Agustin Hurtado has been linked for more than 20 years to the hydrocarbons industry through the country’s largest private production company since its entry into Ecuador and its acquisition of the prior operator. Agustin has been responsible for several contract renegotiation processes and the day-to-day management of oil contracts, as well as community, environmental, labor, and related matters and has participated in several international investor-state arbitrations and multiple local commercial arbitrations. He has been involved in numerous international transactions, advising both buyers and sellers in the full or partial acquisition of operations in the hydrocarbons and agro-industrial sectors, among others.

Agustin Hurtado has been linked for more than 20 years to the hydrocarbons industry through the country’s largest private production company since its entry into Ecuador and its acquisition of the prior operator. Agustin has been responsible for several contract renegotiation processes and the day-to-day management of oil contracts, as well as community, environmental, labor, and related matters and has participated in several international investor-state arbitrations and multiple local commercial arbitrations. He has been involved in numerous international transactions, advising both buyers a...

Publications

Global M&A Law Guide

Co-author of the Ecuador chapter in the Global M&A Law Guide , published 28 April 2026 , alongside Mario Flor , Roque Bustamante and Claudia Bustamante .