ManellyUreta Canchingre
Associate at Fexlaw. More than seven years in financial law, compliance and risk management, with master's degrees in Financial Law and in Compliance and Risk Management.
Financial law and compliance.
Manelly Ureta Canchingre is an Associate at Fexlaw and leads the Firm's in-house collections team. She has more than seven years of experience in financial, commercial, civil, administrative and procedural law, specializing in legal business support, regulatory compliance and comprehensive risk management in the financial system.
At Banco de Desarrollo del Ecuador she served as Director of Enforced Collection (Coactiva), Secretary of the Compliance Committee and Senior Advisory and Contracts Analyst, and at Banco Pichincha she coordinated the pre-litigation and judicial debt recovery strategy.
She holds a law degree from PUCE, a master's in Financial, Securities and Insurance Law from Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar, and a Master's in Compliance and Risk Management from Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña.
From banking to Fexlaw.
- 012016 – 2017
Law firm in Quito
Legal Assistant
- 022017 – 2018
Law firm in Quito
Junior Lawyer
- Litigation, enforced collection and advice to financial and insurance institutions on debt collection.
- 032018 – 2021
Banco Diners Club del Ecuador S.A.
Judicial Officer · Lawyer
- 042021 – 2025
Banco de Desarrollo del Ecuador B.P.
Director of Enforced Collection · Secretary of the Compliance Committee · Senior Advisory and Contracts Analyst
- Nationwide management of enforced collection proceedings and implementation of the seizure and auction platform.
- Advice to the Board on corporate governance, compliance, and fraud and money laundering prevention.
- 052025 – 2026
Banco Pichincha C.A. · Pague Ya
Collections and Legal Management Coordinator
- 062026
Cooperativa de la Policía Nacional Ltda.
Legal Business Support Specialist
- 072026 – Present
Fexlaw Abogados
Associate · In-house Collections Lead
Educated in Ecuador and Spain.
- Master's in Financial, Securities and Insurance LawUniversidad Andina Simón Bolívar
- Master's in Compliance and Risk ManagementUniversidad Politécnica de Cataluña
- International Certification in ComplianceThe George Washington University School of Business
- Law DegreePontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador
Author in compliance and law.
- Problemas jurídicos del compliance penal en el Ecuador (2022). Mujeres Juristas del Ecuador, Tirant lo Blanch.
- Fuero de maternidad y su extensión al padre trabajador: algunas sentencias de la Corte Constitucional de Colombia (2019). Estado & Comunes, Revista de Políticas y Problemas Públicos.
- Régimen de la responsabilidad social corporativa en el ordenamiento jurídico ecuatoriano (2018). Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador.
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He who conquers others is strong; he who conquers himself is mighty. — Lao TzuFavorite quote
Yoga, reading and nature.
She practices yoga and meditation, works out at the gym and seeks a balance between body, mind and spirit. She enjoys reading, spending time with animals and outdoor activities.
Languages: Spanish · English · Italian
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