María Paula

María Paula

Grijalva-Galárraga

Director

Energy and Natural Resources

María Paula

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

María Paula’s practice focuses on the energy sector, specializing in electricity and non-conventional renewable energies. In recent years, she has devoted her professional practice to negotiating and structuring power purchase agreements and to having an extensive understanding of the regulatory legal framework applicable to power generation in Ecuador, Colombia, Mexico and Panama. She has led and supervised multi-jurisdictional M&A transactions with funds specialized in the development of renewable energy projects in Latin America.

Languages

Spanish

English

French

Admissions

Ecuador

Pérez Bustamante & Ponce (2024 - present)

Chief Legal Counsel, Barka Capital S.A., Quito, Ecuador (2021 - 2024)

Chief Legal Counsel LATAM, Entoria Energy Latin America Pte. Ltd., Singapur (2021 - 2024)

VP, Legal Affairs, Rosaprima Cía. Ltda., Quito, Ecuador (2014, 2021)

Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador (Lawyer, 2014)

University of Pennsylvania – The Wharton School, Filadelfia, Estados Unidos (Certificate in Business & Law, 2016)

University of Pennsylvania, Filadelfia, Estados Unidos (master’s in legal studies (LLM), 2016)

The Legal 500 (2024)

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GC PowerList

The Legal 500 (2023)

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GC PowerList

Universidad San Francisco de Quito (2024)

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Magna Cum Laude

Ecuadorian Institute of Energy and Natural Resources Law

Tesla Motors: Strategizing Out of the Box

Iuris Dictio No. 19, Quito, Ecuador, 2017