Pérez Bustamante & Ponce

Overview

PBP is a full-service firm with more than 100 professionals and more than 100 years of combined experience, according to the firm. Its work spans legal, regulatory, transactional, and dispute-related matters across multiple industries.²

History

PBP traces its origins to 1916, when José María Pérez Echanique founded the firm with a focus on high-quality legal services. The modern PBP was formed in 2000 through the merger of Fabián Ponce O. y Asociados and Pérez, Bustamante y Pérez.³

Timeline

1. 1916PBP traces its origins to 1916, when José María Pérez Echanique founded the firm with a focus on high-quality legal services.
2. 2000The modern PBP was formed in 2000 through the merger of Fabián Ponce O.

Leadership

PBP identifies Roberto Castillo as a director in its current publications.⁴

Services

The firm’s practice areas include environmental law; banking and finance; customs and international trade; competition; compliance and anticorruption; public procurement; corporate law; energy and natural resources; family office; mergers and acquisitions; labor and immigration; intellectual property; data protection; dispute resolution; and tax.⁵

PBP’s Family Office practice advises families on wealth planning, succession, governance, family agreements, tax obligations, legal administration of family companies, accounting outsourcing, and connections with investment advisers in Ecuador and abroad.⁶

In competition matters, PBP advises telecommunications, entertainment, food and beverage, and healthcare companies on merger clearances, antitrust investigations, administrative proceedings, and tailored compliance programs.⁷

The firm also handles technology, communications, media, fintech, data privacy, and innovation matters, including regulatory-risk management and technology transactions.⁸

What the firm offers

• Investment management
• Financial planning
• Tax planning
• Family governance and education
• Administration and bill pay
• Risk and insurance
• Cross-border planning

Client Focus

PBP serves national and international clients and lists experience in agribusiness, consumer markets and retail, education, energy and natural resources, pharmaceuticals and healthcare, infrastructure and projects, financial institutions, technology and innovation, and transport.⁹

Its published matters include advising Citigroup Global Markets on Ecuador’s sovereign bond refinancing and new issuance in 2025, as well as advising LATAM Airlines on a USD 1.4 billion bond issue in 2024.¹⁰

Approach

PBP describes its approach as coordinating multidisciplinary teams that understand the legal and regulatory challenges of different sectors and industries.¹¹

FAQs

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Sources

1. Pérez Bustamante & Ponce
2. PBP, Spanish home page
3. Milestones in PBP’s history
4. PBP, Spanish home page
5. PBP team and practice areas
6. PBP Family Office services
7. PBP competition practice
8. PBP technology and innovation sector
9. PBP team and industry experience
10. Milestones in PBP’s history
11. PBP, Spanish home page

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