Jose Rafael Bustamante, Esq.
Phone: +593 2 256-4068
Email: jrbustamante@bustamante.com.ec
Specialization:
Main areas of work are commercial, corporate, civil, foreign investment, intellectual property; licensing agreements; distribution and agency agreements; oil and gas; mining; taxation; insurance; labor; banking law.
Professional Membership:
Ecuadorian Bar Association; Inter-American Bar Association; Multi law (Chairman, 1995-1999); American Society of International Law; International Bar Association (Ecuador Representative); International Trademark Association (INTA); AIPPI; ECTA;LES.
Publications:
Patents and Trademarks in the Andean Pact, Transference of Technology to Ecuador, Amendments to Companies Law Affecting Foreign Investment, Trial and Court Procedures in Ecuador, Trademark Practice in Ecuador.
Career:
Admitted in 1978. Became a Partner of Bustamante and Bustamante in 1987.
Languages:
Spanish and English.
Personal :
Born November 29, 1953. Graduated from the Catholic University of Ecuador in 1978 (Doctorate) Georgetown University, Master of Comparative Law, 1979. Leisure interests include horseback riding and motorcycling.
Practicing: Administrative, Commercial, Corporation, Civil, Foreign Investment, Intellectual Property, Licensing Agreements, Distribution & Agency Agreements, Oil & Gas, Mining, Taxation, Insurance, Labor and Banking Law
