Bustamante Fabara
Lawyers
María Fernanda Saá-Jaramillo
Work Department
Tax, International Tax Law, Tax Treaties, Competition Law, M&A Control, & Corporate Law
Position
Member B&B Tax and Competition Departments, 2002-. Head of B&B Guayaquil Office, 2005-2010. World Bank Consultant for MICIP Project 2001-2002. Member Ecuador’s IRS tax legal department 1998-2001, Member of the DTT Negotiation Team 2000-2001.
Career
Senior Associate, Bustamante & Bustamante, 2002-. Legal Advisor to the Foreign Trade Undersecretariat, Ministry of Foreign Trade, 2001-2002. Competition Law Consultant, World Bank, 2001-2002. Tax Attorney and International , Ecuadorian IRS, 1998-2001; Coordinator of the International Tax Department. Assistant to the CEO, LeBoeuf International Business Corporation, 1995-1998. Assistant Coordinator, Street Law Program, Georgetown University - PUCE, Quito-Ecuador, 1991-1992. Formerly with University Pro Bono Legal Services, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, 1989-1990.
Languages
Spanish, English.
Memberships
Quito Bar Association; International Fiscal Association (IFA); Instituto Ecuatoriano de Derecho Tributario (IEDT).
Education
Doctor in Jurisprudence, 2006; LL.M. Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium (cum laude, 1994; European Economic and International Tax Law); AECI & IEF Scholarship, Spain - II (Curso sobre Fiscalidad Internacional, 2000) Catholic University of Ecuador (Law Licentiate, 1990)