María Rosa Fabara > Bustamante Fabara > Quito, Ecuador > Lawyer Profile

Bustamante Fabara
Av. Patria
E4-69 y Amazonas
QUITO
Ecuador

Work Department

Competition, Compliance, Constitutional, Family Law, Sports and Entertainment Law, Public Law, Public Procurement and Concessions, Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Privacy and Personal Data Protection, Intellectual Property, Regulatory and Life Sciences

Position

María Rosa Fabara Vera is the Managing Partner at BUSTAMANTE FABARA. With more than 25 years of experience, she provides permanent legal advice to national and foreign clients, especially in matters related to intellectual property, antitrust, regulatory matters, mergers and acquisitions, corporate matters, public procurement, public-private alliances. María Rosa has extensive experience in providing legal advice to clients in the pharmaceutical, insurance and prepaid medicine sectors, construction, infrastructure, project finance, among others. She has an outstanding and very recognized experience in antitrust matters; intellectual property, especially in trademarks, patents, copyrights, plant varieties, new technologies. She also has a broader perspective in the corporate/commercial practice and public matters. Maria Rosa is a member of several boards of directors of private corporate groups.

María Rosa has chaired and been a member of the Board of Directors of the Ecuadorian-Colombian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, in several periods, and has been President of the Federation of Binational Chambers of Ecuador – FECABE, also in several periods. She also chaired the Council of Chambers and Associations of Production of Ecuador.

Career

  • 2021 – Present: Managing Partner, BUSTAMANTE FABARA.
  • 2003 – 2021: Founding Partner of Fabara & Compañia Abogados.
  • 2013: Legal Advisor at the Ministry of Foreign Trade, Industrialization, Fisheries and Competitiveness and Executive Director of the Council of Foreign Trade and Investments – COMEXI
  • 1987 – 2003: Partner, Larreátegui & Fabara
  • 1984 – 1986: Director of the Administrative and Financial Department, Vice Presidency of the Republic of Ecuador.

Languages

Spanish and English

Memberships

  • Lawyers Associated World Wide  (LAW)
  • International Trademark Association (INTA)
  • Inter-American Association of Industrial Property (ASIPI)
  • International Association for the Protection of Industrial Property (AIPPI)
  • International Bar Association (IBA)
  • Licensing Executives Society Colombia/Ecuador/Peru (LES)
  • American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)
  • Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys (FICPI)
  • The Association of European Trade Mark Owners (MARQUES)

Education

  • Doctor of Jurisprudence. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador.
  • Lawyer.  Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador.
  • Graduated in Law. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador.
  • Personnel Management. University of New Mexico.

Lawyer Rankings

Ecuador > Competition and antitrust

Bustamante Fabara brings the combined capabilities of its two merged firms – Bustamante & Bustamante and Fabara & Compañía – to assist an impressive roster of retail, pharmaceutical, food and beverage, aviation, insurance and entertainment clients, with the eight-strong team boasting considerable experience in anti-competitive agreements, pre-merger fillings, abuse of dominance cases, unfair competition matters and judicial proceedings before the National Court. Managing partner Maria Rosa Fabara Vera, a name to note for a wide array of competition law issues, leads the practice alongside M&A and merger clearance specialist José Rafael Bustamante Crespo. Between the two, they advise the likes of Tiendas Industriales Asociadas (TIA), DirecTV Ecuador, Heineken and LATAM Airlines, having successfully acted on behalf of TIA in a merger control notification for the acquisition of 60% of Delivereo. Other highlights include their representation of Chaide & Chaide in an investigation proceeding before the antitrust authority. The team also features directors Daniel Castelo and Kirina González, active in investigation proceedings and merger clearance matters, respectively.