Pérez Bustamante & Ponce

Pérez Bustamante & Ponce maintains its standing as a leader in the banking and finance space, characterised by considerable knowledge of complex loans, regulated sectors, innovative products, multilateral lending, sophisticated structures and a variety of market-defining transactions. The practice, which is led by Bruno Pineda, a renowned name in the market for complex operations with capital markets, insurance, fiduciary and regulatory components, has an impressive client portfolio featuring the likes of Inter-American Development Bank, LATAM Airlines and Banco Pichincha. The firm’s cutting-edge offering is most recently evidenced by the team’s representation of International Finance Corporation and Inter-American Development Bank in their purchase of gender bonds issued by Banco Pichincha. At the senior associate level, Juan Francisco Simone stands out for his ability to navigate the fintech and insurtech sectors, noted for regulatory matters, while Adriana Orellana's practice focuses on dispute resolution in particular. Pablo Ortiz is another well-known practitioner, having formerly acted as Ecuador’s ambassador in Belgium and the European Union; he is sought by clients in the finance, aviation and media sectors to tackle corporate, commercial and regulatory issues.