Of Counsel

AlfredoEstupiñán Pino

Of Counsel at Fexlaw. A lawyer who graduated from the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, he served as Director General of Labor and as Ecuador's delegate to Andean forums on labor and social security.

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50+yearsof legal practice

6positionsin the judiciary and the public sector

5international forumsas a delegate or guest

3countriesof study: Colombia, Chile and Peru

Summary

Labor law with public-sector experience.

Alfredo Estupiñán Pino is Of Counsel at Fexlaw. He earned his law degree from the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador and completed courses in Colombia, Chile and Peru.

He built his career in the judiciary and at the Ministerio de Trabajo y Recursos Humanos (Ministry of Labor and Human Resources), where he served as Labor Inspector for Pichincha, Head of Labor Migration, attorney in the Legal Advisory Office and Director General of Labor. He was also Head of the Legal Department of the D.E.I.C. at INECEL. He practiced law independently from 1984 and joined Fexlaw in 2019.

He has taken part in national and international conferences on labor migration, social security and collective bargaining, including the meetings of Andean Labor Ministers and the Social Affairs Advisory Council of the Cartagena Agreement.

Labor lawSocial securityLabor migrationCollective bargainingAdministrative lawAndean integration

Career

From public service to Fexlaw.

01
1971 – 1974
Tribunal de Menores de Pichincha
Court Clerk
02
1974 – 1979
Ministerio de Trabajo y Recursos Humanos
Labor Inspector · Head of Labor Migration · Attorney, Legal Advisory Office
- Labor Inspector for Pichincha (1974).
- Head of Labor Migration (1974 – 1975).
- Attorney in the Legal Advisory Office (1975 – 1979).
03
1979 – 1980
Ministerio de Trabajo y Recursos Humanos
Director General of Labor
04
1980
INECEL
Head of the Legal Department of the D.E.I.C.
05
1984 – 2019
Private practice
Attorney in private practice
06
2019 – Present
Fexlaw Abogados
Of Counsel

EDUCATION

Educated in Ecuador and the Andean region.

Law DegreePontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador
Specialization coursesColombia, Chile and Peru

CONFERENCES

Delegate to Andean and international forums.

Invited by the OAS to the Technical Meeting on Andean Labor Migration, Lima (June 1974).
Member of the Ecuadorian Commission to the Third Meeting of Labor Ministers, Lima (April 1974).
Delegate of the Ministry of Labor and Human Resources to the Social Affairs Advisory Council of the Cartagena Agreement (1974 and 1975).
Delegate of the Social Security Commission at the First Meeting of Andean Labor Ministers, Quito.
Collective Bargaining Seminar of Colombia's Ministry of Labor and Social Security and the Inter-American Center for Labor Administration, Bogotá (November 1979).