{"id":8950,"date":"2024-03-11T10:59:30","date_gmt":"2024-03-11T17:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bustamantefabara.com\/en\/?page_id=8950"},"modified":"2025-11-07T09:21:02","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T14:21:02","slug":"jose-rafael-bustamante-e","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bustamantefabara.com\/en\/our-team\/jose-rafael-bustamante-e\/","title":{"rendered":"Jos\u00e9 Rafael Bustamante E."},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Jose Rafael<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Bustamante E.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Practice areas:<\/strong> Corporate<\/a>, Intellectual Property<\/a>, Litigation and Dispute Resolution<\/a>, Real State<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Senior Partner at BUSTAMANTE FABARA and Co-Head of the Corporate Department, Jos\u00e9 Rafael has earned market recognition for his longstanding reputation in the corporate and commercial fields. He has extensive experience advising foreign clients doing business in Ecuador and is highly regarded by both clients and peers, having been a key figure in the Ecuadorian legal market for over 35 years.<\/p>


Jos\u00e9 Rafael is a member of the International Trademark Association (INTA), the American Society of International Law (ASIL), the International Bar Association (IBA), the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI), the Inter-American Association of Intellectual Property (ASIPI), and Multilaw (where he served as President from 1996 to 1999).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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IP Stars<\/strong><\/p>

  • Patent Star 2025<\/li>
  • Trademark Star 2025<\/li><\/ul>

    Lexology Index<\/strong><\/p>

    • Thought Leader: M&A and Governance<\/li>
    • Recommended: M&A and Governance<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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      • Chairman of the Board of Bustamante & Bustamante C\u00eda. <\/strong><\/li>
      • Currently, Chairman of the Board of BUSTAMANTE FABARA<\/strong>.<\/li>
      • Currently, Chairman of the Board of EDESA S.A.<\/strong><\/li>
      • Secretary of the Monetary Board under the government of President Sixto Dur\u00e1n Ball\u00e9n.<\/li>
      • Chairman of the Board of Banco Centro Mundo<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ul>

        Jos\u00e9 Rafael has also served as:<\/p>

        • Member of the Board of Ales S.A.<\/strong><\/li>
        • Chairman of the Administrative Council of the American School of Quito<\/strong><\/li>
        • Chairman of the Board of the Quito Tennis and Golf Club<\/strong><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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          • Master\u2019s Degree in Business Administration \u2013 IDE (1998)<\/li>
          • Master of Comparative Law (MCL) \u2013 Georgetown University Law Center (1979)<\/li>
          • Studies in Economics and Negotiation \u2013 Harvard University<\/li>
          • Studies in International Law \u2013 International Court of Justice, The Hague, Netherlands<\/li>
          • Studies in Technology Transfer \u2013 IDLI, Rome<\/li>
          • Doctor of Jurisprudence \u2013 Pontificia Universidad Cat\u00f3lica del Ecuador (1978)<\/li>
          • Bachelor of Political and Social Sciences \u2013 Pontificia Universidad Cat\u00f3lica del Ecuador (1974)<\/li>
          • IDLI \u2013 International Development Law Institute, Rome (1988)<\/li>
          • Academy of International Law, The Hague, Netherlands (1983)<\/li>
          • Participant in: INTA Panel of Neutrals; Inter-American Bar Association (1981)<\/li>
          • Internship at Bomchil, Castro, Goodrich, Claro, Lavalle et Associ\u00e9s, Paris (1980)<\/li>
          • Internship at Chadbourne Parke, Whiteside and Wolff, New York (1980)<\/li>
          • Participant in the International Bar Association Conference (1979, 1986, 1988)<\/li>
          • Private legal practice (Quito) (1974 \u2013 1978)<\/li>
          • Mediator, INTA \u2013 Business Law Section (1974<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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            • INTA \u2013 International Trademark Association<\/li>
            • ASIL \u2013 American Society of International Law<\/li>
            • IBA \u2013 International Bar Association<\/li>
            • AIPPI \u2013 International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property<\/li>
            • ASIPI \u2013 Inter-American Association of Intellectual Property<\/li>
            • Multilaw \u2013 Founder and First President of Multilaw, a global network of law firms covering 78 countries and over 3,000 lawyers<\/li>
            • Multilaw President (1996 \u2013 1999)<\/li>
            • Member of the Spanish Chamber of Commerce<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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              • Spanish<\/li>
              • English<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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                • Ecuadorian – Spanish<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                  Jose Rafael Bustamante E. Chairman of the Board Envelope Hm-pdf1 Practice areas: Corporate, Intellectual Property, Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Real State Senior Partner at BUSTAMANTE FABARA and Co-Head of the Corporate Department, Jos\u00e9 Rafael has earned market recognition for his longstanding reputation in the corporate and commercial fields. He has extensive experience advising foreign clients […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":332,"parent":8763,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8950","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bustamantefabara.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bustamantefabara.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bustamantefabara.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bustamantefabara.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bustamantefabara.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8950"}],"version-history":[{"count":37,"href":"https:\/\/bustamantefabara.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8950\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14566,"href":"https:\/\/bustamantefabara.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8950\/revisions\/14566"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bustamantefabara.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8763"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bustamantefabara.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bustamantefabara.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}