Javier Arízaga, Partner at Arízaga Abogados, and Carlos Arias, Director at Arias, Eguiguren & Peñaherrera, have formed a strategic alliance to attract and support international mining investment in Ecuador.
This collaboration brings together experience in mining, foreign investment, corporate law, and business structuring to connect investors with mining opportunities and facilitate their evaluation and development in the country.
An alliance focused on mining investment in Ecuador
Ecuador offers investment opportunities in sectors such as mining and critical minerals. However, a mining investment opportunity cannot be assessed solely on the potential of the resource or the characteristics of a project. The legal, regulatory, corporate, environmental, and transactional environment in which the operation will be developed must also be analyzed.
In this context, international companies and funds need an integrated view before committing capital or moving forward with a transaction. Identifying a project is only the first step. Investors must then review its legal status, the investment structure, applicable permits, regulatory obligations, and the way in which the investor will operate in Ecuador.
Complementary experience
This alliance combines Carlos Arias’ experience in mining, energy, natural resources, and transactions involving mining projects with Javier Arízaga’s experience in foreign investment, corporate law, corporate governance, business structuring, and the Soft Landing of international companies in Ecuador.
Carlos Arias contributes specialized insight into the mining sector and the evaluation and development of projects. Javier Arízaga contributes knowledge of legal business structuring, foreign investment, and establishing international operations in Ecuador.
Together, this experience enables a sector-specific, legal, corporate, transactional, and strategic approach to mining opportunities.
Support for entering Ecuador
For an international company, entering the Ecuadorian market involves decisions that go beyond the initial negotiation. Investors must determine how the investment will be structured, which legal vehicle will be used for the operation, who will assume local representation, and how the relationship between the parent company, investors, and Ecuadorian entity will be organized.
Legal Soft Landing makes it possible to plan these elements before operations begin. This allows investors to move forward with a clearer understanding of their obligations, risks, and structuring alternatives.
Mining investment with local support
Through this alliance, we aim to provide experience, local support, and strategic insight to international companies, funds, and investors evaluating opportunities in Ecuador’s mining sector.
Our objective is to support the evaluation and structuring of investments, as well as the entry into and development of operations in Ecuador, with a comprehensive understanding of the environment in which each project will operate.
Mining investment requires long-term relationships, market knowledge, and the ability to turn an opportunity into a legally structured operation. This alliance seeks to contribute to that process and to the responsible and sustainable development of Ecuador’s mining sector.
If your company or fund is considering investing in mining in Ecuador, our teams would be pleased to speak with you.
