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Institutional arbitration in America between 2018 and 2022

TPF Institute invites the different Chambers of Commerce, universities, legislative associations and other natural or legal people to become partners on this research and development initiative of Third Party Funding.


Private and Academic Associations

-AMCHAM

-Madrid International Arbitration Center (CIAM)

-Center for Mediation and Arbitration of the Chamber of Commerce of Quito

-DEMINOR

-School of Law of the University of the Americas (Ecuador)

-Arbitration and Mediation Center of the San Francisco de Quito University

-Samuel Catrain

-Adriana Aravena Jokelainen

-Melanie Riofrío 

-Michele Renda 

-Montserrat Castro 

-Investment & Corporate Law- ICL

-Instituto Ecuatoriano de Arbitraje (IEA)

-PACTUM - Dispute Resolution Consulting

Ad-honorem affiliates

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We provide statistical information related to costs, amounts, favourable awards and others, in relation to arbitration litigation in the different chambers of commerce. We invite you to contribute with relevant statistical data.

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**TPF INSTITUTE** Works and promotes the following actions, that will be replicated in other countries of the region and the world:

A multilingual, multi-jurisdiccional attorney with about three decades of experience in international law and international dispute resolution.

Dante Figueroa 

Lawyer and partner of the firm “Esteban Donoso y Asociados”, admitted to practice in New York as well, specialized in administrative and comparative law.

Esteban Donoso

Austrian lawyer, specialized in comparative law and international arbitration.

Viktoria Fritz

Bilingual Ecuadorian lawyer specialized y international dispute resolutions who has published his thesis “Consequences of the lack of regulation of third party financing in commercial arbitration in Ecuador”.

Daniel Ibarra

Ecuadorian lawyer, specilized in corporate and arbitration matters. Worked for more than 12 years in Arbitration Centers (Quito-Ecuador)

Gabriela Villagómez

Ecuadorian lawyer with broad experience in alternative dispute resolution methods in both the public and private sectors. She has held positions as Director, Deputy Director and Secretary at the Quito Chamber of Commerce Mediation Center, among other important positions in private institutions focused on arbitration.

Emilia Grijalva

Our team is conformed by experts with extensive experience in different jurisdictions: