Jorge Paz Durini

Contact

jpaz@pazhorowitz.com

Education

Practicing Attorney in Ecuador
Universidad Católica
Quito, Ecuador, 1991

PhD in Law
Universidad Católica
Quito, Ecuador, 1986

Master in Law
Temple University in Philadelphia
USA, 1991

Investment Treaties Course
IDLO
USA, 1988

Languages

Spanish (native)
English (fluent)
Italian (intermediate - no conversational)

Practice areas

Contracts
Corporate and Real Estate Consultancy
Mining and Oil
Civil Aviation
Hydrocarbons
Tax Law and Commercial Arbitration

Jurisdiction

Ecuador

Teaching

Professor of International Contracts
Universidad San Francisco de Quito
Quito, Ecuador; 2003, 2005 and 2009

Professor of Mining Law
Universidad San Francisco de Quito
Quito, Ecuador; 2009

Expertise

Energy and Mines Department

Undersecretary of Mines
1992 - 1993

Office Representations

President of the Ecuadorian Committee
Mining Chapter of APECC (Pacific Economic Cooperation Council)
2006 - 2008

Chief Executive
INEFAN (Institute of Forestry, Natural Areas and Wildlife)
1992 - 1993

Consultant
Consultant for bilateral negotiations between Ecuador, Panamá and Costa Rica to reform bilateral agreements on Civil Aviation
1998 - 1999

Consultant for The World Bank

Elaboration and preparation of the Argentinean Mining Law, compilement of changes in the Argentinean Law
1995

Participant in the preparation of the reform proposals of the Ecuadorian Mining Law
1996

Advisor for BID (Inter American Development Bank)

Consultant in the evaluation of Mining Law of Panama
1996

Participant in the evaluation of Environmental Law of Panama
1997

Ecuadorian Mining Chamber - Quito

President
1999

Vice-President
199

Legal Advisor of the Chamber
1989 - 1990

State Department in Quito

Public official
1982

International Minerals Corporation

Chief Executive
1993 to present date

Publications

Social License in Mining Activities
Article

Comparison of the environmental regulations in Latin America
Article introduced in a conference of the Mining Meeting of Miami
1998

Comments on the New Mining Law of Ecuador 1991
Thesis

Comments on the bills of Mining Law in Ecuador
Ecuadorian Mining Chamber
Gazette, 1989

Industrial Model and Design in Ecuador
Thesis
1986

Associations and professional groups

BAR Association of Pichincha
Arbitrator of Quito’s Chamber of Commerce

Pro Bono

Fundación Ecuatoriana Vista para los Ciegos
(Ecuadorian Foundation Sight for the Blind)
Legal Advisor
1986 - 2009
Maquipucuna Foundation
Chief Executive and Legal Advisor
1989-2008