Gonzalo González Galarza
Latin America Guide 2025
Band 2 : Energy & Natural Resources
Band 2
About
Provided by Gonzalo González Galarza
Practice Areas
Gonzalo is partner in the Corporate/M&A, Dispute Resolution: Litigation and Arbitration and Oil & Gas areas at ECIJA Ecuador, specialising in oil, gas, electricity, tax, public procurement, contract negotiation and national and international arbitration.
Career
He has taken several national and international courses and seminars, has been a university professor and author and co-author of several research papers.
He has directed the elaboration of the regulatory scheme and legal framework of the Seventh Oil Round. He has also been a consultant and participant in the Commission for the Elaboration of the Reforms to the Hydrocarbons Law and has participated as a legal advisor in projects in the electricity and oil sectors.
Vice-president of the Quito Chamber of Commerce (2004-2010), president of the Arbitration and Mediation Centre of the Quito Chamber of Commerce, Gonzalo is currently president of the Petroleum Commission of Ecuador.
Chambers Review
Latin America
Reconised practitioner Gonzalo González Galarza has long-standing experience in the energy and natural resources sector and isparticularly highly rated by interviewees for his solid oil and gas practice in Ecuador.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Gonzalo González Galarza is a person with a lot of knowledge who quickly understands the needs of the business, driving the work to achieve the objectives."
"Gonzalo González Galarza is a person with a lot of knowledge who quickly understands the needs of the business, driving the work to achieve the objectives."