Bustamante Fabara

Competition, Compliance, Constitutional, Family Law, Sports and Entertainment Law, Public Law, Public Procurement and Concessions, Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Privacy and Personal Data Protection, Intellectual Property, Regulatory and Life Sciences

María Rosa Fabara-Vera, Managing Partner at BUSTAMANTE FABARA. With more than 25 years of experience, she provides ongoing legal advice to national and foreign clients, particularly in matters related to intellectual property, antitrust, regulatory issues, mergers and acquisitions, corporate matters, public procurement, and public-private alliances.

Ms. Fabara has extensive experience advising clients in the pharmaceutical, insurance, and prepaid medicine sectors, as well as in construction, infrastructure, project finance, and other industries. She has outstanding and highly recognized expertise in antitrust matters, intellectual property—particularly in trademarks, patents, copyrights, plant varieties, new technologies—and unfair competition, especially in litigation.

She also has a broader perspective in corporate/commercial practice and public matters. María Rosa is a member of several boards of directors of private corporate groups. At Legal 500, she is praised for her “great negotiating skills.” Dr. Fabara has chaired and been a member of the Board of Directors of the Ecuadorian-Colombian Chamber of Commerce and Industry during several terms, and she has also served as President of the Federation of Binational Chambers of Ecuador (FECABE) in multiple terms. Additionally, she chaired the Council of Chambers and Associations of Production of Ecuador.

Managing Partner, BUSTAMANTE FABARA. 2021 – Present

Founding Partner of Fabara & Compañia Abogados. 2003 – 2021

Legal Advisor at the Ministry of Foreign Trade, Industrialization, Fisheries and Competitiveness and Executive Director of the Council of Foreign Trade and Investments – COMEXI. 2013

Partner, Larreátegui & Fabara. 1987 – 2003

Director of the Administrative and Financial Department, Vice Presidency of the Republic of Ecuador. 1984 – 1986

Spanish, English

Lawyers Associated World Wide  (LAW)

International Trademark Association (INTA)

Inter-American Association of Industrial Property (ASIPI)

International Association for the Protection of Industrial Property (AIPPI)

International Bar Association (IBA)

Licensing Executives Society Colombia/Ecuador/Peru (LES)

American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)

Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys (FICPI)

The Association of European Trade Mark Owners (MARQUES)

Doctor of Jurisprudence. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador

Lawyer in Law. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador

Graduated in Law. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador

Personnel Management. University of New Mexico, New Mexico, USA.

XXV Negotiation and Persuasion Workshop. Cambridge International Consulting.