Modernizing corporate law in Latin America: Lessons from Ecuador

• Main Authors: Aurelio GURREA-MARTINEZ, ORTIZ-MENA, Esteban, NOBOA-VELASCO, Paul
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2021
• Subjects: Company law; corporate governance; directors duties; minority shareholders; Ecuador; Commercial Law
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/3714; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/5672/viewcontent/CorporateLaw_Ecuador_2021_01_27_av.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

In the past decades, several countries in Latin America, including Argentina, Colombia, Mexico and Uruguay, have implemented significant corporate law reforms. In the meantime, the regulatory framework for companies in Ecuador has remained virtually intact since 1964. This situation, however, has dramatically changed in 2020. In one of the most ambitious corporate law reforms observed in Latin America in the past decades, Ecuador has recently modernized its corporate law.