Alejandra Soriano > 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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Alejandra Soriano
Work Department
- Dispute Resolution
- Constitutional Law
- Tax
Position
Senior Associate
Career
Alejandra has developed successful strategies in constitutional, administrative and tax litigation, obtaining several rulings that have been important precedents in jurisprudential development. In addition, she has advised several companies in the extractive sectors on constitutional rights and collective rights.
She has provided legal advice on tax prevention (tax planning) as well as on dispute resolution with the national and local tax administrations.
In the constitutional area, Alejandra has advised national and foreign companies on fundamental rights, strategic litigation and investment protection from the approach of legal certainty and legality.
She has also been part of the Firm’s Project Finance team, providing advice on labor, environmental and tax matters, as well as in the creation of guarantee instruments for the protection of foreign financiers.
Alejandra has advised international companies on aviation law and local legislation to facilitate aircraft transactions.
Among the clients to whom she has provided legal advice are: Andes Petroleum Ecuador Ltd. (oil sector), SAS Egis International (engineering and major public works), Ciberc (telecommunications), UMB Bank (aircraft rights holder), CIFI (project finance).
Languages
Spanish, English
Memberships
- Member of the Ecuadorian Bar – 2014
Education
- Universidad Internacional SEK, Quito – Ecuador Lawyer, 2013
- Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar, Quito – Ecuador Specialist in Taxation, 2016
- Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar, Quito – Ecuador Master Degree in Tax Planning and International Taxation, 2020
- Leiden University, Netherlands Diploma in Transfer Pricing and BEPS, 2017
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC – USA Certification in Introduction to Environmental Regulation and Public Policy, 2015.
- Civil Service School of Colombia, Colombia Diploma in Gender and Women’s Rights Approach, 2014
- Institute of Organization of American States Course on the Human Rights of Children and Young, 2012
Lawyer Rankings
Ecuador > Banking and finance
Flor Bustamante Pizarro Hurtado Abogados places a strong emphasis on syndicated operations, project finance and cross-border transactions, with a client base that includes domestic and foreign financial institutions, sponsors and collateral agents, investment funds and multilateral organisations. The team’s expertise also extends to restructuring processes and financing transactions involving public entities, with the latter commonly involving sovereign guarantees. Mario Alejandro Flor, a notable figure in the renewable energy space, heads the team, which recently acted on behalf of Wheaton Precious Metals in a precious metals purchase agreement linked to the Curipamba copper project in central Ecuador. Other key practitioners include senior associates Alejandro Pérez Arellano and Alejandra Soriano, who provide extensive support in an array of financing transactions.