Energy & Natural Resources

About

Provided by Bustamante Fabara

TEAM

Partners: Rafael Valdivieso, Hugo García, Juan Carlos Bustamante

Senior Associates: Gustavo Almeida, Bruno Pesantes

Associates: Gabriel Reina, Analía Andrade de Piérola

For several years the team has been advising several multinational companies in the oil, mining and energy fields, meeting their legal needs before the respective regulatory bodies and defend their interests against public and private interference. The team carries out a detailed monitoring of the business possibilities, new projects, privatizations, etc., that may arise throughout the liberalization process that these sectors live today in Ecuador, and keep its clients permanently informed about their development.

Specialized services in these areas include advice on the following aspects:

• Obtaining licenses, permits and concessions.
• Public and private contracting.
• Participation in pre-contractual and contractual processes.
• Tax and fiscal implications.
• Applications of legal and regulatory norms.
• Negotiation with the respective authorities.
• Acquisition of oil and mining rights.
• Environmental law.
• Constitution of consortiums, temporary unions or “Joint Ventures”.