Francisco Alarcón

Francisco Xavier Alarcón is a partner at ECIJA Ecuador, with over 25 years of experience providing legal counsel to foreign companies operating in Ecuador, particularly in sectors such as energy, oil, gas, telecommunications, and insurance. He is an expert in foreign investment, commercial contracts, branch registration, public bidding processes, and negotiations with state entities such as Petroecuador and the Ministry of Energy.

His practice includes corporate law, oil and gas, insurance, labor, international arbitration, and mediation. His doctoral thesis focused on the participation contract for the exploration and exploitation of hydrocarbons in Ecuador. He ha