Josemaría has provided legal advice to domestic and foreign clients for over 35 years. His experience includes multilateral transactions; Cross Border transactions; Mergers and Acquisitions; Market Control; Project Finance and Management; Public Procurement; Commercial Law; Mediation, Arbitration and Litigation; Corporate, Corporate and Trust Law; International Trade; Franchising, Licensing and Distribution in the following sectors: Insurance, Banking, Finance, Trust, Commercial, Corporate, Agency, Civil Law, Administrative Law, Communications, Maritime, Energy, Agrochemical Industry; Beverage Industry; Agribusiness; Food/Fish Industry.

Josemaría also handles Mediation and Arbitration processes and Civil litigation. His pro-bono work includes having obtained the first certificate of protection in Ecuador and the first patent conferred to a Luthier in Ecuador, which were granted to Luthier Hugo Chiliquinga; Fundación Zaldumbide-Rosales (promoting musicians worldwide); The Global Foodbanking Network, and several persons, domestic and alien, requiring litigious assistance in Ecuador.

He is also a keen contributor of the International Encyclopedia of Laws (IEL) with Monograph related to Competition Law; and has also contributed to International Distribution Institute (IDI) with the Country Report Ecuador related to Franchising.

Bar Admissions
American Bar Association. Pichincha Bar Association.

Significant Accomplishments
Catholic University of Ecuador (Juris Doctor, 2004; Licenciate, 1997). Senior Partner of Bustamante & Bustamante. Speaker: Paris Chamber of Commerce, 1993; London Chamber of Commerce, 1993

Professional Associations
American (ABA) bar Associations (Bomchil Group (Association of Latin-American Law Firms); British-Ecuadorian Chamber of Commerce.