Pablo Morales Andrade

Practice Areas

Dispute resolution, Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, conflict resolution, political risk analysis and management, investment law, strategic sectors, consulting, competition law, and real estate law.

Career

He is a lawyer and Bachelor of Liberal Arts Cum Laude from the San Francisco de Quito University. He holds a postgraduate degree in Tax Law and another in Procedural Law from the Andean University Simón Bolívar of Ecuador. He completed his master’s degree in Economic Regulation of Strategic Sectors and Competition Law at the University of Bonn, Germany.

As an Excellence Scholar of SENESCYT, he obtained a master’s degree in business law from the University of Berkeley - California.

He has a degree in Governance and Public Policy from the IDE Business School Quito and the University of Development in Chile.

He is a certified implementer of ISO 37001 Anti-Bribery standards, PECB.

He holds a Diploma in Technologies for Innovating the Public Sector from Southern Affairs, Argentina.

He is a PhD candidate in Ibero-American Administrative Law from the University of La Coruña, Spain.

He is the co-founder of the first Civic Lab in Ecuador, TinkuLAB. Space from where he develops his pro bono practice with an environmental, sustainability and governance approach.

Professional Memberships

• Member of the Institute for Social and Administrative Studies (IDEAS).

• Member of the Ibero-American Forum of Administrative Law (FIDA).

• IBA Member

Publications

His research is focused on the Ecuadorian energy transition.

Publications:

- The Regulation and Policy of Latin American Energy Transitions. The Ecuadorian energy matrix: from a fossil-fuel dependency to a renewable production. L.N.G. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Ed. Elsevier, Brazilian Institute of Energy Law Studies (2020).

- Energy Law in Latin America (Volume I). The economic regulatory regime of the Ecuadorian electricity sector. L.F.M.C. (Ed.) Bogotá, Colombia: Externado University of Colombia (2017).

- The Analysis and Current Affairs of Administrative Law. Economic regulation and essential facilities. MMT (Ed.). Quito, Ecuador: Simón Bolívar Andean University (2015).

- Regional Integration Observer Vol.5 No.3. Regulation in the Ecuadorian Electricity Sector. MV (Ed.) Bonn, Germany: Universität Bonn - Zentrum für Europäische Integrationsforschung (2011).

Languages Spoken

- Spanish (native)

- English professional proficiency

- German and French basic proficiency

Awards

Expert in these Jurisdictions

Ecuador

Experience

Morales & Asociados Law Firm (since 2007)

Founding Partner of the Law Firm

Litigating attorney in private practice. Advising clients on their legal rights and obligations. Legal representative before judicial and administrative bodies.

Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar (since 2012):

Master's Degree Professor

Professor in the area of Administrative Law and Business Law, teaching courses such as: "Regulation of Strategic Sectors"; "Administrative Acts and Contracts"; "Administrative Procedural Law in Public Contracting"; "Special Contracting and Consulting"; "Administrative Organization of the State," among others.

TinkuLAB – First Civic Lab in Ecuador:

Co-founder, President (since 2015)

Directing projects focused on the co-creation of public policy for the country's development. Implementation of the first design and execution of: the first civic technology project in the region; model ordinance for the elimination of plastic bags; among others.

TX Corporation of Venezuela (January-December 2007)

Coactive Collections Manager

Responsible for managing and initiating collection processes for the corporation's clients to recover outstanding debts.

COMEXI (June – August 2005):

Legal Assistant

Responsible for researching, analyzing, and handling daily activities within the scope of foreign trade.

Education