Associate
Dispute Resolution
Felipe concentrates his practice in the firm’s dispute resolution practice area.
Felipe advises and represents clients in domestic and international arbitration proceedings under ICC and UNCITRAL rules, as well as in litigation before ordinary courts. He has experience in cases relating to energy, construction, transport, M&A, software, among others, advising local and international companies on complex disputes. Likewise, Felipe’s practice includes advising on disputes related to public contracts, civil and commercial contracts, and civil liability, as well as the enforcement of domestic and foreign arbitration awards.
Felipe has also worked as secretary in international arbitration proceedings under the Rules of the Madrid International Arbitration Center–Ibero-American Arbitration Center (CIAM-CIAR), as well as in domestic arbitrations before Ecuadorian arbitration institutions. He is a member of the main arbitration forums at a local and international level.
Spanish
English
Ecuador
Pérez Bustamante & Ponce (2024–present)
Assitant professor, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador (2024 – present)
International Intern, Adell & Merizalde, Bogotá, Colombia, (2023)
Coordinator, Ecuadorian Institute of Arbitration, Quito, Ecuador (2021–2023)
Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador (Lawyer, 2023)
ROAP Americas
Young ITA (Regional Contributor, 2025)
Ecuadorian Very Young Arbitration Practitioners (ECUVYAP, member of the executive committee)
Arbitraje Alumni (Member of the Board of Directors)
Latin American Arbitration Association (ALARB)
Ecuadorian Institute of Arbitration
Club Español e Iberoamericano de Arbitraje (CEIA)
A Look at the Scope of Most-Favored-Nation Clauses in Reference to the Importation of Jurisdictional and Substantive Provisions
USFQ Law Review Vol. 12, N° 2, Noviembre 2025
Enforcing Arbitration Awards in Ecuador
Thomson Reuters Practical Law, Julio 2025
Recognition of Foreign Awards in Ecuador: A Long-Standing Discussion That is Finally Settled
Kluwer Arbitration Blog, 2024
Ecuador y el Convenio CIADI: una historia de idas y vueltas
(Spanish), Iurgium No 50, 2024
Una cosa por otra: ¿ante qué remedios contractuales es eficaz la excepción de contrato no cumplido?
(Spanish), Iuris Dictio No. 32, 2023