Negotiation and Mediation

The Firm. This long-standing, full service firm maintains its visibility in dispute resolution, advising the likes of Kia Motors and GE. In terms of standout work, the team successfully defended the French manufacture Lafarge in a two-year dispute worth some USD 10 million.

Sources say: “It continues to be our go-to firm-whenever we have need them, things have worked out very well” Key Individuals. Head of the Department Diego Romero Ponce leads on the firm´s most notable dispute cases, such as the aforementioned defense of Lafarge in its US 10 million arbitration.

“The Legal 500 Latin America Survey: The full in-depth, comprehensive analysis of law firms in 63 jurisdictions. Compact firm Romero Arteta Ponce is recognized for its strength in dispute resolution. The Firm focuses predominantly on alternative dispute resolution, a growing area in Ecuador. Diego Romero is a driving force behind the practice and is President of the Board of Directors of the Arbitration and Mediation Centre of the Ecuadorian American Chamber of Commerce of Quito…”

Romero Arteta Ponce  counsel our clients in the mediation and negotiation proceedings ( Alternative Dispute Resolutions).  The Team of Lawyers normally advice our clients to resolve their problems on amicable way through mediation. RAP has been very active in resolving problems mostly for reinsurance companies in different an important cases in the last years, including the accident of Cubana de Aviation in 1998, where the Firm was able to resolve more than 180 cases to mediation process in one of the Mediation Center of Quito. The Firm has represented clients in more than 500 hundred cases in mediation proceedings in Ecuador an internationally. The mediation team understands the negotiation procedure and some of the lawyers are qualified to act as mediators in the Mediation Centers of Quito.  The firm is strongly encouraging its lawyers to actively work and act as mediators and negotiators in national or international cases.