María Elena

María Elena

Sanmartín-González

Associate

Energy and Natural Resources

María Elena

María Elena is part of our Energy and Natural Resources team.

María Elena focuses her practice on the Energy sector, specializing in the electricity sector and non-conventional renewable energies. She assists companies in multiple day-to-day disciplines and has extensive experience in bidding processes with the Ecuadorian State.

Additionally, she has experience in corporate law and mergers and acquisitions transactions, having advised several multinational companies and participated in important transactions. Prior to joining the firm, she worked as in-house counsel in an important company in the Ecuadorian electricity and oil sector.

Languages

Spanish

English

German

Admissions

Ecuador

Pérez Bustamante & Ponce (2023 - present)

Legal Manager Ecuador Zone, Grupo Cobra, Quito, Ecuador (2022 - 2023)

Associate, Noboa, Peña & Torres Abogados, Quito, Ecuador (2016 - 2022)

Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador (Lawyer, 2015)

Universidad San Francisco de Quito (2015)

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Ecuador Bar Association