Agustin Hurtado Larrea > Flor Bustamante Pizarro Hurtado Abogados > Quito, Ecuador > Lawyer Profile
Flor Bustamante Pizarro Hurtado Abogados Offices
6 de Diciembre Ave. E10A and Juan Boussingault St., 6 Tower
8th floor, 803, 805 and 806 offices
Ecuador
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Agustin Hurtado Larrea
Work Department
- Energy and Natural Resources
- Competition and Antitrust
- Labor and Employment
- Dispute Resolution
Position
Partner
Career
Relevant experience
- For almost 18 years, Agustín has been linked to the hydrocarbon industry throughout the largest private production company in the country, since its arrival in Ecuador and after its acquisition of the previous operator. He has been in charge of several processes regarding the renegotiation of contracts and the daily management of oil contracts.
- For more than 12 years he has led a group of leading retailers in the country (including several of the largest companies in its sector – supermarkets, pharmacies, textiles, etc.), providing legal advice on matters of common interest in tax, labor, competition and foreign trade issues, among others.
- Legal advice in the pre-contractual and contractual processes of a Swiss multinational leader in the provision of security services, before fiscal and custom authorities.
- Legal counsel in an investor-state arbitration representing the investor, a Spanish tuna producer multinational company against the Ecuadorian State, jointly with a North American firm.
Work experience
- FLOR & HURTADO
Member, July 2017 - ANDES PETROLEUM ECUADOR LTD.
Senior Legal Advisor, 2010 - BUSTAMANTE & BUSTAMANTE
Partner, 2000 to 2017 - UNIVERSIDAD SAN FRANCISCO DE QUITO
Professor of the Oil & gas Chair, 2006 to the present - CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF QUITO
Arbitral Secretary, January 2005 to July 2012 - MINISTRY OF FINANCE AND PUBLIC CREDIT OF ECUADOR
General Coordinator, February 1999 to February 2000 - MINISTRY OF GOVERNMENT AND POLICE OF ECUADOR
Personal Assistant to the Minister, August 1998 to January 1999 - MUNICIPALITY OF QUITO
Advisor to Mayor Jamil Mahuad, May 1994 to July 1997
Publications
- “Ecuador: Investor-Estate Arbitration 2019”, The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Investor-State Arbitration Laws and Regulations 2019, 1st, Global Legal Group (November 2018).
Languages
Spanish, French, English
Memberships
Pichincha Bar Association
Education
- Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris-Fondation Nationale de Sciences Politiques(Paris Institute of Political Studies / Political Science)
Postgraduate in Applied Economics: Diplôme d’Etudes Approfondies (DEA) in Applied Economics, specialization in Corporate Finance – 1998 - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador
Lawyer – 1997
Lawyer Rankings
Ecuador > Energy and natural resources
(Leading individuals)Flor Bustamante Pizarro Hurtado Abogados‘ sizeable natural resources and energy practice displays ‘strong experience and knowledge of the mining industry’. This expertise extends to both regulatory and transactional matters, with its practitioners having handled a range of financing transactions in 2022. Andres Ycaza stands out in this regard and leads the overall team alongside Roque Bustamante
and Mario Flor, who was one of the pioneers in renewable energy projects in Ecuador. More generally, the team is noted for its wealth of experience in energy matters, and Bustamante is extremely experienced in the oil and gas and mining sectors. Another key team member is Agustin Hurtado Larrea, who is particularly active in the oil and gas industry.