María Rosa Fabara Vera

Competition, Compliance, Constitutional, Corporate, Family Law, Intellectual Property, Mergers and Acquisitions, Privacy and Personal Data Protection, Public Law, Public Procurement and Concessions, Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Real Estate, Regulatory and Life Sciences, Sports and Entertainment Law

María Rosa Fabara Vera is the Managing Partner at BUSTAMANTE FABARA. With more than 25 years of experience, she provides ongoing legal advice to national and foreign clients, particularly in matters related to intellectual property, antitrust, regulatory issues, mergers and acquisitions, corporate matters, public procurement, and public-private alliances. Ms. Fabara has extensive experience advising clients in the pharmaceutical, insurance, and prepaid medicine sectors, as well as in construction, infrastructure, project finance, and other industries. She has outstanding and highly recognized expertise in antitrust matters, intellectual property—particularly in trademarks, patents, copyrights, plant varieties, new technologies—and unfair competition, especially in litigation. She also has a broader perspective in corporate/commercial practice and public matters. María Rosa is a member of several boards of directors of private corporate groups. At Legal 500, she is praised for her “great negotiating skills.”

Dr. Fabara has chaired and been a member of the Board of Directors of the Ecuadorian-Colombian Chamber of Commerce and Industry during several terms, and she has also served as President of the Federation of Binational Chambers of Ecuador (FECABE) in multiple terms. Additionally, she chaired the Council of Chambers and Associations of Production of Ecuador.

Lawyers Associated World Wide (LAW)

International Trademark Association (INTA)

Inter-American Association of Industrial Property (ASIPI)

International Association for the Protection of Industrial Property (AIPPI)

International Bar Association (IBA)

Licensing Executives Society Colombia/Ecuador/Peru (LES)

American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)

Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys (FICPI)

The Association of European Trade Mark Owners (MARQUES)

2021 – Present: Managing Partner, BUSTAMANTE FABARA.

2003 – 2021: Founding Partner of Fabara & Compañia Abogados.

2013: Legal Advisor of the Ministry of Foreign Trade, Industrialization, Fisheries and Competitiveness and Executive Director of the Council of Foreign Trade and Investments – COMEXI.

1987 – 2003: Partner of Larreátegui & Fabara.

1984 – 1986: Director of the Administrative and Financial Department in the Vice Presidency of the Republic of Ecuador.

Cambridge International Consulting.

XXV Negotiation and Persuasion Workshop

University of New Mexico, New Mexico, USA

Personnel Management

Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador

Attorney

Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador

Doctor of Jurisprudence

Top Private Practitioner: Corporate and M&A

LACCA

2025

Ranked #1 in Leadership in IP Commercialization & Licensing

Women's IP World Rankings 2026

2026