Alberto Rebaza is founding partner and managing partner of Rebaza, Alcazar & De Las Casas law firm. Partner leads to mergers and acquisitions and corporate areas. In addition to his masters, he has studies at Georgetown University and England.

Alberto has been consistently considered by legal rankings as a leading lawyer in M&A, Banking and Finance. These publications include Chambers & Partners, IFRL 1000, Who's Who Legal and LatinLawyer, among others. Also, Chambers & Partners called him "as the leading voice for large financial transactions and M&A".

He has been a speaker at different conferences in Dublin, San Paulo, Bogota, Panama City, Barcelona, NYC, Ciudad de Mexico, Bogota, Singapur, among others.

He has also been director in several companies and organizations such as Edegel (Energy), Rigel Peru (Insurance), Liderman (Services), Amrop (Services), IPAE, Pesquera Alexandra (Fishing), YPO, among others.

Very much involved in the arts world, Alberto is vicepresident of the Museum of Art of Lima, member of the international patronage committee of the Reina de Sofia Museum and member of the Latin American Circle at Guggenheim Museum in NYC.

Alexandra Orbezo is a graduate lawyer from Universidad de Lima, having earned her degree with honors -summa cum laude- and ranked first in the Law School. She holds a Master’s Degree in Law (LL.M.) with specialization in Corporate Governance and Practice from Stanford University. She is partner at the Lima office, where she focuses her practice in Mergers and Acquisitions, Corporate Finance and Securities.

In 2004, she was awarded a sponsorship by Universidad de Lima to attend Universidad Internacional Menendez Pelayo as a foreign exchange student (Santander, Spain). There, she took courses in Corporate Law and Tax Planning. During the same year, she was awarded the “Academic Excellence Prize - Jose Leon Barandiaran Hart”, sponsored by the National Supervisory Institution for Public Registries.

She has been an International Associate at the New York office of Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton LLP from August 2011 to May 2012, where she focused her practice on M&A and securities transactions in Latin America.

She is a former member of Muñiz, Ramírez, Pérez-Taiman & Luna-Victoria Abogados, where her practice was focused in corporate transactions.

She is a former assistant professor of Securities Law at Universidad de Lima.

She is a member of the Bar in Lima and New York.

She is fluent in Spanish, English and German.

Attorney by the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos with Post-Graduate studies in the Criminal Law Master’s program from the same university (1999-2000). He has completed the Interamerican Program for the Development of Experts in the Procedural Reform (2008) organized by the Center of Justice Studies of the Americas in Santiago, Chile as well as being sponsored by the Canadian International Development Agency – CIDA. He was an advisor for the Interparty Citizen Safety Commission in the national Congress.

He was an associate at Estudio Benites, Forno & Ugaz (1999-2003), initially being part of the Social Area, and afterwards in the Criminal Law area. He was a Founding Partner of the law firm Loli & Garcia Cavero Abogados. In his professional practice he specialized in matters pertaining to White-collar Criminal Law and in criminal matters that involve public administrations. He has successfully intervened in the design and implementation of defense strategies in several criminal cases with both public and economic relevance for the country in the last few years, representing important companies from Peru, the US and Europe. He is currently a professor of Criminal Law at the Universidad de Piura.

Has been recognized by the british magazine Chambers and Partners as a leading lawyer in white-collar crime in Peru.

Camilo Maruy is a graduated lawyer from the University of Lima and specializes in tax matters related to investments, tax planning regarding banking, M&A and project finance. He has a vast experience in the evaluation and design of efficient tax structures related to M&A, Investment Funds, Financial Instruments, Derivatives, Infrastructure and Public Service Concessions, Mergers & Acquisitions and structuring of corporate financing projects.

Acknowledge by several international publications dedicated to the analysis of legal services, such as Chambers and Partners, Latin Lawyer, among others.

Among the most relevant transactions in which he has been involved, are the following:

Concessions:

• Advise in the design and structuring of the financial models of several bidders for infrastructure and public services concessions.
• Legal counsel to (concessionaire of Cobra Perú S.A.) regarding the Concession Agreement for the design, construction, financing, operating and maintenance of the Plant for Wastewater Treatment in Taboada.
• Tax Planning and permanent legal counsel to CONCAR concessionaire in the adjudication of the Arequipa-Matarani concession for US$ 97 million.
• Legal counsel to DP World (subsidiary of Dubai Ports) in relation to the regulatory and tax aspects of the Muelle Sur Concession in the Port of Callao.

Marges and Acquisitions:

• Tax Planning in the acquisition of Total Artefatos S.A. (“La Curacao”) by Tiendas EFE S.A., collectively with Linzor Capital, Wiese Group and PQ Investments Ltd. For US$ 150 million. This transaction received the Deal of the Year award by Latin Lawyer for Private Equity in 2012.
• Design of the tax structure of transference of shares of InVita and AFP Integra (both companies of Wiese Grupo) to the Sura Group.
• Design of the tax structure of the acquisition of a minority shares package of MiBanco by Bamboo Finance Group.
• Legal counsel in the acquisition of ProFuturo AFP by the Bank of Nova Scotia.
• Legal counsel in the acquisition of Banco Sudamericano and Banco Wiese by Scotiabank.

Investments Funds:

• Tax Planning of efficient tax structures of the investment funds administrated by Sigma SAFI, AC Capitales, Compass Group, El Popular SAFI and Pandero.

Trusts:

• Design of the tax structure regarding the Trust of Banco Wiese and Banco Sudamericano (nowadays Scotiabank)
• Participation in the drafting of various bills related to tax regulations of Investments Funds, Trusts, Cash Advance Tax and VAT recovery.

Project Finance:

• Legal counsel to Andino Investments Holding, Peruvian holding which concentrates several companies that operate in infrastructure, public services and logistic services, during the Initial Public Offer trough the Lima Stock Exchange, raising over US$ 42 million.
• Legal counsel to Andino Investments Holding in the loan granted by Goldman Sachs for the total amount of US$ 85 million.
• Legal counsel to Inmuebles Panamericana S.A. in the elaboration of the second program of Securitized Bonds for an amount of US$ 100 million, with the participation of Deutsche Bank Perú S.A.
• Legal counsel to Lima Airport Partners S.R.L, Peruvian company and concessionaire of the Lima International Airport, in the issuance of the Global Notes (Senior Lima Airport Secured Amortizing Discount Notes) for US$ 164 million, with the participation of Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. as underwriter.
• Legal counsel to Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior –BLADEX regarding the loan granted to Corporacion Aceros Arequipa S.A., largest manufacturing Peruvian company of steel, for an amount over US$ 100 million.
• Legal counsel to Sigma SAFI, Peruvian administrator of several Investment Funds, regarding a loan granted by Goldman Sachs Credit Partners, for US$ 100 million.

Camilo is a member of Peruvian Tax Law Institute and the International Fiscal Association (Peruvian Group) and has published several articles in known Peruvian newspapers and magazines specialized in taxation and financial matters.

Before joining Rebaza, Alcazar & De Las Casas, he was a Partner of Estudio Hernández y Maruy Abogados and an Associate of the tax area of Roselló Abogados and Hernández & Rosselló Abogados.

He speaks fluently Spanish and English.

Daniel Gonzales is a graduate lawyer, magna cum laude, from Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Daniel’s practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, financing and securities transactions. He holds a Master’s Degree in Law (LL.M.) from The University of Chicago. Daniel’s practice has been recognized by The Legal 500 (2012).

Daniel holds a certificate in energy law from Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, and a certificate in mergers and acquisitions from Georgetown University Law Center.

He was an International Associate at the New York office of Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton LLP (2013 – 2014), where he focused his practice on domestic and foreign mergers and acquisitions and securities transactions.

Prior to joining the firm, Daniel was an associate of Delmar Ugarte Abogados, where his practice focused in corporate transactions and infrastructure projects.

He was an assistant professor of Secured Transactions at Universidad de Lima, and Commercial Law at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú.

Daniel´s matters include the representation of:

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS

• Represented ACP Group in the sale of a majority stake in Protecta to Security Group.
• Represented Medtronic in its $42 billion acquisition of Covidien.
• Represented Lafarge in the sale of its cement operations in Ecuador for an enterprise value of $553 million to Union Andina de Cementos (UNACEM).
• Represented Barclays Bank PLC in the sale of all of the partnership interests in Barclays Private Credit Partners Fund LP (a private credit investment fund) to Ares Capital Corporation.
• Represented Tiendas EFE, the consortium Linzor Capital Partners and Wiese Group, among other investors, in the acquisition of La Curacao (Total Artefactos) for $ 150 million.
• Represented Wiese Group in the sale of a majority stake in Invita Seguros de Vida to Sura Group.

CAPITAL MARKETS AND FINANCINGS

• Represented the initial purchasers, led by Credit Suisse Securities (USA), in an offering of $1.5 billion of Pre-Capitalized Trust Securities issued by Five Corners Funding Trust. The Trust invested the proceeds in a portfolio of US Treasury strips and entered into a put option agreement with Prudential Financial, Inc. (PFI) under which PFI may issue debt from time to time to the Trust in exchange of the Treasuries.
• Represented Petroleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) in its Reg. S/Rule 144A debt offering of $4 billion aggregate principal amount of securities.
• Represented the Dominican Republic in a Reg. S/Rule 144A offering of $500 million aggregate principal amount of amortizing bonds due 2024.
• Represented Energía del Pacífico (shareholder of Samay I) in the $300 million loan granted to Samay I to develop a cold reserve power plant in Mollendo, Peru.
• Represented Andino Investments Holding in the $85 million loan granted by Goldman Sachs.

He is fluent in Spanish and English.

Felipe Boisset is a graduate LL.M. in Securities and Financial Regulation from Georgetown University. Also, he is a graduate lawyer from Universidad de Lima. His practice includes Corporate Law, Capital Markets and Financial Transactions.

Felipe Boisset has been an International Associate at the New York office of Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett LLP and has been admitted to the New York State Bar. He is also permanently recognized by the legal rankings as a leading lawyer by Chambers and Partners, IFRL 1000, Latin Lawyer, among other international publications.

Currently, he is a main Corporate Law professor at Universidad de Lima.

He has vast experience in corporate, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, credit and financial transactions, as well as in foreign investment, privatizations and concessions.

Among the most relevant transactions in which he has been involved, are the following:

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS

• Sale of a majority shareholding package in the insurance company Protecta S.A. in favor of Chilean based Grupo Security.
• Sale of the safety companies J&V Resguardo, J&V Resguardo Selva y J&V Alarmas in favor of The Carlyle Group
• Advice to Empresa Editora El Comercio S.A., Vigenta Educación S.A.C., Education Fund Perú and Proyectos Educativos Integrales del Perú S.A.C. in the Agreement by which IFC will make capital contributions in PEIP, company operating educational network Avansys.
• Sale of 100% of the shares of Cosapi Data and Cosapi Soft to Altra Investments.
• Sale of 100% of Grupo Andino’s shares in File Service S.A. to Iron Mountain.
• Acquisition of Clínica San Miguel by Rimac International and Clínica Internacional.
• Acquisition of BBVA AFP Horizonte.
• Acquisition of 100% of the shares of Instituto Peruano Aleman – IPAL by Salkantay Partners and Grupo El Comercio.
• Sale of Industrias Teal (Sayon) to Alicorp S.A.A.
• Acquisition of La Curacao (Total Artefactos) for US$ 150 million.
• Sale of a majority shareholding package in InVita Life Insurance in favor of Grupo Sura by US$ 3,600 million.
• Sale of Soldexa S.A. (a Brescia Group company) in favor of Colfax Corpor for US$235 million.
• Acquisition of 100% of shares of Proquimsa.
• Sale of 51% stake in Condor Travel S.A.
• Sale of 100% stake of Clinica El Golf in favor of Pacificos Seguros S.A. – Entidad Prestadora de Salud.
• Acquisition of 47% of shares of Sociedad Boliviana de Cementos (Soboce).
• Sale of 100% stake in Bembos S.A. in favor of Nexus Group.
• Sale of 100 of shares of Alert Perú by the shareholders of Chinawok to Nexus Group.
• Acquisition of 46% shares of Neptunia S.A., property of Ultramar Agencia Maritima Interncional S.A. (Chile).

BOND ISSUES

• Advice to BTG Pactual Peru -as arranger and placement agent- in relation to Andino Investment Holding’ s public offering (second and third issuance) under a US$ 20 million Short Term Instrument Programme.
• Advice to Copeinca S.A.C. in the international bond issue for an amount of US$ 175 million, under Rule 144A and Regulation S.
• Advice to Bank of America Merrill Lynch and HSBC Securitiesin connection with the global securities offering of Mexican company Controladora Mabe S.A. for an amount up to US$ 350 million, under Rule 144A and Regulation S.
• Advice to Chilean investment bank Celfin International Limited in connection with the global securities offering of Corp Group Banking S.A., major shareholder of Chilean bank CorpBanca, for an amount up to US$ 100 million, under Regulation S
• Advice to Chilean investments Banks Celfin International Limited and Larrain Vial Investments Inc. in connection with the global securities offering of Sociedad de Inversiones Oro Blanco S.A., controlling shareholder of Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A. (SQM), for an amount up to US$ 100 million, under Regulation S.
• Advice to Lima Airport Partners in its international securities offering for an amount up to US$ 164 million, under Rule 144A and Regulation S.

FINANCING

• Advice to Inmuebles Panamericana S.A. in the US$ 70 million loan granted by Banco de Crédito e Inversiones – BCI.
• Advice to Tiendas EFE S.A. in the US$ 50 million loan granted by Scotiabank Perú S.A.A.
• Advice to Consorcio Cemento del Sur S.A. and Yura S.A. in the US$ 75 million loan.
• Advice to Andino Investment Holding S.A. in the US$ 85 million syndicated loan granted by Goldman Sachs.
• Advice to Scotiabank Perú S.A.A. in the US$ 25 million loan granted to Compañía Minera Poderosa S.A.

PRIVATIZATIONS AND CONCESSIONS

• Advice to Xstrata Schweiz A.G. in their bid to win the exploration rights to the Las Bambas mining prospect for a total US$ 121 million.
• Advice to Xstrata Schweiz A.G. in connection with the execution of the Social Trust Fund for the Las Bambas mining project, for the amount of US$ 45 million.

He speaks fluently Spanish and English.

Gonzalo De Las Casas is Senior Partner at Rebaza, Alcázar & De las Casas Abogados. He is graduate lawyer from the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP). His areas of expertise include Bankruptcy, Banking, Finances, Corporate Law, Corporate Reorganization and Insolvency Law. During the past decade, he has been chief legal counsel of the most important corporate reorganizations and insolvency procedures in Peru, such as:

CORPORATE REORGANIZATIONS

He has participated in private restructuring agreements, payment of creditors agreements and selling companies in financial crisis.

• Advice as head legal counsel in the corporate reorganization through an insolvency proceeding (Concurso Preventivo) of Empresa Siderúrgica del Perú S.A.A. – SIDERPERU, restructuring more than US $ 115 million in debt.
• Advice as head legal counsel in the acquisition and reorganization of Compañía Peruana de Radiodifusión S.A., restructuring more than US $ 100 million in debt.
• Advice as head legal counsel in the corporate reorganization of SVC Ingeniería y Construcción S.A., restructuring more than US $ 60 million in debt.
• Advice as head legal counsel in the corporate reorganization of Cosapi S.A., restructuring more than US $ 30 million in debt.
• Advice as head legal counsel in the corporate reorganization of Compañía Pesquera Sarimón, restructuring more than US$ 15 million in debt.
• Advice as head legal counsel in the corporate reorganization of Grupo Hayduk, restructuring more than US $ 75 million in debt.
• Advice as head legal counsel in the corporate reorganization of Aramsa Constructores Generales, restructuring more than US$ 4 million in debt.
• Advice as head legal counsel to Tai Loy S.A. in the transitory procedure of Patrimonial Restructuring (Saneamiento Patrimonial), where the company negotiated with financial creditors a Turnaround Agreement which involved the capitalization of a significant amount of their debt and the incorporation in the company of a new investor. US $ 35.2 million in restructured debt.
• Advice as head legal counsel in the corporate reorganization of Franky & Ricky, restructuring more than US$ 18 million in debt.

BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS

• Legal counsel of Banco Wiese Sudameris in various bankruptcy proceedings where credits were involved.
• Representative of various financial institutions in different bankruptcy and insolvency proceedings, such as: Textil San Cristóbal S.A. (representing Banco Standard Chartered - BSCH), Compañía Minera La Poderosa S.A. (representing Interbank).
• Attorney of various financial institutions and corporations in different bankruptcy and insolvency proceedings, such as: Compañía Minera La Poderosa S.A., Ceper Pirelli S.A., Agro Guayabito S.A., Grupo Maple, Fluor Daniel Sucursal del Perú, Canal 4, Sociedad Francesa de Beneficencia, Minas Arirahua S.A., Tintesa S.A., Corporación Refrigerados Yni S.A.  
• Advising creditors in the bankruptcy proceedings of the mining company Doe Run.

Gonzalo De Las Casas has been called as an expert witness on issues of Corporate Insolvencies in arbitration and judicial proceedings in the UK and USA. He has also been appointed a member of the expert panel of the Organización Mundial del Comercio (OMC) in a dispute arising under trade agreements according to GATT between Argentina and Panama.

Also, on request for the Peruvian Football Federation, he has participated in the design of the legal framework of football clubs.
He has lectured in his field of expertise in various conferences and has been member of forums held by the World Trade Organization-WTO. He is also professor in the Diploma course of Corporate Law in ESAN and Universidad del Pacífico.
Gonzalo De Las Casas has been a substitute member in the Dumping and Subsidies Commission (Dumping y Subsidios) of INDECOPI.

He has also been appointed as Adjunct Superintendent of the Specialized Institutions division at the Bank and Insurance Superintendency (SBS), as well as permanent Secretary of the Asociación Latinoamericana de Compañías de Seguros de Crédito. Previously, he  was General Manager of Holding Plural TV, member of the executive committee of Pesquera Hayduk, General Manager of Compañía Peruana de Seguro de Crédito a la Exportación(SECREX), General Secretary of Asociación Peruana de Empresas de Seguros (APESEG), board member of Corporación Financiera de Desarrollo (COFIDE) and Administration and Credit Control manager at Banco de Desarrollo (BANDESCO). He has been the Banking, Finance and Corporate Reorganization area of Benites, De Las Casas, Forno & Ugaz Abogados law firm.

He is currently Chairman of the Board of Directors of Tai Loy, Grupo Cogorno; APC Corporación S.A.; Talma S.A. Quimpac,  Pesquera Hayduk and has been President of the Creditors Meeting of Compañía Peruana de Radiodifusión (Channel 4).

He is fluent in English and Spanish.

Héctor is a partner in our Criminal and Compliance areas. He is a graduate lawyer from Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. He also has a Master of Laws (LL.M) from Columbia University and a Masters in Criminal Law and Criminal Sciences, from University of Barcelona and Pompeu Fabra University. 

He has been a partner and head of the white collar crime area at Benites, Vargas and Ugaz Law Firm, where he worked for more than fourteen years. 

Héctor has been in charge of overseeing more than 300 investigations and criminal proceedings at national level for crimes against the patrimony, environment, financial, money laundering, corruption, etc.He also specializes in the practice of Compliance, developing and implementing crime prevention models. 

He has also been a professor of Criminal Law at the Judicial Academy and at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú Law Schoo. 

Hector is accredited by the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics (SCCE) as Certified Compliance and Ethics Professional (CCEP) (New York, 2017) and has been a speaker at several international events on anti-corruption and compliance practices. He speaks fluent Spanish and English

José Antonio Jiménez holds a Master’s Degree (LLM) in Corporate Reorganization, Insolvency and Corporate Finances from the University of Toronto, Canada. Graduated from a Master with a specialization in Corporate Law at the Universidad de Lima. He has a Master’s Degree on Tax Law at the Universidad de Lima. He also has a degree on Corporate Management and Business Organization from ESAN, where he graduated first in his class. He is a graduate lawyer from Universidad Católica de Santa María (Arequipa), where he graduated with honors.

These are some of the operations and deals he has recently been part of:

CORPORATE RESTRUCTURING

• He has participated in major corporate restructuring operations, both in the private and public sector (insolvencies, bankruptcy proceedings, transitory proceedings and liquidations), for a total amount of US $ 700 million in restructured debt. The following are some of the most important corporate reorganizations in which José Antonio Jiménez has been involved: COSAPI, SVC Ingeniería y Construcción, Hotel Los Delfines, Promotora Club Empresarial, Agro Guayabito, GREMCO, Franky & Ricky, Tai Loy, Agro Industrial Lima, ARAMSA Constructores, Fábrica de Conservas Islay, Compañía Pesquera Sarimón, Frío Sud Nor S.A., Don Diego Agro Industrias, Cía. Minera Poderosa, Proime Contratistas Generales, Natulac, Central de Cooperativas Agrarias Cafetaleras (COCLA), Sociedad Francesa de Beneficencia, empresas de Maderera Vulcano, Refrigerados Yni S.A., Grupo Tejeda, Pesquera Hayduk S.A.
• He has provided legal counsel to various financial institutions creditors of Total Artefactos S.A. ("La Curacao" stores) in the restructuring of more than US $ 15 million in debt, as well as the corporate reorganization of Corporación Fabril de Confecciones (COFACO) with a restructured debt of more than US $ 30 million under the scope of a transitory proceeding

ACQUISITION AND SALE OF CORPORATIONS UNDERGOING BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING

• He has provided legal counsel to both national and foreign investors in the acquisition and sale of debt involved in insolvency proceedings, as well as the acquisition and sale of corporations undergoing bankruptcy proceedings, such as, among others: CARSA, Pesca Peru Callao Sur, Flota Pesquera de Fábrica de Conservas Islay, Flota de Pesquera Némesis, Compañía Pesquera Sarimón, Envases Alimentarios, Minera Sayapullo, Franky & Ricky, CEPER, SVC Ingeniería y Construcción.
• In 2005,  he  participated in the legal team advising PROINVERSIÓN in the transfer operation of the company assets of Empresa Municipal Fronteriza de Agua Potable y Alcantarillado de Tumbes – EMFAPATUMBES in the bankruptcy proceeding and concession Process of the services of Agua Potable de Tumbes, Zarumilla y Contralmirante Villar
• He has also provided legal advice to various financial institutions and companies in various insolvency proceedings such as the Banco Wiese Sudameris, Banco Santander, Banco de Crédito del Perú, Citibank N.A. Sucursal del Lima, Interbank, Banco Sudamericano, Atlas Copco Peruana, Grupo Sindicato Pesquero del Perú (SIPESA), Quimpac, Texaco, Primax, Tecnológica de Alimentos S.A., Pesquera Hayduk, Banco Interamericano de Finanzas, CONCYSSA, Textil San Cristóbal, Conductores y Cables del Perú (CEPER), Envases los Pinos S.A.C., Pesqueras Unidas S.A.C., Unipetro S.A.C., Tintesa S.A., Minas Arirahua S.A.
• Legal advisory to creditors in the bankruptcy proceeding of the mining company Doe Run.

Jose Antonio Jimenez has been involved in the diagnosis for restructuring of football clubs under a special bankruptcy proceeding on request of the Peruvian Football Federation.

He has been a professor of Bankruptcy Law at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú Law School, professor of Financial Law at Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas Business School and in the Program of Corporate Law of San Francisco Xavier University, Arequipa.

He has also published several articles in law reviews, such as "Advocatus" and "Ius et Veritas" and in the book “La Ley General del Sistema Concursal, Análisis Exegético” of Juan Espinoza Espinoza.

He was senior associate and member of the area of Banking and Finance Law and Bankruptcy Law, of Benites, De las Casas, Forno & Ugaz Law Firm.

He is fluent in English and Spanish.

Luis Miguel Elías is a graduated lawyer from the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú with experience in corporate finance and mining. Luis Miguel has advised national and international clients on the corporate strategy for mergers and acquisitions, project financing, joint ventures, among others, in various industrial sectors, with special emphasis on mining.

In 2012 to 2013 Luis Miguel was an international associate at the NY office of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP.

Mining Transactions, Streamings and Royalties

• Counsel to Glencore in the tender offer for $ 956 million and acquisition of a controlling stake in Volcan Compañía Minera.
• Counsel to Hudbay in the precious metals stream for $ 430 million agreed with Silver Wheaton (now Wheaton Precious Metals) using the production of the Constancia mine as reference.
• Counsel to Milpo (now Nexa Resources) in the silver stream for $ 250 million agreed with Triple Flag using the production of the Cerro Lindo mine as reference
• Counsel to Glencore on the $ 900 million stream agreed with Silver Wheaton (now Wheaton Precious Metals) using the production of Antamina as reference. 
• Counsel to Hudbay in the $ 350 million refinancing of its facility for the development of the Constancia mine, and in the cross-collateralization in respect of the Rosemont and Constancia mines.
• Counsel to the Empresa Minera Los Quenuales in the acquisition of the Contonga mine and other material mining assets and rights previous held by Nyrstar. 
• Counsel to Nexa Resources on the $ 100 million loan with ABN AMRO Bank N.V. to finance the export of zinc.
• Counsel to Scotiabank on the 200 million financing granted to Goldfields La Cima for the development of the Cerro Corona mine.
• Counsel to Glencore in the sale to Trevali mining of a concentrator plant required to operate the Santander mine, the offtakes agreements, operation and mantainence contracts for the Santander mine, and repayment of the $ 40 million debt of Trevali Mining to the benefit of Glencore.
• Counsel to BNP Paribas on the $ 50 million facilities granted to the Moly-Cop group to finance the acquisition of mining equipment and machinery worldwide.
• Counsel to Hudbay Peru in the mining equipment leasebacks for an aggregate amount of $ 22.4 million executed with Scotiabank, BCP and Interbank, respectively, for the acquisition of Caterpillar machinery.
• Counsel to Pandion Mine Finance in the refinancing and mining securities to secure the $ 7 million prepaid forward purchase agreement with Lupaka Gold in respect of the Invicta mining project.
• Counsel to Auramet Trading in the constitution of mining royalties and securities over the mining assets of Compañía Minera San Juan.

Mergers & Acquisitions 

• Counsel to a group of over 100 sellers in the sale of PECSA, a leading gas retail company in Peru, in favor of the Corporación Primax for an undisclosed amount.
• Counsel to Sura and Grupo Wiese on the $ 268 million sale of Seguros Sura to Intercorp.
• Counsel to Grupo Wiese in the $ 247 million acquisition by CDPQ of a minority stake in SURA Asset Management formerly held by Grupo Wiese and Bancolombia.
• Counsel to Energía del Pacífico on the sale of a strategic stake in Kallpa Generación S.A. and Samay I S.A. to I Squared Capital for $ 341.8 million.
• Counsel in the process and sale of a majority stake in Copeinca ASA owned by Dyer & Coriat Holding and in the $ 800 million tender offer launched by the China Fishery Group on the Oslo and Lima Stock Exchanges.
• Sale of AmBev Perú for $ 64 million to a subsidiary of AB InBev in context of the global merger and integration process among AB InBev and SABMiller.
• Counsel to Grupo Wiese and De Osma family in the sale of Hermes Transportes Blindados S.A. in favor of The Carlyle Group for an undisclosed amount.
• Counsel to AmBev Peru in the sale of its production plant and other assets of the PepsiCo branded non-alcoholic beverages business to the Guatemalan group CBC.
• Acquisition by Grupo Wiese and De Osma family of a strategic stake in Hermes Transportes Blindados S.A. formerly held by Brink's Inc.
• Counsel to the Mexican group Casa Saba in the sale of Farmacias Peruanas S.A. (FASA) to Quicorp.Counsel to Cosapi in the sale of Cosapi S.A. in Cosapi Data,
• Cosapi Soft and Computer Doctor to Altra Investments.
• Acquisition by Cruz Blanca Salud of a majority stake in Anglolab, a leading private laboratory for clinical analysis and medical samples in Peru.
• Acquisition by Cruz Blanca Salud of RESOMASA, a leading private MRI and related medical services company, for an undisclosed amount.
• Acquisition by The Bank of Nova Scotia of a controlling stake in the pension fund manager Profuturo AFP S.A.
• Acquisition by Casa Saba of Farmacias Ahumada in Mexico, Peru, Brazil and Chile for approximately $ 637 millions.

Financing

• Counsel to Corporación Monte Azul in the $ 50 million aggregate facility granted by BCP, Credicorp Capital and co-financed by Monte Azul’s shareholders for the construction and development of its terminal project for the reception, storage and dispatch of liquid fuels in Mollendo, Arequipa.
• Counsel to La Virgen S.A.C. in the $ 80 million credit facility granted by CAF and DEG for the development and operation of its hydroelectric power plant in Junín.
• Counsel to The Bank of Nova Soctia in the $ 200 million financing granted to Goldfields La Cima for the development of Cerro Corona gold and copper mines located in western Peru.
• Counsel to GEPSA in the $ 100 million facility granted by a group of lenders for the construction and operation of three hydroelectric power plant projects in the department of Puno, as well as the maintenance of a hydroelectric plant in Arequipa.
• Counsel to International Finance Corporation (IFC), financial arm of the World Bank, in the $ 217 million facility granted to APM Terminals Callao for the expansion of its Callao port terminal.
• Counsel to La Virgen in the $ 50 million bridge financing granted by Banco Santander to partially finance the working capital required for the construction of a hydroelectric power plant.
• Counsel to IFC in the $ 40 million financing granted to Universidad Privada de Ciencias Aplicadas - UPC, private university owned by Laureate group.
• Counsel to Grupo Gloria and Yura S.A. in the $ 50 million financing granted by JPMorgan Chase Bank and The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi.

Stock Market

• Counsel to Hudbay Minerals in the issuance of Senior Unsecured Notes for up to $ 1.0 billion in international markets.
• Counsel to Citigroup, JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley and BTG Pactual in the initial issuance of 20,000,000 shares of InRetail Perú Corp., holding of the Intercorp Group's retail companies, in international markets.
• Counsel to Sonda S.A., a Chilean company leader in IT services in Latin America, in the issuance of 53,046,657 shares in international markets, with the participation of Goldman Sachs & Co., BTG Pactual and Celfin Capital as structors.
• Counsel to Lima Airport Partners S.R.L. in the issuance of Global Notes for $ 164 million in international markets.
• Counsel to Aeropuertos Dominicanos Siglo XXI (Aerodom), an airport operator controlled by Advent International, in the issuance of up to $ 550 million in international debt.
• Counsel to BTG Pactual and Deutsche Bank in the issue of debt (high yield) made by SMU S.A. (Chile) up to $ 300 million in international markets.
• Counsel to Copeinca in the initial issuance of $ 175 million Unsecured Notes in the international markets.

Recent Publications

“2019 International Comparative Legal Guide to Mining” Peru Chapter.

“Metal Streaming: Conceptos, auge y actualidad”. Luis Miguel Elías. Revista Advocatus: Derecho Minero, Ambiental y de los Recursos Energéticos. 2018. 

María Haydée is partner of Rebaza, Alcazar & De Las Casas law firm, and Partner leads to of our Labor and Employment Law department, and has extensive experience in providing a full service in labor issues to local and international companies of the country.

She has extensive experience in providing legal counsel in the labor and employment field, comprising all aspects related to the hiring of personnel, outsourcing and labor force provision. She also specializes in the organization and structuring of salary policies and severance programs, as well as in collective bargaining and immigration law.

She has provided legal counsel to Grupo Sindicato Pesquero del Perú S.A., Tecnológica de Alimentos S.A. (TASA), Telefónica del Perú S.A.A., Compañía Peruana de Radiodifusión S.A., Lima Airport Partners S.A., Corporación Pesquera Inca S.A, Ingeniería Celular Andina S.A., National bottom of Financing of the Enterprise Activity of the State (FONAFE) P&H MinePro Services Perú S.A.C., Clínica San Felipe S.A., Laboratorios Roe S.A., Productos Roche Q.F.S.A., G4S S.A. –Wackenhunt-, Montana S.A., Superintendency of Nacional Property, Empresa de Generación Eléctrica San Gabán S.A., Prosegur S.A., Corporación Minera San Manuel S.A., Heinz Ferrand Glass S.A.C., Research and Agricultural Extension Project –INCAGRO-, Financial Development Corporation of Perú (COFIDE), Bureau Veritas, Olympic Perú Inc. Sucursal del Perú, Fabrica De Conservas Islay S.A., Franky & Ricky S.A., CUSA S.A.,  Envases Alimentarios S.A, AVANZIT S.A., Pesquera Hayduk, Fibras Marinas S.A., Agroindustrial Lima S.A., COSAPI S.A., Clínica Miraflores S.A., among other clients.

Maria Haydee Zegarra was a member of the advisory staff for PROINVERSION in the process of granting a concession over the assets of EMFAPATUMBES, the potable water supplier company for Tumbes, Zarumilla and Contralmirante Villar (Tumbes).

During 2004 and 2005, she represented the Fisherman’s Fund of Social Benefits and Social Security in the labor suits filed against this institution in Chimbote, Trujillo, Lima and Callao.

She has also been involved in several bankruptcy and corporate reorganization proceedings, providing legal counsel and designing legal strategies regarding labor issues.

Currently, Maria Haydee Zegarra is a professor of Labor Law at Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas.  She has also been assistant professor of the Labor Law Seminar at the Master Program in Corporate Law from Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú.

She is a former member of the law firm Benites, Forno & Ugaz Abogados, where she led the Labor & Employment area. She is also a former member of the law firm Laos, Aguilar & Limas.

Rafael Alcázar is a senior partner at Rebaza, Alcázar & De Las Casas Abogados Financieros. He holds a Cum Laude Master’s Degree in Law from Belgium’s Leuven Catholic University and is a graduate from the University of Lima. He also has taken specialization courses at The Hague International Law Academy in The Netherlands and at the Practicing Law Institute in New York.

In recent years, Rafael Alcázar has earned a reputation as one of the leading expert lawyers in local and international financial transactions. His expertise is mainly focused on providing legal counsel to both domestic and foreign banks, stock broker agencies, financial leasing companies, mutual funds and risk investment management companies, securitization companies, risk rating agencies, and companies seeking financing.

The following are some of the major transactions in which Rafael Alcázar has been involved recently. Due to their importance, some of these transactions have been singled out by specialized media, such as Latin Lawyer and Latin Counsel. Issuances of Financial.

Instruments

• Represented Deutsche Bank, acting as co-lead arranger with Corporación Financiera de Desarrollo – COFIDE, in the issuance of US $ 45 million CRPAOs to finance the construction and operation of the Canchaque toll road.
• Represented the International Finance Corporation (IFC), acting as guarantor, in the first issuance of Institutional Bonds of Universidad San Martin de Porres (USMP) for US $ 15 million.
• Legal counsel in the issuance of American Depository Receipts (ADR’s) in the USA market by Peruvian construction companyGraña y Montero; issuance of Sovereign Bonds by the Republic of Peru in the international market; IFC’s bond issuance in the Peruvian market and the issuance of corporate bonds by Agua Azul Consortium, Southern Peru Ltd., Grupo Sindicato Pesquero del Perú S.A. (SIPESA), Electroandes and REPSOL YPF. He has also been involved in the Initial Public Offering (IPO) launched by Graña y Montero.

Securitization

• Represented the International Finance Corporation (IFC) in the securitization of the Drokasa Group for US $ 25 million.
• Legal counsel in securitization transactions between the Andean Development Corporation (CAF) and Peru’s Financial Development Corporation (COFIDE); Graña y Montero Petrolera (GMP) and Oiltanking; and between Concar S.A. and Banco Internacional del Perú S.A.A. - Interbank.
• Involved in the securitization process of Graña & Montero,Southern Peru Limited and Quimpac.
• Additionally, he has provided legal advice to several Peruvian financial institutions in the design and structuring of future flow securitization processes for sanitation and electric corporations.

Public Offering

• Legal counsel to Farragut Holdings Inc. in the acquisition of a controlling stake in Inversiones Pacasmayo S.A. (IPSA), the holding company of Peruvian cement company Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. through a public tender offer for US $ 83 million.
• Involved in Royal & SunAlliance’s tender offer to gain control over Compañía de Seguros Fenix (a Peruvian insurance company); and in the tender offer to delist Fosforera Peruana S.A. investment-stock (acciones de inversion”) from the Lima Stock Exchange.

Banking and Insurance

• Legal advisor of the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee of Banco de Comercio.
• Represented Helm Bank with respect to the procedure followed before the Superintendence of Banking, Insurance and AFP (Superintendencia de Banca, Seguros y AFP) in order to obtain the authorization to open a Representative Office in Peru.
• Legal counsel to Servitebca Perú, Servicios de Transferencia Electrónica de Beneficios y Pagos S.A.C., a Peruvian corporation (member of the Venezuelan group “Venezolano de Crédito”), with respect to the introduction into the Peruvian market of the “Prepaid and Rechargeable Electronic Cards”, affiliated with Mastercard and Visa, in alliance with Banco Internacional del Perú S.A.A. – Interbank.
• Legal counsel to Unibanco group from Ecuador with respect to the procedure followed before the Superintendence of Banking, Insurance and AFP (Superintendencia de Banca, Seguros y AFP) in order to obtain the operational authorizations for “Financiera Universal S.A.”, a new financial institution incorporated in Peru.
• Legal counsel to Banco del Trabajo in the sale of a mortgage portfolio to Banco Internacional del Perú S.A.A. – Interbank, for around US $ 60 million.
• Involved in setting up financial companies (Banco Orión), and has advised several international agencies and banks — including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation,Bancolombia, Pinebank, Banco Mercantil de Venezuela, Colonial Bank and Security Bank — in debt collection related to the wind-up of NBK Bank, Banco Nuevo Mundo and BANEX.
• Recently, he has been involved in providing legal advice to several financial institutions with respect to the new legal framework for the implementation in Peru of the recommendations of the Basel Committee (Basel II).

Investment Funds

• Legal counsel to The Rohatyn Group in the process of registration of “TRG Latin America Private Equity Fund I, L.P.” in the Registry of Foreign Investment Instruments and Hedge Transactions of the Superintendence of Banking, Insurance and AFP (Superintendencia de Banca, Seguros y AFP).
• Legal counsel to Cartisa Group with respect to the organization process of “Cartisa Sociedad Administradora de Fondos S.A.”(Fund Manager) before the Peruvian Securities and Exchange Commission (Comisión Nacional Supervisora de Empresas y Valores – CONASEV).
• Legal counsel to Capital Investment Sociedad Administradora de Fondos de Inversión S.A. with respect to the registration process of “Fondo de Inversión para Financiamiento Empresarial a Corto Plazo” (Fondo FIME-CP), a Peruvian investment fund, in the Registry of Foreign Investment Instruments and Hedge Transactions of the Superintendence of Banking, Insurance and AFP (Superintendencia de Banca, Seguros y AFP).
• Legal counsel to Enfoca Group with respect to the organization process of Enfoca Sociedad Administradora de Fondos de Inversión S.A. (Fund Manager) before the Peruvian Securities and Exchange Commission (Comisión Nacional Supervisora de Empresas y Valores – CONASEV).
• Legal counsel to Cyrano Management in the structuring and setting up of Solidus Investment Fund S.A., an investment fund with a US $ 30 million capacity to provide funding for microfinance institutions across Latin America and the Caribbean.
• Legal counsel to Cyrano Management and the Latin American Challenge Investment Fund (LACIF) in structuring and setting up several investment funds for the microfinance sector.

Financing

• Represented Scotiabank Perú S.A.A. in the US $ 16.5 million debt refinancing of Los Portales S.A. (the largest parking lot operator in Peru).
• Represented Mercantil Commercebank N.A. in the US $ 26 million loan granted to Refinería La Pampilla S.A. (which is the only private refinery of the country, being Repsol YPF Peru its principal and active shareholder).
• Represented Empresa Financiera Edyficar Sociedad Anónima (Financiera Edyficar) in the US$ 5 million Subordinated Loan granted by Minlam Microfinance Offshore Master Fund LP.
• Legal Counsel to Mercantil Commercebank N.A. in the US $ 15 million loan granted to Ferreyros S.A.A.
• Represented Hayduk Group in the US $ 60 million syndicated loan granted by a group of banks, led by Banco de Crédito del Perú, BBVA Banco Continental, Banco Financiero and Natixis.
• Legal Counsel to Mercantil Commercebank N.A. in the US $ 35 million loan granted to Refinería La Pampilla S.A. to finance the acquisition of crude oil.
• Represented Scotiabank Perú S.A.A. in the US $ 25 million loan granted to Compañía Minera Poderosa S.A. to finance the expansion of its mining activities.
• Legal Counsel to Mercantil Commercebank N.A. in the US $ 7.7 million loan granted to the Peruvian fertilizer company Corporación Misti S.A.
• Represented the International Finance Corporation (IFC) in the US $ 15 million loan granted to Sociedad Agrícola Drokasa S.A. (Agrokasa)

Mergers and acquisitions

• Asesoría legal a DWM FUNDS S.C.A. - SICAV SIF (fondo de inversión de Luxemburgo administrado por Developing World Markets) en la adquisición de una participación minoritaria en Edpyme Proempresa S.A. por US $ 2.5 millones.
• Asesoría legal a DWM FUNDS S.C.A. - SICAV SIF (fondo de inversión de Luxemburgo administrado por Developing World Markets) en la adquisición de una participación minoritaria en Entidad de Desarrollo a la Pequeña y Micro Empresa - Edpyme Créditos Arequipa S.A. (Edpyme Crear Arequipa) por US $ 2 millones. Asesoría legal a Corporación Peruana de Productos Químicos S.A.(empresa perteneciente al Grupo Brescia) en la adquisición del 100% de las acciones de Teknoquímica S.A., parte de ellas a través del mercado bursátil.
• Asesoría legal a Grupo Altas Cumbres en la venta del 100% de las acciones de Banco del Trabajo y Recaudadora S.A. (Perú), Banco Antigua S.A. y Rapidito S.A. (Guatemala) y Banco de Ahorro y Crédito y Crédito Altas Cumbres S.A. (República Dominicana) a Scotiabank Perú S.A.A. por US $ 135 millones. Asesoría legal a Grupo Altas Cumbres en la venta de Altas Cumbres Compañía de Seguros de Vida S.A. a ACE INA International Holdings, Ltd. y AFIA Finance Corporation por US $ 34.5 millones.        
• Representando a los accionistas vendedores en la venta deMerpisa S.A. (el supermercado retail líder en Trujillo) a Hipermercados Metro S.A., una de las cadenas de supermercados líder en el Perú.
• Representando a Acceso Crediticio en la adquisición del 100% de las acciones de Edpyme Créditos de Alcance Regional Trujillo S.A. (Crear Trujillo). Representando a Caja de Pensiones Militar Policial (CPMP) en la venta de Hoteles Las Américas a Thunderbird Hoteles Las Américas S.A. (compañía miembro de Thunderbird Resorts Group) por US $ 46.7 millones.
• Representando a Triodos-Doen y Hivos-Triodos Fonds, (dos fondos de inversión holandeses especializados en microfinanzas) en la adquisición de 7.5% de las acciones de Mibanco. Participando en la venta del negocio de crédito de consumo que realizó el Banco Orión al Banco Wiese Sudameris.

Trust Funds

• Represented Scotiabank Perú S.A.A. in structuring the first guarantee trust over mining concessions, a hydroelectric power station, as well as a guarantee agreement over export future-flow executed by Compañía Minera Poderosa.
• Represented the Peruvian Ministerio de Vivienda, Construcción y Saneamiento, Fondo MiVivienda and Banco de Comercio in structuring a trust fund to finance low cost construction projects in Peru.
• Structuring and establishing a trust fund for the subsequent sale of Banco Orión’s asset package to Banco Wiese Sudameris.
• Structuring and establishing one of the first trust funds ever created in Peru using public funds, which included part of the Telecommunications Investment Fund (FITEL) managed by Peru’s telecommunications regulator (OSIPTEL).
• He has also been involved in setting up several guarantee trust funds to back domestic and international loan transactions.

Mergers & acquisitions

• Legal counsel to DWM FUNDS S.C.A. - SICAV SIF (Luxembourgian investment fund managed by Developing World Markets) in the acquisition of a minority shareholding in Edpyme Proempresa S.A. for US $ 2.5 million.
• Legal counsel to DWM FUNDS S.C.A. - SICAV SIF (Luxembourgian investment fund managed by Developing World Markets) in the acquisition of a minority shareholding in Entidad de Desarrollo a la Pequeña y Micro Empresa - Edpyme Créditos Arequipa S.A. (Edpyme Crear Arequipa) for US $ 2 million.
• Legal counsel to Corporación Peruana de Productos Químicos S.A.(company member of the Brescia Group) in the acquisition of 100% of the shares of Teknoquímica S.A. through a public bid process.
• Legal counsel to Altas Cumbres Group in the sale of 100% of the shares issued by Banco del Trabajo and Recaudadora S.A. (Peru), Banco Antigua S.A. and Rapidito S.A. (Guatemala) and Banco de Ahorro y Crédito and Crédito Altas Cumbres S.A. (Dominican Republic) to Scotiabank Perú S.A.A.; for US $ 135 million.
• Legal counsel to Altas Cumbres Group in the sale of Altas Cumbres Compañía de Seguros de Vida S.A. to ACE INA International Holdings, Ltd. and AFIA Finance Corporation for US $ 34.5 million.
• Represented the selling shareholders in the sale of Merpisa S.A.(the leading supermarket retail company in Trujillo) to Hipermercados Metro S.A., one of the leading supermarket retail companies in Peru.
• Represented Acceso Crediticio in the acquisition of 100% of the shares issued by Edpyme Créditos de Alcance Regional Trujillo S.A. (Crear Trujillo).
• Represented Caja de Pensiones Militar Policial (CPMP) in the sale issued by Hoteles Las Américas to Thunderbird Hoteles Las Americas S.A., (a company member of Thunderbird Resorts Group) for US $ 46.7 million.
• Represented Triodos-Doen and Hivos-Triodos Fonds, (two Dutch investment funds specialized in microfinance) in the acquisition of 7.5% of the shares issued by Mibanco.
• Involved in the sale of the consumer credit business by Banco Orión to Banco Wiese Sudameris.

Corporate Strategy and Conflict Resolution

• Legal counsel to the financial leasing bondholders’ committee in the regulatory process for the wind-up of Banco República and Banco Nuevo Mundo.
• Legal advice in various analysis, diagnosis and proposals for developing Peru’s stock market and financial sector, as well as enhancing its competitiveness in comparison with other markets of the region. Highlights include the “Technical Assistance Project for Developing Peru’s National Debt Market”; the “Analysis on the Competitiveness of Peru’s Capital Markets”; and, the “Development of Mechanisms to Open Access to New Issuers in the Stock Exchange”.

Rafael Alcázar is an eligible arbitrator in corporate, financial and stock market matters for the Cámara de Comercio de Lima and the Peruvian Securities and Exchange Commission (Comisión Nacional Supervisora de Empresas y Valores – CONASEV).

Currently, he is a main Securities Law professor at Universidad of Lima. He has published many articles and lectured in his fields of expertise in several seminars and conferences. 

He was appointed Legal Counsel of Banco Orión. Likewise, he is currently a board member at PROCAPITALES and an alternate board member at Servitebca Perú, Servicios de Transferencia Electrónica de Beneficios y Pagos S.A.C. Rafael Alcázar is a former partner at Rodrigo, Elías & Medrano Law Firm.

He speaks fluently spanish and english.

Ricardo Cárdenas is  partner and head of the Corporate practice area of our Firm. He specializes in corporate advice, as well as corporate restructuring and insolvencies.

He is a lawyer from Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú ,and in addition to his professional experience in the Firm, Ricardo worked as an associate at Muñoz Tamayo & Asociados La Firm (Bogotá) in 2011, participating in relevant operations in Colombia and Latin America.

As part of his experience he has provided advice to several companies in business financing operations, purchase and sale of companies, real estate projects, corporate reorganizations and general corporate advice, as well as in private corporate restructuring.

He has been assistant professor in the Introduction to Legal Sciences course, at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú.

Among the most relevant transactions in which Ricar has been involved, are the following:  

FINANCINGS

• Advice to Hayduk on a syndicated loan of US $ 113 million obtained from a group of banks led by Banco de Crédito del Perú as an agent bank, which involved BBVA Banco Continental, the Financial Bank, the Inter-American Finance Bank and the French bank Natixis.

• Advice on structuring, constitution and subsequent modification of local guarantees by Ezentis Peru and related companies, regarding financing for € 126 million granted to its parent company Grupo Ezentis (Spain). 

• Advice to BCP, Scotiabank and BD Capital in the financing of US $ 59 million granted to Stracon S.A.C. 

RESTRUCTURATIONS AND CORPORATE REORGANIZATIONS

• Corporate reorganization of Hayduk Group´s companies (mergers and simultaneous splits) that resulted in the current Hayduk Corporation. 

• Advice on refinancing of US $ 700 million of debt in bonds issued by Grupo Gildemeister (Chile), as well as for the structuring and constitution of guarantees by Peruvian companies belonging to the group. 

• Corporate reorganizations of Negocios e Inmuebles S.A. (NISA) and related companies (mergers and divisions), for separation and optimization of business lines. 

• Corporate reorganizations of Pecsa Group companies to sell fuel stations business to Primax. 

• Corporate reorganizations of Apoyo Consultoría and AC Capitales SAFI. 

• Corporate reorganizations of DP World Perú S.R.L. for individualization of business lines acquired as a result of the purchase of Cosmos. 

• Advice on the process of asset consolidation and satisfactory conclusion of the bankruptcy proceedings Tai Loy S.A. 

• Advice on conclusion of bankruptcy proceedings of Franky & Ricky S.A., successive mergers for absorption of Textil Incaholland S.A.C. and Dolphintex S.A.C. 

• Corporate reorganizations of Agroindustrial Lima S.A.C., Fábrica de Conservas Islay S.A., Promotora Club Empresarial S.A.A., Natulac S.A., Inversiones Inmobiliarias Mar S.A, Zinc Industrias Nacionales, RBCF Inversiones Inmobiliarias, among others.

Ricardo has also provided corporate advice to Grupo Gildemeister, Grupo Hayduk, Tai Loy S.A., Grupo Wiese and Grupo Breca, among others.

Rodrigo is a partner in our area of ​​corporate litigation and arbitration.

He is a lawyer by the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru and has a LLM in Law from NYU with a mention in "International Business Regulation, Litigation & Arbitration".

Before joining our Study, Rodrigo was the head of the Litigation and Arbitration area of ​​the Benites, Vargas & Ugaz Study. Additionally, he worked at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, in the London office as an international lawyer for one year.

Roger is a graduate from Antenor Orrego University of Trujillo, and holds a Master’s Degrees in Legal Argumentation from Alicante University of Spain as well as Procedural Law from Pontificia Universidad Católica of Peru.

He specializes in the design of procedural strategies and defense in national and international arbitrations, administrative, civil and constitutional contentious proceedings.

His experience in each of these practice areas is broad and deep. He has participated and obtained favorable arbitral awards in civil, corporate, public contracting, insurance and TMT(Telecoms, Media and Technology) conflicts. He is also an expert in contentious administrative proceedings in tax, sanctioning and regulatory matters, as well as in constitutional processes and judicial processes product of civil and corporate conflicts.

Roger is a recognized researcher, author and teacher in the national and international academic field.

He is co-author of the book: "Razonamiento Judicial: Introducción, Argumentación y Motivación de las Resoluciones Judiciales” (2006), which has been cited by the Supreme Courts of Justice of Colombia, Guatemala, Ecuador, Mexico and Peru, as well as by the Constitutional Court of Ecuador. He is author of the book: “La motivación de las resoluciones judiciales como argumentación jurídica” (2015) and author of the collective works Código Civil. Comentado por los 100 mejores especialistas del país” (2004), “La argumentación jurídica en el Estado Constitucional” (2013), “Argumentación jurídica: fisonomía desde una óptica forense” (2014), “Balance y desafíos a 20 años de funcionamiento [del CNM]” (2015) y “Código Procesal Civil Comentado” (2016). He is also the author of several articles in the areas of Procedural Law and Constitutional Law, as well as in Legal Argumentation.

Roger is a professor at the Constitutional Studies Center of Peru’s Constitutional Court, as well as at the Judicial Academy of Peru.

He has also been a visiting professor at the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana - Colombia (2016), and has given degrees and participated in training courses in Legal Argumentation and Probation Reasoning for Supreme Court Justices and Supreme Courts of Lima, Trujillo, Arequipa, Ayacucho y Huaura. 

Roger previously worked at the Estudio Muñiz law firm, where he was a Senior Partner in their Civil Law and Arbitration Litigation practice.