Bustamante Fabara often acts as local counsel to large financial institutions and well-known banks in relation to secured and unsecured loans, as well as project finance mandates, including for projects that are socially or environmentally significant. Such environmental issues are a key area of focus for Diego Ramírez, who has been involved in conservation matters as well as ESG loans and sustainable bond issuances in the Ecuadorian market, another prominent area of activity for the team. Ramírez heads up the team alongside Jesús Beltrán, an experienced M&A lawyer who is regularly involved in structured finance and securitisation matters. Juan Felipe Bustamante is key on the financing side, while Kirina González excels in corporate finance, and director Patricio Santos is who clients turn to for advice on the regulatory elements of structured finance transactions.
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Key clients
- The Nature Conservancy
- Banco Guayaquil
- Banco del Pacífico
- Banco Bolivariano
- Goldman Sachs
- IDB Invest
- International Finance Corporation (IFC)
- Proparco
- Bancolombia
- Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
- United States International Development Finance Corporation (DFC)
- Banco del Austro
Work highlights
Advised The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and Bank of America, through separate teams, on a landmark liability-management transaction.
Advised Banco Bolivariano on the launch of its $100m DPR-securitisation programme based on flows derived from foreign remittances.
Advised IDB Invest and Banco Guayaquil on the $48m financing of Effitek for the construction of Parque Logistico Itulpark, a state-of-the-art logistics facility on the outskirts of Quito.
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Practice head
Jesús Beltrán; Diego Ramírez