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Dentons Paz Horowitz Offices
Calle del establo y calle E.
Site Center, Torre 1, oficina 301.
Cumbaya, Quito
Ecuador
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Jorge Paz-Durini
Work Department
Corporate/Commercial, Energy and Natural Resources, Arbitration/Litigation, Aviation, Real Estate, Tax, Tourism.
Position
Co-Founder Partner
Career
Jorge has a Juris Doctor and more than 30 years of experience on M&A, corporate, tax, arbitration, public procurement, aviation, mining and oil law. He is well-known for his work in mining, energy, and international contracts, and he has a wide legal experience advising multinational clients on corporate matters and in the international sector.
He has led important M&A for multinational companies as well as successfully implemented corporate restructures for the most important Galápagos cruise operations and the largest car distributors in Ecuador.
Jorge led and managed a litigious process that became one of the first three cases to be solved by the National Court, under the new procedural system in Ecuador.
Also, he has been recognized over the years by Chambers and Partners, LACCA, Latin Lawyer, Legal 500, among others for the quality of his work.
Languages
Spanish, English, Italian
Memberships
- Mining Chamber of Ecuador
- American-Ecuadorian Chamber of Commerce
- Ecuadorian-Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Education
- Master of Laws, Temple University Law School, Philadelphia, United States, 1991.
- Juris Doctor, Universidad Católica de Quito, Ecuador, 1986.
Lawyer Rankings
Ecuador > Corporate and M&A
The ‘highly competent team’ at Dentons Paz Horowitz
assists national and international clients with mergers, acquisitions, disposals and the incorporation and regulatory oversight of companies. Managing partner Agustin Acosta Cárdenas is a key individual in the group, which also features co-founder Jorge Paz Durini, a contact for consequential deals in the mining, telecoms and energy sectors. Other noteworthy practitioners include Rocio Cordova, who is experienced in corporate, contractual and transactional matters, recently promoted partner Maria Del Mar Heredia, who assists with M&A and contracts in the energy, mining and real estate segments, and Valeria Rosero, who has a strong following of clients from the life sciences space.
Ecuador > Dispute resolution
Dentons Paz Horowitz represents national and foreign companies from the energy, aviation, tourism and pharmaceutical industries (among others) in judicial proceedings and commercial and investment arbitrations. Jorge Paz Durini oversees the dispute resolution team with three other practitioners: Leyre Suarez specialises in litigation arising from administrative, commercial, labour and civil disputes, while Gabriel Santelices and Patricia Andrade focus on labour claims. Juan Jose Mantilla is a name to note for public procurement and administrative litigation.