DR. PATRICIA PONCE, born Quito, Ecuador; admitted to bar 1984, Ecuador. EDUCATION: Cardinal Spellman School, Quito, Ecuador, Upper Arlington High School, Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A. (1970); University of Turaine, France (French and Archaeology, 1976); Catholic University of Ecuador (Licentiate in English, 1975; Honors, 1982; Licentiate in Law, 1982; Doctor of Law, 1984); Instituto Superior de Derecho y Economía, ISDE, Spain (Masters in Law Practice, 2009). Partners, Bustamante & Bustamante, 1992—. Legal advisor to the Minister of Foreign Commerce, Industrialization and Fisheries; “MICIP-World Bank Project,” 2000-2001. Commercial and Business Advisor. Professor of Family Law, 1996-2000. Professor of Commercial Law at Universidad Internacional, Quito, 2009—. Designated as Member on the Arbitration Panel at the petition of the Ecuadorian Government. ICSID arbitrator appointed for Ecuador, from October 1998 to October 2004. Member on the National Securities Council, in representation of the Private Sector since 2001. Attorney-in-fact of Banco Consolidado (Ecuador) and Chief of the Legal Department, 1990-1993. MEMBER: Pichincha Bar Association; Inter-American Federation of Lawyers. LANGUAGES: Spanish and English. PRACTICE AREAS: Labor; Banking; Aviation; Immigration; Commercial; Corporation; Foreign Investment; Civil; Family Law; Administrative Law; Securities.