María Isabel Machado Tovar is an associate lawyer and head of the Compliance Department at Falconi Puig Abogados. She has over 10 years of experience in the fields of corporate and commercial law, public procurement, labor, and compliance.

She advises national and foreign companies, as well as charitable organizations, from the incorporation process through to day-to-day business development matters. Using the consultancy, she has provided to foreign companies on implementing compliance policies and controls for their subsidiaries in Ecuador as a springboard, she is currently focusing on the structuring of compliance programs within organizations. These take the form of prevention models, aimed at establishing a culture of compliance and integrity within the company, alongside SDGs to ensure their sustainability, as our firm is a participant in the Global Compact, Ecuador network.

María Isabel also works with foreign companies on analyzing commercial contracts, especially distribution contracts, agreed with Ecuadorian companies – in particular in relation to applicable legislation and unilateral termination. She also advises clients during tender processes, negotiation of public contracts and audits by the Comptroller General of the State.

Her collaborations include participation in the process of compiling the Competition Compliance Guide by the Ecuadorian Superintendence for the Control of Market Power and on ‘Doing Business’ in the areas of “Starting Business” and “Labor”.

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