Xavier Sisa

Contact

xsisa@pazhorowitz.com

Education

PhD in Jurisprudence and Practicing Attorney of Ecuador
Universidad Católica
Quito, Ecuador, 1997

Master in Fundamental Law
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Madrir, Spain, 2001

Languages

Spanish (native)
English (fluent)

Practice areas

Arbitration
Environmental Law
Procurement
Labor Law
Procedural Law

Jurisdiction

Ecuador, since 1997

Teaching

Professor of Theory of Legal Evidence and Organic Procedural Law
Universidad Católica del Ecuador
Quito, Ecuador; 2008 - 2009

Professor of Environmental Law and Ecuadorian Hydrocarbons Legislation for the Indigenous Law and Oil Activities Specialization
School of Social Sciences - FLACSO
Quito, Ecuador; 2003 - 2004

Guest consultant for the data base the drafting of Indigenous and Environmental Law of COICA
Latin American Development Corporation
Quito, Ecuador; 2003

Expertise

Associate
Paz & Horowitz Abogados
2001 -2009

Secretary of Arbitration Court
Arbitration and Mediation Center of the Quito Chamber of Commerce
2004 - 2009

Secretary of Arbitration Court
International Center of Arbitration and Mediation of the British-Ecuadorian Chamber of Industry and Commerce and the Chamber of Industry of Pichincha
Quito, 2007-2009

Legal Advisor for the General Manager
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
2008

VP of Legal Area and Regulations
Mobile Telecommunications of Ecuador TELECSA S.A.
2007

Awards & Honors

Scholarship holder at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Master in Fundamental Law
Madrid, Spain, 2001

Representative of PUCE in the first Inter-American Human Rights Competition at the American University
Washington College Of Law
Washington, USA, 1996

Guest researcher in Socio-Environmental Observatory
School of Social Sciences - FLACSO
2003

Publications

Feature writer of legislation of Ecuador
The International Lawyer
Volume 43, Number 2, American Bar Association
2009

Doing Business 2008
World Bank and International Finance Corporation
Consultant in civil and labor law
Colombia, 2007

Legal Perspectives on the Debate Concerning Social-Environmental Issues and Petroleum Development in Ecuador
Southwestern Journal of Law and Trade in the Americas
Volume X, Number 1
Published by Southwestern University School of Law
Los Angeles, USA, 2003-2004

Environment and Justice Administration within Oil and Sustainable Development in Ecuador, Las reglas del juego (The Game Rules)
Edited by Guillaume Fontaine
Published by FLACSO y PETROECUADOR
Quito, 2003

Associations and professional groups

BAR Association of Pichincha
Arbitration and Mediation Center of the Quito Chamber of Commerce
International Center of Arbitration and Mediation of the British-Ecuadorian Chamber of Industry and Commerce and the Chamber of Industry of Pichincha, Quito
State Capital Global Law Firm