Gustavo Almeida > Bustamante Fabara > Quito, Ecuador > Lawyer Profile

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

Work Department

Energy, Natural Resources, Environmental

Position

Gustavo is a senior associate at BUSTAMANTE FABARA. He advises national and international companies, with emphasis in the regulation of mining, oil & gas, energy, environmental law, concessions, and PPPs. Additionally, he provides strategic legal support for the regular operations of their businesses in Ecuador. In the oil & gas area, he has accumulated extensive experience in all phases of the industry. He worked as a lawyer in the largest oil and gas exploration and production company in Ecuador.

In the mining and energy area, he advises on project structuring, granting of enabling titles and regulatory compliance. He advises companies on concession bids and electricity generation and self-generation projects.

In addition, he has served as an adjunct professor of Administrative Law and has published academic articles

Career

  • 2022 – Present: Senior Associate, BUSTAMANTE FABARA.
  • 2020 – 2022: Senior Associate, ROBALINO.
  • 2018 – 2020: Senior Associate, FERRERE Abogados.
  • 2016 – 2017: Associate, BCE
  • 2015 – 2016: Associate, PETROAMAZONAS EP.
  • 2014 – 2015: Associate, PÉREZ BUSTAMANTE & PONCE.

Languages

English

Lawyer Rankings

Ecuador > Energy and natural resources

Bustamante Fabara, a firm which was born from the merger between Bustamante & Bustamante and Fabara & Compañía in November 2021, fields an energy and natural resources team which ‘offers a personalised and very professional service‘. Team leader Rafael Valdivieso, who joined from Robalino in September 2022, is well supported by associate Gustavo Almeida, and the pair are described as ‘very knowledgeable and open to generating improvement strategies and meeting objectives’. The department counts major energy companies among its clients, and practice head Valdivieso is also active in the oil and gas and mining industries in Ecuador.