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

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Ecuador > Dispute resolution Tier 3

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.

Practice head(s):

Roberto Bilbao; Daniela Cevallos

Testimonials

‘Well-trained and experienced team which provides personalised and effective care.’

‘Provides an excellent service.’

Key clients

CNEEC

Finlink

Diego Fernando Estrella Bonilla

Protecompu

Filestorage

Global Trading Electric Globalelectric

AMDOCS

Work highlights

Acting on behalf of AMDOCS after the Contraloría General del Estado (Comptroller Office) decided to audit contracts between it and CNT.
Advising CNEEC in relation to a damages lawsuit against CELEC for $39.5m relating to a hydroelectric plant.
Advising CNEEC in relation to the unilateral termination of a contract by CELEC for the construction of hydroelectric plants Mazar and Dudas, including a damages lawsuit for $26.3m.

Ecuador > Corporate and M&A Tier 4

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.

Practice head(s):

Carlos Julio Balseca

Testimonials

‘Knowledge of the company, its needs and solutions is excellent. The reviewing of public contracts is good.’

‘Thorough knowledge of corporate, tax and financial other related matters allows timely and immediate attention.’

Key clients

OCP Tech

Berkanafarma

Brandlive

Locucer

Farmalatam

Work highlights

Negotiated contracts on behalf of Berkanafarma, including with the foreign contractor that manufactures pharmaceutical products.
Assisted Brandlive in the incorporation of the company as well as the structuring of its business in line with its entry into the Ecuadorian market.
Advised Farmalatam on its entry into the Ecuadorian market, including the incorporation of the company and formalisation of contracts and permits.

Cevallos Casals Balseca & Bilbao Abogados is a law firm whose purpose is to offer high-quality legal services by providing legal viability to its clients’ businesses. To do this, it employs a two-fold comprehensive legal strategy. First, a precautionary phase by which the firm identifies possible risks in its client’s entrepreneurship; second, a mitigating stage in which it generates pragmatic solutions once its client’s business is unfolding. The axis by which this strategy works is its commitment and understanding of the dynamics and nature of its client’s business.

The firm: Cevallos Casals Balseca & Bilbao Abogados’ precautionary phase includes monitoring the contracts’ enforcement to detect potential risks, delays, and arguments of non-compliance from the contracting entity. It also includes training for all project managers and salesclerks to prevent potential economic risk. When dealing with public procurement, the precautionary phase involves the preparation of offers and the negotiation of contracts always keeping in mind the protection of our client’s best interest according to the nature of their business. Overall, its firm mission is to cultivate a culture of risks prevention.

The mitigating phase aims to reduce economic contingencies by designing procedures which allow enforcing contracts effectively. Many of its clients have hired its services once their contracts are unfolding with some difficulties. Its legal advice has enabled them to properly execute their legal obligations by challenging penalties and by identifying viable ways for them to fulfil said requirements and at the same time reducing costs in such transactions.

Finally, the firm can provide high-quality legal services by getting to know its client’s business in detail. Indeed, it commits itself to accurately understand the dynamics of its client’s business operations because it believes this is the only way to provide the best possible legal advice.

Daniela Cevallos, Roberto Bilbao, and Carlos Julio Balseca created CC&B Abogados. The three partners were in-house lawyers of renowned companies in Ecuador. This meant that the three of them had direct contact with the day-to-day operations of each of the companies. From this vantage point, it understood the importance of knowing the nature of the business of its clients to be better equipped to identify their particular needs and to address their demands accurately, tackle their problems and find adequate solutions. It is a ’boutique’ firm that tailors its legal services according to its clients’ needs. The firm’s goal is to provide clients with close and satisfactory legal support.

Name	Email	Telephone
Daniela Cevallos	dcevalloscasals@ccbabogados.com	(593-2) 604 0343
Carlos Julio Balseca	cjbalseca@ccbabogados.com	(593-2) 604 0343
Roberto Bilbao Rosati	rbilbao@ccbabogados.com	(593-2) 604 0343

Name	Position	Profile
Carlos Julio Balseca Avila	Partner Lawyer with experience on corporate counseling. Practice in tax law, specifically…	View Profile
Roberto Bilbao Rosati	Partner Corporate and business counsel, with more than 18 years of experience…	View Profile
Luis Anibal Garcés Paredes	Associate	View Profile
Valeria Naranjo	Senior Associate Valeria provides advice to clients in all aspects of…	View Profile