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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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Leyre Suarez
Work Department
Litigation, Mediation and Arbitration, Administrative Law and Energy and Natural Resources.
Position
Senior Associate
Career
Leyre Suarez is an LLM graduate from the International Business Regulation, Litigation and Arbitration program at New York University, with 7 years of experience in litigation, mediation, arbitration, administrative law, energy and natural resources.
Leyre is an active teacher in the Law School of the Universidad San Francisco de Quito, where she teaches different courses in Civil Law.
Besides working on important law firms throughout the country, she has been chosen by Chamber & Partners as “Associate to Watch” on Ecuador, in the Dispute Resolution area.
She worked in the litigation and arbitration departments, drafting legal documents, including closing statements and appellate briefs. Also, on international investment arbitration and international commercial arbitration cases involving issues of administrative, public procurement and environmental law.
Leyre is the author of several articles for the “Revista Ecuatoriana de Arbitraje”, “The International Arbitration Review”, “Global Arbitration Review”, “Arbitration Guide” from the International Bar Association, among others.
Languages
Spanish, English, French
Memberships
- Pichincha Bar Association.
Education
- LLM, International Business Regulation Litigation and Arbitration, New York University School of Law, 2016.
- Lawyer Summa Cum Laude, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, 2012.
Lawyer Rankings
Ecuador > Dispute resolution
(Rising stars)The diverse workload handled by the dispute resolution team at Dentons Paz Horowitz includes public, administrative, constitutional, civil, labour, intellectual property, consumer protection and contract law cases. Senior associate Leyre Suarez and co-founder Jorge Paz Durini head the group, with the latter acting in international investment claims and private arbitration processes. The team sits within a firm which has a global reach, allowing it to leverage expertise in complex and high-profile judicial, commercial and regulatory disputes. The group is particularly active in the aviation, construction, energy, tourism, pharmaceutical and insurance industries, and is also active in public procurement and administrative law matters.