María Teresa

María Teresa

Borja-Pazmiño

Director

Dispute Resolution

María Teresa

María Teresa is a member of our Dispute Resolution team.

María Teresa concentrates her practice on high-profile domestic and international dispute resolution. Specifically, she focuses on international investment and commercial arbitration as well as administrative law disputes. She has represented clients in arbitrations under ICSID, UNCITRAL, ICC, CAM Santiago, Mercosur Court of International Arbitration, and IACAC rules.

She has extensive experience in construction cases, mining, joint ventures, international investment arbitration, domestic arbitration, civil and commercial law agreements and energy law.

María Teresa worked for the Office of the Attorney General in Ecuador, where she was on the team that defended the Republic of Ecuador in various arbitration proceedings, including case PCA No. 2009-23. María Teresa was also a foreign associate at Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría in Santiago, Chile where she was part of the international arbitration team.

Languages

Spanish

English

Admissions

Ecuador

Pérez Bustamante & Ponce (2022 – present)

Director, Robalino Abogados, Quito, Ecuador (2020 – 2022)

Senior Associate, Ferrere Abogados, Quito, Ecuador/Montevideo, Uruguay (2015 – 2020)

Foreign Associate, Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría, Santiago, Chile (2019 – 2020)

Lawyer, Office for International Affairs, Office of the Attorney General, Quito, Ecuador (2013 – 2015)

Associate, Andrade Veloz & Asociados, Quito, Ecuador (2012 – 2013)

Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador (Lawyer, 2012)

Chambers Latin America 2025 (Dispute Resolution)

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María Teresa Borja is praised by clients for her strong dispute resolution practice in Ecuador.

Chambers Latin America 2024 (Dispute Resolution)

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Associate-to-watch María Teresa Borja is praised by clients for her strong dispute resolution practice in Ecuador.

The Legal 500, 2024 (Dispute resolution)

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"Rising Star"

The Legal 500, 2023 (Dispute Resolution)

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"Rising Star"

Universidad San Francisco de Quito (2012)

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Magna cum laude

Ecuador Bar Association