BIOGRAPHY

Esteban Torres Cobo (1989) is a prominent Ecuadorian lawyer, academic, and politician. He graduated as an attorney from Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ) in 2013 and obtained a Master’s Degree in Commercial Litigation and Arbitration from Queen Mary University of London in 2016. His solid academic background is complemented by specialized studies in Law and Economics and European Law, completed in the United States and Spain.

In the legal field, he founded Estudio Torres Cobo in Quito in 2013, building a significant track record in highly complex arbitration and litigation matters in civil and constitutional law. He also shares his expertise as a postgraduate professor at several universities in Ecuador. He is fluent in Spanish and English.

He is currently no longer affiliated with the law firm, having dedicated himself fully to public service as a National Assembly Member, where he chairs the Constitutional Amendments Committee and serves as a member of the Justice Committee. His political career includes milestones of national relevance: he served as Vice Minister of Government until November 2024 and as Assembly Member for the province of Tungurahua from 2019 to 2023. During that legislative term, he held senior leadership positions, including Vice President of the National Assembly, member of the Legislative Administrative Council (CAL), and head of his parliamentary caucus. He also played a historic and leading role as the principal petitioner in the 2023 impeachment proceedings against the President of the Republic.

PRACTICE AREAS

Arbitration and civil, commercial, administrative litigation, and constitutional litigation. Corporate advisory, contract advisory, and national and international legal foresight, including political risk scenarios.

LANGUAGES

Spanish and English.