Dr Juan Bernardo Guarderas > Bustamante Fabara > Quito, Ecuador > Lawyer Profile
Bustamante Fabara Offices
Av. Patria
E4-69 y Amazonas
QUITO
Ecuador
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Dr Juan Bernardo Guarderas
Work Department
Banking and Finance, Project Promotion and Financing
Position
Juan Bernardo is a senior associate at BUSTAMANTE FABARA and a member of the firm’s Corporate, Commercial, Finance, Banking, Capital Markets and Mergers & Acquisitions teams. He focuses his practice on finance, capital markets, corporate and banking matters. He advises multilateral, bilateral, national and international creditors, investors, debtors, borrowers, sellers and buyers in complex banking and finance operations, generally with mercantile, commercial, fiduciary, securities and regulatory components and collaterals. He has been involved in the most sophisticated financial and banking operations in Ecuador, including the first issuance of green, thematic and blue bonds in the country and the region.
Before joining BUSTAMANTE FABARA, Juan Bernardo was an associate at a prestigious firm in Ecuador where he was part of banking, finance and M&A areas, focusing his practice and experience on advising clients with emphasis in corporate financing, senior, subordinated or guaranteed loans and financings, local or international issuances; as well as cross-border transactions with an emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, purchases, sales, and joint ventures, among other operations, in all business areas.
Currently, Juan Bernardo works in the Banking and Finance department, advising and assisting clients in syndicated loans and bilateral loans, as well as in bond or share issuances in local and international capital markets, among other transactions of the Firm’s line of business. He also actively collaborates with in the M&A area, on local and international transactions, acquisitions, joint ventures, asset purchases, share purchase agreements (SPA), shareholder agreements (SHA), among other complex corporate matters. He has also developed and has extensive experience in tax and corporate structuring and advice to companies.
Career
- 2022 – Present: Senior Associate, BUSTAMANTE FABARA.
- 2020 – 2022: Senior Associate, ROBALINO ABOGADOS.
- 2018 – 2020: Associate, FERRERE ABOGADOS.
- 2016 – 2018: Associate, Almeida Guzmán & Asociados
- 2013 – 2016: Paralegal, Almeida Guzmán & Asociados
Languages
Spanish and English
Education
- Lawyer: Universidad de las Américas, Quito, Ecuador.
- Master in Laws (LL.M.): Northeastern School of Law, Northeaster University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Lawyer Rankings
Ecuador > Corporate and M&A
Bustamante Fabara has a strong track record in domestic and foreign mergers and acquisitions, and regularly carries out due diligence on both the buyer and seller side. The department is ably led by María Rosa Fabara, José Rafael Bustamante Crespo, who ‘always has a strategy to solve a complicated situation’, and often leads the firm’s corporate transactional matters, and Juan Felipe Bustamante Crespo , who is a key name for cross-border work and is a key part of the group’s ability to assist foreign companies wishing to set up business in Ecuador. The trio are well supported by associate Kirina Gonzalez, who ‘has vast knowledge and offers continuous support‘. The firm saw further growth in September 2022 with the arrival of senior associate Juan Bernando Guarderas.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Competition and antitrust
- Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Intellectual property
- Labour and employment
- Real estate
- Tax