Of Counsel
Banking, Finance and Insurance, Corporate
José María provides legal counsel for our Banking and Finance, Corporate and Arbitration teams.
José María focuses on banking, finance and corporate matters. He has a distinguished career with more than 40 years’ experience in Ecuador. He often acts as an arbitrator in tribunals at the Arbitration and Mediation Center of the Ecuadorian-American Chamber of Commerce in Quito.
Spanish
English
French
Ecuador
Pérez Bustamante & Ponce (1971 – present)
Arbitrator and mediator, Quito Chamber of Commerce, Ecuador (1989 – present)
Arbitrator and mediator, Ecuadorian-American Chamber of Commerce, Ecuador (2002 – present)
Arbitrator, Inter-American Commercial Arbitration Commission, IACAC (2007 – present)
Honorary Advisor, British Embassy, Quito, Ecuador (1981 – 2018)
Vice President, Club de Ejecutivos de Quito, Ecuador (2007 – 2011)
Vice President, Fundación Ecuador (1998 – 2000)
President, Ecuadorian-American Chamber of Commerce, Ecuador (1990 -1992)
Member and Chairman of the Board of Directors, Quito Stock Exchange, Ecuador (1985 – 1991)
Lawyer, Corporación Financiera Nacional, Ecuador (1967 -1971)
Professor of Commercial and Corporate Law, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito (1970 – 1979)
Professor of Banking Law, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito (1970 – 1979)
Legal Advisor to the Superintendent of Banks, Ecuador (1978 – 1979)
Secretary of the Board of Directors, Corporación Financiera Nacional, Ecuador (1965 – 1967)
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito (Degree in Public and Social Sciences, 1966)
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito (Lawyer and Doctor of Jurisprudence, 1969)
Université Libre de Bruxelles, Institut d’Études Européenes, Belgium (Studies on legal and economic aspects of the Common European Market, 1970)
“Highly Regarded”
1996
Ecuador Bar Association
International Bar Association
Member of the Institute of Hispanic Culture (1967 – present)
