15+
years of legal experience
About me
A legal career connecting research, teaching, and strategic criminal law practice
Ana María Ontaneda Rubio holds a PhD in Law and is a researcher and lawyer specializing in Economic Criminal Law, corruption, corporate crime, criminal policy, and gender-based violence. Her work connects rigorous academic analysis with strategic criminal law consulting and institutional collaboration.
PhD
Doctor of Law
Europe–LatAm
comparative legal perspective
Research + practice
applied approach
Professional profile
Rigorous research, legal judgement, and applied experience
Her career combines more than 15 years of experience in criminal litigation, legal team leadership, university teaching, legal research, and advisory work in complex criminal matters.
She has developed her career across Ecuador, Spain, Italy, and Germany, consolidating a comparative perspective between Europe and Latin America that is especially valuable for academic, institutional, and professional projects.
Her specialization focuses on Economic Criminal Law, public and private corruption, corporate crime, competition, corporate criminal liability, criminal policy, and gender-based violence.
Career path
A career built at the intersection of legal research, university teaching, criminal law practice, and international collaboration.
2026 – present
Postdoctoral researcher in Economic Criminal Law
Advanced research in Economic Criminal Law, corruption, competition, and corporate crime from a comparative perspective.
2020 – 2026
PhD in Law – University of Oviedo
Doctoral research focused on dogmatic issues concerning the offence of private corruption and its criminal law treatment.
2019 – present
University teaching
Teaching activity linked to criminal law, criminal policy, and specialized legal subjects in universities in Ecuador and Spain.
2018 – present
Legal practice and advisory work
Founder of Ana María Ontaneda Abogados, with experience in criminal litigation, legal advisory, and complex criminal matters.
Skills
Areas of expertise and capabilities
Ana María brings together legal research, professional practice, teaching, and comparative analysis.
Economic Criminal Law
Public and private corruption
Corporate crime
Competition and market
Corporate criminal liability
Criminal policy
Gender-based violence and femicide
Comparative analysis Europe–LatAm
Criminal law reports
Specialized training
Strategic criminal law consulting
Academic and institutional collaboration
Europa–LatAm
A comparative perspective between Europe and Latin America
Her international experience allows her to address complex criminal law problems from a broad perspective, connecting legal frameworks, institutional contexts, and criminal policy debates between Europe and Latin America.
Collaborate with Ana María
She is open to collaborating with universities, research groups, law firms, institutions, consultancies, and organizations that require rigorous legal analysis, specialized training, or strategic criminal law advisory.