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José Rafael Bustamante Espinosa

José Rafael Bustamante Espinosa

Bustamante & Bustamante · Ecuador
Bustamante & Bustamante
Corporate · Ecuador
M&A and intellectual property expert. Broad experience in banking, insurance, oil and mining, and business law; Director and Chairman of committees and boards of directors of companies formed by groups of local and foreign shareholders. He carries out pro bono work helping the farming sector, and offers free legal assistance to foreign NGOs in the creation of their related companies. He also does pro bono work assisting the Italian Embassy in Ecuador.

José Rafael had a private practice as licentiate (Quito), 1974-1978. He carried out internships at Chadbourne Parke, Whiteside and Wolff, New York (1980) and Bomchil, Castro, Goodrich, Claro, Lavalle et Associes, Paris (1980). He worked at the Academy of International Law in The Hague, Netherlands (1983) and the International Developmental Law Institute in Rome (1988). He attended the INTA Panel of Neutrals; the Inter-American Bar Association (1981); and the International Bar Association Conference, business law section (1979, 1986 and 1988).

He is a mediator at INTA.

Also member of the Ecuadorian Bar, Inter-American Bar Association; Multilaw (Chairman 1996-1997); American Society of International Law, International Bar Association Ecuador; the United States Trademark Association; AIPPI, Inter-American Association of Industrial Property; ECTA; and LES.

Mr Bustamante is Chairman and Senior Partner of Bustamante & Bustamante.

Languages: Spanish and English.
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