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Ecuador

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Provided by Juan Bernardo Guarderas

Latin America

Practice Areas

Banking and Finance, Project Promotion and Financing

Career

Juan Bernardo is a senior associate at BUSTAMANTE FABARA and a member of the firm’s Corporate, Commercial, Finance, Banking, Capital Markets and Mergers & Acquisitions teams. He focuses his practice on finance, capital markets, corporate and banking matters. He advises multilateral, bilateral, national and international creditors, investors, debtors, borrowers, sellers and buyers in complex banking and finance operations, generally with mercantile, commercial, fiduciary, securities and regulatory components and collaterals. He has been involved in the most sophisticated financial and banking operations in Ecuador, including the first issuance of green, thematic and blue bonds in the country and the region.

Before joining BUSTAMANTE FABARA, Juan Bernardo was an associate at a prestigious firm in Ecuador where he was part of banking, finance and M&A areas, focusing his practice and experience on advising clients with emphasis in corporate financing, senior, subordinated or guaranteed loans and financings, local or international issuances; as well as cross-border transactions with an emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, purchases, sales, and joint ventures, among other operations, in all business areas.

Currently, Juan Bernardo works in the Banking and Finance department, advising and assisting clients in syndicated loans and bilateral loans, as well as in bond or share issuances in local and international capital markets, among other transactions of the Firm’s line of business. He also actively collaborates with in the M&A area, on local and international transactions, acquisitions, joint ventures, asset purchases, share purchase agreements (SPA), shareholder agreements (SHA), among other complex corporate matters. He has also developed and has extensive experience in tax and corporate structuring and advice to companies.2022 – Present: Senior Associate, BUSTAMANTE FABARA.

Experience

2020 – 2022: Senior Associate, ROBALINO ABOGADOS.

2018 – 2020: Associate, FERRERE ABOGADOS.

2016 – 2018: Associate, Almeida Guzmán & Asociados

2013 – 2016: Paralegal, Almeida Guzmán & Asociados

Expert in these Jurisdictions

Ecuador

Languages Spoken

Spanish

English

Education

Northeastern School of Law, Northeaster University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Master in Laws (LL.M.)

Universidad de las Américas, Quito, Ecuador.

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Associate-to-watch Juan Bernardo Guarderas enjoys recognition from clients for his activity in the banking and finance arena in Ecuador.

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