Pérez Bustamante & Ponce

With 30 years of experience, Pedro specializes primarily in banking, finance and general corporate matters and he advises multinationals that do business in Ecuador. In the banking practice, he leads due diligence teams for international or multilateral loans to local counterparties. He advises on and regularly assists with acquisition finance, long-term lines of credit, development loans, regulations, and the credit card industry. He has also represented financial institutions in the development and financing of projects. Pedro advises buyers, sellers, target companies, financial consultants, financial entities and other stakeholders in mergers and acquisitions, complex corporate cross-border transactions and collaterized financing. He also advises foreign companies on the establishment or acquisition of operations in Ecuador and on their dealings with local public entities, including compliance with formal and anti-corruption requirements by private companies. He graduated as a lawyer from Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil, Ecuador, and he holds a Master of Laws from Duke University, North Carolina, U.S.A. He was admitted to the bar in Ecuador in 1993 and to the bar in the State of New York in 2003. Pedro has held various public roles including Secretary of the Presidency of the Monetary Board (Central Bank of Ecuador), Main Branch Director at the Central Bank of Ecuador in Guayaquil, and member of the Banking Board – the highest body of the Superintendency of Banks. He is a former invited professor of Corporate Law, Banking Law and Property Law at Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil.

Partner

Partner, Pérez Bustamante & Ponce (2023 – present)

Partner, Carmigniani Pérez Abogados (2010 – 2023)

Partner, Zavala Baquerizo Abogados (2001 – 2010)

Member, Banking Board of Ecuador (1999 – 2001)

Visiting Professor, Civil Law and Banking Law, Universidad Católica de Guayaquil (1997 – 1998)

Associate, Coronel & Pérez (1996, 2001)

Main Branch Director, Central Bank of Ecuador (1997)

In-house counsel, Banco Unión (1993 – 1996)

Secretary of the Presidency, Monetary Board of Ecuador (1993)

Spanish, English

International Bar Association

Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil, Ecuador (Lawyer)

Duke University, School of Law, U.S.A. (LLM)