Alejandro Pérez Arellano > Flor Bustamante Pizarro Hurtado Abogados > Quito, Ecuador > Lawyer Profile
Flor Bustamante Pizarro Hurtado Abogados Offices
6 de Diciembre Ave. E10A and Juan Boussingault St., 6 Tower
8th floor, 803, 805 and 806 offices
Ecuador
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Alejandro Pérez Arellano
Work Department
- Banking and Finance
- Corporate and M&A
- Energy and Natural Resources
- Labor and Employment
Position
Senior Associate
Career
Relevant experience
Experience in financing operations granted by public multilateral and international organizations, in financing with and without sovereign guarantee, granted to the Republic of Ecuador, among which the following stand out: The expansion of the national electricity grid, in an operation valued at USD 100 million; the construction of the water supply expansion for the city of Quito in an operation valued at USD 70 million.
Experience in financing operations granted by private international financial institutions to private Ecuadorian companies, among which the following stand out: financing granted to the concessionaire of the potable water and sewage service of Guayaquil in a transaction valued at USD 70 million; financing granted to the first port concession under PPP modality in a transaction valued at over USD 300 million; financing granted to the largest retail company in a transaction valued at over USD 230 million; loan granted to the country’s largest private university in the amount of USD 18 million.
He has also advised renewable energy companies in the two largest projects that have been awarded (photovoltaic and wind), as well as the company that built and maintains the largest wind farm in operation in Ecuador. He also has experience in advising companies that have developed PPP projects in the areas of roads, waste management and energy.
He has extensive experience in M&A transactions related to the mining, energy and telecommunications sectors.
Actively participated in the drafting of several bills, as well as secondary legislation related to the electricity, hydrocarbons and public-private partnerships sectors.
Languages
Spanish, English, Italian
Memberships
- Fellow of Center for International Legal Studies, Salzburg-Austria
- Member of the Instituto Iberoamericano de Derecho y Finanzas, Madrid-Spain
- Member of the World Association of PPP Units & Professionals, Geneve-Switzerland
Education
- Universidad de las Américas, Quito – Ecuador Lawyer, 2015
- Instituto de Altos Estudios Nacionales – Quito – Ecuador Postgraduate in Public Management, 2017
- Universidad de las Américas, Quito – Ecuador Master in Finance, 2020
Lawyer Rankings
Ecuador > Banking and finance
Flor Bustamante Pizarro Hurtado Abogados places a strong emphasis on syndicated operations, project finance and cross-border transactions, with a client base that includes domestic and foreign financial institutions, sponsors and collateral agents, investment funds and multilateral organisations. The team’s expertise also extends to restructuring processes and financing transactions involving public entities, with the latter commonly involving sovereign guarantees. Mario Alejandro Flor, a notable figure in the renewable energy space, heads the team, which recently acted on behalf of Wheaton Precious Metals in a precious metals purchase agreement linked to the Curipamba copper project in central Ecuador. Other key practitioners include senior associates Alejandro Pérez Arellano and Alejandra Soriano, who provide extensive support in an array of financing transactions.