (1984 -1987)
• Member, for two terms, Board of Directors, Pichincha Chamber of Industry, Ecuador (1995 – 1996 and 1999 – 2000)

Languages

Spanish, English

Memberships

• International Bar Association
• Ecuador Bar Association

Education

• Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito (Doctor of Jurisprudence, 1983)
• Universidad del País Vasco, San Sebastián, Spain (Master’s Degree in Environmental Law, 2005)
• Universidad Harvard, Cambridge, U.S.A. (Negotiation Program, 1993)
• Southern Methodist University, SMU, Texas, U.S.A. (Financial Planning for Oil Industry Managers, 1995)
• Columbia University, U.S.A. (Program in Sustainable Development Practices, 2009)