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Heka Law Firm and Zion sign collaboration agreement in Ecuador
After three months of negotiations, Heka Law Firm and its Ecuadorian compatriot Zion, an investment fund and trust administrator, signed a long-term c...
T SEAL for good labor practices
By Ministerial Agreement No. MDT 2021-165 issued on May 14, 2021 by the Ministry of Labor created the T Seal for good labor practices in the private s...
OECD and IDB competition recommendations for Ecuador
By: Juan Andrés Gortaire In March, the Superintendencia de Control del Poder de Mercado (SCPM), Ecuador’s competition authority, received the r...
Constitutional Court Ruling: Organic Law on Humanitarian Support
Constitutionality of the Sole Interpretative Provision of the Organic Law on Humanitarian Support to Combat the Health Crisis resulting from COVID-19 ...
Criminal anti-corruption reform in the private sector
Since February of this year, a legal reform to the Organic Integral Penal Code has been in force, which highlights article 320.1 “acts of corrup...
Usufruct: a key concept in estate planning
¨By: Alex Lema Within the real estate practice, the fact that parents reserve the usufruct and the bare property is given to their children is a quit...
Tenancy problems in pandemic times
There are a number of elements to consider in the landlord-tenant relationship, from the prevention of conflicts to their solution. Faced with these d...