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Esteban Ortiz

Partner · Pérez Bustamante & Ponce

EcuadorCorporate / M&A, Bankruptcy & RestructuringSpanish, English

About

Partner at Pérez Bustamante & Ponce since July 2021, Esteban Ortiz specializes in corporate affairs with expertise in corporate law, bankruptcy, corporate governance and new corporate forms. He has worked on legislative drafting to introduce Simplified Stock Corporations and Collective Interest and Benefit Companies, contributed to modernization of companies law and the Ecuadorian Standards for Good Corporate Governance, and served as Companies Director for Quito at the Superintendency of Companies, Securities and Insurance (2018–2021).

Practice areas

Corporate / M&ABankruptcy & RestructuringCorporate GovernanceRegulatoryLegislation & Policy

Office

Expertise

Drafting corporate legislationNew corporate forms (Simplified Stock Corporations; Collective Interest and Benefit Companies)Modernization of companies lawDevelopment of Ecuadorian Standards for Good Corporate GovernanceRegulatory oversight (Superintendency of Companies, Securities and Insurance)

Education

  • Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador (1995)
  • Universidad de Salamanca (2004)
  • Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar (2011)

Admissions

  • Ecuador Bar Association

Languages

SpanishEnglish