Practice Expertise

  • Commercial Law
  • Contracts
  • Administrative Law
  • Civil Law

Areas of Practice

  • Commercial Law
  • Contracts
  • Administrative Law
  • Civil Law
  • Corporate Law
  • Finance
  • Insurance
  • Investments
  • License Agreements
  • Litigation
  • Mining
  • Real Estate
  • Tax
  • Telecommunications
  • Unfair Competition
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WSG Leadership

  • WSG Regional Council - Member
  • ESG - Environmental, Social & Governance Group - Member
  • Fintech Law Group - Member
  • Insurance/Re-Insurance Group - Member
  • Intellectual Property Group - Member
  • Mergers & Acquisitions Group - Member
  • Mining Group - Member
  • Trade and Investment Group - Member
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Profile

Josemaría has provided legal advice to domestic and foreign clients for over 35 years. His experience includes multilateral transactions; Cross Border transactions; Mergers and Acquisitions; Market Control; Project Finance and Management; Public Procurement; Commercial Law; Mediation, Arbitration and Litigation; Corporate, Corporate and Trust Law; International Trade; Franchising, Licensing and Distribution in the following sectors: Insurance, Banking, Finance, Trust, Commercial, Corporate, Agency, Civil Law, Administrative Law, Communications, Maritime, Energy, Agrochemical Industry; Beverage Industry; Agribusiness; Food/Fish Industry.

Josemaría also handles Mediation and Arbitration processes and Civil litigation. His pro-bono work includes having obtained the first certificate of protection in Ecuador and the first patent conferred to a Luthier in Ecuador, which were granted to Luthier Hugo Chiliquinga; Fundación Zaldumbide-Rosales (promoting musicians worldwide); The Global Foodbanking Network, and several persons, domestic and alien, requiring litigious assistance in Ecuador.

He is also a keen contributor of the International Encyclopedia of Laws (IEL) with Monograph related to Competition Law; and has also contributed to International Distribution Institute (IDI) with the Country Report Ecuador related to Franchising.

Bar Admissions
American Bar Association. Pichincha Bar Association.

Areas of Practice

  • Commercial Law
  • Contracts
  • Administrative Law
  • Civil Law
  • Corporate Law
  • Finance
  • Insurance
  • Investments
  • License Agreements
  • Litigation
  • Mining
  • Real Estate
  • Tax
  • Telecommunications
  • Unfair Competition

Professional Career

Significant Accomplishments
Catholic University of Ecuador (Juris Doctor, 2004; Licenciate, 1997). Senior Partner of Bustamante & Bustamante. Speaker: Paris Chamber of Commerce, 1993; London Chamber of Commerce, 1993

Professional Associations
American (ABA) bar Associations (Bomchil Group (Association of Latin-American Law Firms); British-Ecuadorian Chamber of Commerce.



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