Valeria Naranjo > Cevallos Casals Balseca & Bilbao Abogados > Quito, Ecuador > Lawyer Profile

Cevallos Casals Balseca & Bilbao Abogados
AV. 6 DE DICIEMBRE N34-360 Y PORTUGAL
EDIFICIO ZYRA OFFICE 808
QUITO
Ecuador

Work Department

Administrative Law - Public Procurement

 

Position

Senior Associate

 

Valeria provides advice to clients in all aspects of public procurement such as review of Request for Proposals (RFP), offers, negotiations and entering into administrative contracts. During the execution phase of an administrative contract, she advises on requests for extensions of time, subcontracting, challenges to fines, among others. Valeria also advises clients in relation to special audits brought by the General Comptroller´s Office (Contraloría General del Estado).   

Valeria is also an expert in the management of matters related to non-profit organizations, such as their formation and incorporation, advice and assistance in relation to the granting of legal standing, preparation of bylaws and ongoing legal support in the organization’s development.

Career

  • Senior Associate – CCB ABOGADOS
  • Director – Ministry of Economic and Social Inclusion

  • Advisor to the General Attorney – EP Petroecuador 
  • Zone Director – National Office of Legal Medicine and Forensic Science

 

Languages

English and Spanish

Education

  • Abogada – Universidad de las Américas 
  • Especialista Superior en Contratación Pública y Modernización del Estado – Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar  

Lawyer Rankings

Ecuador > Corporate and M&A

Cevallos Casals Balseca & Bilbao Abogados‘ corporate group is noted for its ‘thorough knowledge of corporate, tax and other related matters‘. At the helm is Carlos Julio Balseca Avila, who is particularly active in the group’s mandates involving foreign investment projects. The group is known for its public sector work, and senior associate Valeria Naranjo from the public procurement team is a key name to note. More broadly, the group is commended for its reviewing of public contracts and includes team members from the group’s labour department.

Ecuador > Dispute resolution

Roberto Bilbao and Daniela Cevallos head Cevallos Casals Balseca & Bilbao Abogados‘ dispute resolution group, which ‘provides an excellent service’ and hosts a ‘well-trained and experienced team‘, noted for its ‘personalised and effective care’. Its broad client roster includes international and multinational businesses with origins in a range of countries such as the US, China, Europe and other Latin American countries. Senior associate Valeria Naranjo is a key name for public procurement-related litigation, and Luis Anibal Garcés Paredes is a go-to practitioner for contractual disputes, a strength of the wider group.