Roque Bernardo Bustamante, Esq.
Phone: +593 2 256-2680
Email: rbbustamante@bustamante.com.ec
Specialization:
Oil and Gas, Mining, Intellectual Property, Unfair Competition, Commercial Litigation, Taxation, and Corporate Law.
Professional Membership:
Ecuadorian Bar Association, International trademark Association, Inter-American Bar Association, Mining and Oil Chamber of Ecuador, Ecuadorian-Canadian Chamber of Commerce.
Career:
President of the Chamber of Mines of Ecuador 2001- 2002; Chief Legal Counsel to AEC (Alberta Energy Company) Quito 1999 – 2002; Became a Partner in Bustamante & Bustamante in 1996; Became Associate of Bustamante & Bustamante in 1993; Internships: Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis (Philadelphia), F.W. Woolworth Co. (New York), and Morgan & Finnegan (New York).
Languages: Spanish and English.
Personal:
Born November 5, 1965. J:D: Catholic University of Ecuador 1991; Admitted Ecuadorian Bar 1991
Franklin Pierce Law Center 1991
Southwestern Legal Foundation 1991
International Development Law Institute 1993.
Leisure interests include cycling and hiking.
Practicing: Oil & Gas, Mining, Intellectual Property Law, Litigation, Foreign Investment, Project Finance, Corporate Law and Labor Law
