MANAGING PARTNER

Dr. José Ricardo Molina Gallegos

José Ricardo Molina Gallegos is the founding partner of Molina Gallegos & Asociados. His practice focuses on Criminal Law, Economic Criminal Law, and preventive legal counsel, combining extensive litigation experience with a distinguished academic and teaching career. His experience has established him as a leading practitioner in advising individuals, companies, and institutions on highly complex legal matters.

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  • Criminal Law.
  • Economic Criminal Law.
  • Compliance and Prevention.
  • Banking and Commercial Criminal Law.
  • Criminal Litigation.
  • Dispute Resolution.
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Legal Sciences – Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador.
  • Law degree – Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador.
  • Doctor of Jurisprudence – Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador.
  • More than two decades leading the legal strategy of Molina Gallegos & Asociados.
  • Leadership and technical defense in highly complex criminal proceedings.
  • Preventive legal counsel for companies, financial institutions, and organizations.
  • In-house consulting in Banking and Commercial Criminal Law.
  • Experience in Economic Criminal Law, corporate compliance, money laundering, tax crimes, and corporate criminal liability.
  • Speaker and lecturer at national and international conferences, seminars, and diploma programs on Economic Criminal Law, compliance, anti-corruption, organized crime, and Tax Criminal Law.
  • Tenured Professor of Criminal Law at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador.
  • Tenured Professor of Criminal Procedure.
  • Tenured Professor of Oral Litigation.
  • Former Professor of Negotiable Instruments at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador.
  • Guest Professor in postgraduate programs on corporate compliance.
  • Lecturer in diploma programs on anti-corruption and organized crime organized by international bodies, including the Organization of American States (OAS) and the United States Embassy.
  • Weekly legal affairs columnist for Diario Expreso.
  • Author of specialized research on drug trafficking and money laundering offenses.
  • Author of forewords to leading works on Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure.
  • Regular participant in forums for analysis and discussion of national and international legal developments.

Leaders League

  • 2025 | Key Individual · Leading Firm · Band 1 | Dispute Resolution – Criminal Law.
  • 2024 | Key Individual · Leading Firm · Band 1 | Dispute Resolution – Criminal Law.
  • 2023 | Key Individual · Leading Firm · Band 1 | Dispute Resolution – Criminal Law.
  • 2022 | Key Individual · Leading Firm · Band 1 | Dispute Resolution – Criminal Law.
  • 2021 | Key Individual · Highly Recommended Firm · Band 1 | Dispute Resolution – Criminal Law.