Paz Horowitz Abogados

Corporate law, M&A, Mediation and Arbitration, Compliance & Anticorruption, Public Procurement, Energy & Natural Resources.

Managing Partner

Agustin Acosta Cárdenas is an LLM graduate from the International Business Regulation, Litigation and Arbitration program at New York University, with 11 years of experience.

He advices multinational and domestic corporations on different practice areas such as contractual and corporate matters, public procurement, investment contracts, ADR, international arbitration, compliance and anti-corruption.

Agustin has received a certificate of congratulations by Economic & Commercial Unit the Embassy of the United States, due to its contribution as speaker and advice in certain matters.

Also, was the only Ecuadorian lawyer in the public & private delegation to Washington DC to reactivate the Trade and Investment Committee between the United States and Ecuador.

Agustin was president of the Ecuadorian Canadian Chamber of Commerce, and presently he is the Technical Secretary of the Integrity and Anticorruption Commission of the International Chamber of Commerce in Ecuador.

Spanish and English

• International Bar Association and American Bar Association.
• Young International Arbitration Group (YIAG) of the Court of International Arbitration of London.
• Chamber of Commerce Young Arbitrations Forum (ICC-YAF).

• Master’s degree (LL.M.) in International Commercial Law, Litigation and Arbitration, New York University, School of Law, 2012.
• Lawyer Magna Cum Laude, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, 2010.
• ISO 37001 Certification, Anti Bribery Lead Auditor and Lead Implementor, 2018.
• Master Degree in Business Law from the Universidad San Francisco de Quito.
• More than 90 hours of Certifications in Negotiation, Tax Handling and Tax Update; Universidad San Francisco de Quito, 2016 – 2017.