María Rosa Fabara Vera

Practice Areas

María Rosa Fabara-Vera is the partner of BUSTAMANTE FABARA. With more than 25 years of experience, she provides permanent legal advice to national and foreign clients, especially in matters related to intellectual property, antitrust, regulatory matters, mergers and acquisitions, corporate matters, public procurement, public-private alliances. Ms. Fabara has extensive experience in providing legal advice to clients in the pharmaceutical, insurance and prepaid medicine sectors, construction, infrastructure, project finance, among others. Has an outstanding and very recognized experience in antitrust matters; intellectual property, especially in trademarks, patents, copyrights, plant varieties, new technologies; unfair competition; especially in litigation. she also has a broader perspective in the corporate/commercial practice and public matters. Maria 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, in several periods, and President of the Federation of Binational Chambers of Ecuador – FECABE also in several periods. She also chaired the Council of Chambers and Associations of Production of Ecuador.

Career

Currently: Managing Partner of BUSTAMANTE FABARA.

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

Legal Advisor of the Ministry of Foreign Trade, Industrialization, 2013 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.

Professional Memberships

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)

Industry Sector Expertise

Competition

Compliance

Constitutional

Family Law

Sports and Entertainment Law

Public Law

Public Procurement and Concessions

Litigation and Dispute Resolution

Privacy and Personal Data Protection

Intellectual Property

Regulatory

Life Sciences

Languages Spoken

Spanish

English

Education