The Firm represents clients in mediations, conciliations and especially in arbitrations, both national and international, either on judicial or equity arbitration proceedings, providing representation and legal defense in procedures involving civil and commercial, constitutional, tax-related, regulatory and administrative matters, including concessions and projects developed under public-private partnership (PPP) systems and labor, among others. To this effect, we have an area dedicated to solve controversies and arbitration proceedings composed by lawyers and experts in arbitration, negotiation and mediation, with extensive experience and recognized ability in the subject.

Several of our lawyers are registered as arbitrators on Arbitration and Conciliation Centers, like the ones of the Cámara de Comercio de Lima, Cámara de Comercio Americana and Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. The Firm has also acted on international arbitration, as well as conciliation and mediation proceedings outside of Peru.

In recent years, the regulation has encouraged companies to set up policies and procedures to prevent and control internal corruption, thus avoiding being penalized with fines, closure of premises, licenses’ cancellations and even with the dissolution of the company because of the acts of corruption that may be committed by some of its members.

Because of this, our law firm has specialized in providing its clients with advice on matters of regulatory compliance, in various subjects, to avoid companies’ grounds for administrative responsibility, as well as eventual reputational damage.

Our firm provides comprehensive legal advice on all corporate and business aspects, including analysis and implementation of corporate structures more suitable to the development of our clients’ business, projects, operations and investments, which includes the formation of companies and branches of foreign enterprises, legal advice on all kinds of corporate reorganization processes,  structuring of  collaboration contracts such as joint-ventures and legal assistance with dissolution and liquidation proceedings. 

The legal advice our firm offers in relation to restructuring and bankruptcy proceedings before INDECOPI, involves both the definition of the best possible strategy in order to achieve the restructuring of our clients’ financial situation and the protection of their assets against creditors, as well as their representation throughout these processes, including talks with banks and creditors´ committees.

We provide our clients with legal advice in relation to application and compliance of labor, security and health regulations in the workplace. Likewise, we advise on hiring of personnel under various modalities and with the different possible approaches for human resources management in order to apply the different labor policies required by our legislation.

Our labor law area assists our customers with hiring both Peruvian and foreign personnel. Our team has extensive experience in immigration issues and assists with the foreign workers’ hiring process, ensuring compliance with the general immigration regulations.

Our firm has been working with national investors on the development and development of important investment projects in cultural displays and in the entertainment industry, providing legal advice on the development of the negotiation and preparation of provision of advertising services contracts, sponsorship and personal image rights, among others.

The firm represents holders of industrial property rights in the registry and defense of trademark, patents, industrial designs and utility models proceedings. Additionally, we assist with the exploitation of those intangible assets, handling of confidential information, trade secret protection and technology transfer.

We have extensive experience in administration and surveillance of Peruvian and multinational companies’ portfolios. Our work consists of defending in administrative proceedings of well-known brands at both a national and global level. Not only do we protect brands in Perú, we also advise our clients in the expansion of their businesses and protection of their brands at an international level.

Likewise, we offer legal advice in copyright law, which is destined to protect literary, artistic and technology (software) creations, its exploitation by title holders and heirs, exploitation of intellectual creations in the entertainment industry and the promotion and protection of cultural heritage.

Among our law firm’s partners, we have experts that are recognized at both a national and international level in the analysis and resolution of civil liability cases, both contractual or extracontractual, including corporate civil liability cases. Additionally, we have lawyers who are university professors on this matter and who carry out specialized consultancy services.

We have partners who are recognized in Perú as authorities on civil liability, with publications and participation as international experts on this matter.

Our firm provides general advice on tax regulations, always looking to anticipate and avoid contingencies and/or unnecessary costs to our clients, advising them on the efficient and effective compliance of tax regulation.

Lawyers at our tax department offer services to clients in tax planning and the design of tax structures and tax scenarios for operations and transactions in both Peru and abroad.

Likewise, we regularly advise on Due Diligence, audits and tax evaluations in mergers, spin-offs, acquisitions, sales, financing projects, and, in general, on corporate reorganizations as well as on Tax Administration inspections, claims and proceedings before the Tax Administration, the Tax Court and the Supreme Court.