Education:
Universidad Internacional del Ecuador, Quito (Doctor in Laws, JD); Catholic University of Ecuador, Quito, (Licentiate in Juridical Sciences, 1990); Exeter University, United Kingdom (Legal English Skill Course, 1991; Master in International Business Legal Studies, LLM, 1993); International Development Law Institute IDLI, Rome, Italy (Transnational Contracts for the Sale of Goods Course, 1993); Universidad Andina Simon Bolivar, Quito (Arbitration and Mediation Course, 1999)
Practice areas:
Mining, Oil and Gas, Natural Resources, Mergers & Acquisitions, International Business, Foreign Investments, Hotels, Corporate, Real Estate and Migration.
Experience & Credentials:
Legal Practice from 1993.
Founder and President of Arias Eguiguren & Peñaherrera law Firm; Director of CDN Canadian Maverick Capital Corp.; Local representative & associate of Investbank Corp. (USA), Executive Director for the Andean Region of OIS & Associates from 2014 to 2019, Legal advisor of Kroon Global, Freepoint Commodities, First Merit Group (Canada), CEO of Eagle Creek Investments LLC, CEO of Isabel Mining LLC, General Manager of Lateegra Ecuador S.A. until 2006, Vice President and Board Member of Fort St. James Nickel Corporation from 2006 until 2018, Legal Advisor and Vice-president of Tecnipetrol Inc.; Legal Advisor of Bellwether International Inc., General Manager and lawyer of Bradley Ecuador S.A., Branch of Bradley Brothers, Canada, 1995-2005; General Manager and lawyer of Aurelian Ecuador S.A., Branch of Aurelian Resources, Canada, 2000-2004. Executive President of EMIDEL C.A. (Currently International Minerals Corporation) 1993-1995. Member of the Board of ALT Energy Ltd. (Canada) from 2007.
Member, Board of Directors, Ecuadorian Chamber of Mines, 2003-2005, 2001-2003 and 1996-1998.
Admitted at the Pichincha Bar.
Recognitions:
Madison Who’s Who
Baron’s Who is Who (USA)
GDS Excellence Leader Award
Languages: Fluent English and Spanish
Membresías:
ABA American Bar Association
Colegio de Abogados de Pichincha
Arrayanes Country Club
Awards Winner 2018
Mining Lawyer of 2022
