Dr Daniel Castelo KC > Bustamante Fabara > Quito, Ecuador > Lawyer Profile

Dr Daniel Castelo KC

+593 99 416 9146 dcastelo@bustamantefabara.com

Work Department

Competition, Compliance, Privacy and Personal Data Protection

Position

Daniel has 15 years of profesional experience and is currently part of the competition, data protection, and compliance areas of BUSTAMANTE FABARA S.A.S.

Daniel has worked 15 years in competition law assessing clients in the subject and representing them before the competition authority and courts of law. He has extensive experience in merger control filings, dominant position abuse, anticompetitive agreements, unfair competition investigation processes, and due diligences.

Daniel has been widely recognized by clients and legal rankings agencies as a leading lawyer in competition law.

Daniel is the Director of two, relatively new areas at BUSTAMANTE FABARA S.A.S: data privacy ad compliance. He has led the creation and operation of both areas to provide the best advice to BUSTAMANTE FABARA S.A.S.´s clients. Daniel´s activity in these areas involve the implementation and continues advice of Ecuadorian legislation on data protection and compliance.

Career

• 2021 – Current: Senior Associate, BUSTAMANTE FABARA.
• 2015 – 2021: Senior Associate, FABARA ABOGADOS
• 2010 – 2015: Associate, FABARA ABOGADOS
• 2008 – 2009: Analyst, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN RELATIONS.

Languages

Spanish and English

Memberships

• Ecuadorian Arbitration Institute, since 2017.
• International Bar Association (IBA), since 2018.
• Ecuadorian Institute of Procedural Law, since 2018.

Education

• Attorney: Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador
• Administrative Law Specialization: Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar, Quito, Ecuador.
• Master´s degree in International Economic Law: Universidad de Barcelona, Barcelona, España
• Diploma on Economics for Competition Law: King´s College London, UK.
• Master´s degree in Administrative Law: Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar, Quito.