Corporate Law / M&A – Leaders League
Ricardo Peñaherrera
Practice Areas
Ricardo Peñaherrera is a Lexvalor Abogados partner who began his career at the firm in 2017 and currently leads the Competition and the Data Protection Departments.
His professional career has focused on competition and antitrust law, counseling top-tier business groups in a variety of economic sectors, including retail, pharmaceuticals, food and beverage products, real estate, fast-moving consumer goods, medical supplies, and textiles.
He specializes in representing clients in sanctions and merger control proceedings before the national regulatory authorities.
As head of the Data Protection Department, he provides ongoing legal counsel to national and multinational companies across the pharmaceutical, food and beverage, and retail industries, among others.
Ricardo is also experienced in court proceedings involving his specialty areas.
His professional career has focused on competition and antitrust law, counseling top-tier business groups in a variety of economic sectors, including retail, pharmaceuticals, food and beverage products, real estate, fast-moving consumer goods, medical supplies, and textiles.
He specializes in representing clients in sanctions and merger control proceedings before the national regulatory authorities.
As head of the Data Protection Department, he provides ongoing legal counsel to national and multinational companies across the pharmaceutical, food and beverage, and retail industries, among others.
Ricardo is also experienced in court proceedings involving his specialty areas.
Additional information
Academic Training:
1. Law degree, Universidad de los Hemisferios, 2012
2. Master of Business Law, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, 2015
3. Postgraduate Diploma in Economics for Competition Law, King’s College London, 2016Professional Experience:
1. Legal advisor, Peñaherrera & Ponce Abogados, 2008–2012
2. Legal counsel, Lexvalor Abogados, 2017–present
Recognitions
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