Daniel López Suárez

Daniel López S. is ecuadorian lawfirm LOPEZ RIBADENEIRA Managing partner and co-founder. He currently directs the Dispute Resolution Department, and others. Daniel has over twelve years’ experience in dispute resolution, administrative and contentious-administrative proceedings and arbitration against administrative acts and contracts arising from Public Administration. Daniel has extensive experience in projects and disputes related to Public Procurement and Strategic Sectors, advising and exercising legal representation of domestic and foreign companies in lawsuits against the state and its institutions, as well as in civil litigation. He was invited by the State Attorney General to work in the public sector as his direct advisor in the AG’s Office on matters of Administrative Law and contentious-administrative litigation for several years, as well as in the Office of the Deputy Minister of Government. He has participated several times as a consultant and contributor to the World Bank and the UNDP on issues of Administrative Law, Public Procurement, and Public-Private Partnerships. He was part of the roundtable discussions and review of the Draft Code of Knowledge (Ingenuities), the Administrative Organic Code, and the Entrepreneurship and Bankruptcy Act in Ecuador. Daniel is graduate of the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador Law School and has a Master’s Degree in Public Procurement Law from the Universidad de Castilla – La Mancha, Spain, as well as a postgraduate degree in Administrative Law from the Universidad Simon Bolivar. In 2017 he obtained an Advanced Diploma in Litigation Skills Trial Advocacy Program – Washington College of Law – American University. He was mentioned in the Legal500 Guide in 2017 and 2018 years as co-head of Lexvalor Abogados Dispute Resolution Department: https://www.legal500.com/firms/53776-lexvalor-abogados-/58085-quito-ecuador#LocalReferenceWorkArea459

Appeals & Appellate

Civil Appeals, Federal Appeals

Business Law

Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes

Arbitration & Mediation

Business Arbitration, Consumer Arbitration, Family Arbitration

Civil Rights

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Discrimination, Employment, Fair Housing, Police Misconduct, Privacy Law

Collections

Construction Law

Construction Contracts, Construction Defects, Construction Liens, Construction Litigation

Employment Law

Employee Benefits, Employment Contracts, Employment Discrimination, ERISA, Overtime & Unpaid Wages, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination

Energy, Oil & Gas Law

Utilities

Environmental Law

Gov & Administrative Law

Administrative Law, Election Law, Government Contracts, Government Finance, Legislative & Government Affairs

Intellectual Property

Municipal Law

Patents

Patent Appeals, Patent Litigation, Patent Prosecution

Tax Law

Business Taxes, Criminal Tax Litigation, Estate Tax Planning, Income Taxes, International Taxes, Payroll Taxes, Property Taxes, Sales Taxes, Tax Appeals, Tax Audits, Tax Planning

Trademarks

Trademark Litigation, Trademark Registration

ECUADOR

Since 2006

Administrative Law AG Advisor

Ecuadorian Attorney General Office

Current

Partner - Administrative Law and Dispute Resolution Head

LEXVALOR Attorneys at Law

Current

American University Washington College of Law

Litigation Skills Program (2017) | Litigation

2017 - 2017

Universidad Castilla La Mancha, Spain

LL.M. (2010) | Master Degree in Public Procurement and Contracts

2009 - 2010

Mentioned

Legal 500

2017

He was mentioned in the Legal500 Guide in 2017 and 2018 years as co-head of Lexvalor Abogados Dispute Resolution Department

Pichincha Bar Association  # 10102

2006 - Current

Public Procurament and Contracts Manual

Corporacion de Estudios y Publicaciones Ecuador

March 1, 2013