Juan Carlos Bustamante > Bustamante Fabara > Quito, Ecuador > Lawyer Profile
Bustamante Fabara Offices
Av. Patria
E4-69 y Amazonas
QUITO
Ecuador
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Juan Carlos Bustamante
Work Department
Corporate, Energy & Natural Resources, Environmental, Tax
Position
Juan Carlos has vast experience and in-depth knowledge of the law; factors that have earned him international recognition for his high level of competence in different categories of the legal field related especially to the corporate, tax and energy sectors. Throughout his career, he has advised local and international clients in several cross-border transactions covering a wide range of complex legal issues. In addition to his professional practice, he was a professor of Private International Law for 30 years at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Ecuador, based in Quito, and has had a successful participation in the management of the firm for decades. Former arbitrator of the National Mediation and Arbitration Center of the Chamber of Construction.
Juan Carlos has provided legal advice in different areas of the law to individuals and to national and international companies from both the public and private sectors. Juan Carlos has also practiced in the field of business development, and in public procurement; has advised in matters of energy, insurance, contracts with banks, purchase/sale of movable and immovable property, grant of security, foreign investment, contracts for setting up trusts. Advisor in project financing and in drafting contracts related thereto.
Career
- 2021 – Current: Partner, BUSTAMANTE FABARA.
- 1968 – 2021: Senior Partner, BUSTAMANTE & BUSTAMANTE .
Lawyer Rankings
Ecuador > Tax
Bustamante Fabara has a strong track record in contentious tax matters, where it acts on behalf of high-profile clients in tax refund proceedings, administrative tax claims and unfavourable determination processes brought by the Ecuadorian Internal Revenue Service (SRI). Led by practce director Diego Pino, who has over 20 years’ experience and handles both advisory and contentious matters, the team’s expertise also extends to foreign trade, tax planning, sectional taxes, the tax treatment of dividends, and transactional tax matters. Juan Carlos Bustamante is another practitioner with longstanding experience in the field, working on strategic tax and corporate matters for domestic and multinational companies, while director and international taxation specialist María Fernanda Saá-Jaramillo is noted for making an impact for clients seeking advice on double taxation and tax evasion issues, adding 20 years of experience to the team’s combined knowledge. Sofía Gordillo is another standout, recommended for transactional matters and sensitive internal taxation processes. Among recent highlights, the practice represented Abbott Laboratorios del Ecuador before the Constitutional Court in relation to tariff classifications of pharmaceutical products. Since publication, Pino has been promoted to the partnership – effective as of May 2024.
Lawyer Rankings
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