Jose de Pierola

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Leaders in Law endorses Jose de Pierola as our exclusively recommended Patent Law expert in Peru. If you wish to get in touch with Jose, please use the contact information provided above.

Intellectual Property Attorney; admitted to Lima Bar Association (Peru) and Alava Bar Association (Spain)

Practice Areas

  • Patent and Trade Mark Prosecution
  • Oppositions
  • Appeals
  • Cancellation Actions
  • Nullity Actions
  • Infringement Actions at the Peruvian Trade Mark Office
  • Legal Actions at the Peruvian Courts
  • Intellectual Property
  • General and Procedural Law
  • Domain Name Dispute Resolution

Education

  • Universidad de San Marcos (Bachelor at Law; Lawyer’s Degree; Doctor in Law)
  • McGill University, Montreal, Canada (Diploma in International Air and Space Law)
  • The Southwestern Legal Foundation, Dallas, Texas (Diploma in Comparative Law)

Languages

Spanish, English and French.

Bar Admissions

  • Lima Bar Association
  • Peruvian Industrial Property Association (APPI)
  • Alava Bar Association (Spain)
  • Fédération Internationale des Conseils en Propriété Intellectuelle (FICPI)
  • Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle (AIPPI)
  • Inter-American Association of Industrial Property (ASIPI)
  • American Bar Association
  • International Trademark Association (INTA)
  • American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)
  • European Communities Trademark Association (ECTA)

Affiliations

  • Alliance Francaise de Lima – Member of the Board of Directors 2000, 2002, 2005
  • American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM PERU) – Member of the Intellectual Property Committee; Member of the List of Arbitrators
  • American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) – Member International and Franchising Law Committee 2007
  • Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle (AIPPI) – President Peruvian Group 1997-2010
  • Fédération Internationale des Conseils en Propriété Intellectuele (FICPI) – President Peruvian Group 1997-2010
  • Inter-American Association of Industrial Property (ASIPI) – Delegate Peruvian members 1998-2000
  • Interamerican Bar Association (IABA) – Council member; Executive Committee member; President Intellectual Property Law Committee 1998-2001
  • La Paz (Bolivia) Bar Association – Honorary Member 2001
  • Lima Bar Association – Member of the Board of Directors 2001-2002; President Intellectual Property Law Committee 1998 and 2004-2008; Member of the List of Arbitrators
  • Lima Chamber of Commerce – Member of the Board of Directors and President of Intellectual Property Committee 2000-2002
  • Peruvian Industrial Property Association (APPI) – Vice-President 1995-1997; President 1997-1999
  • Santa Cruz (Bolivia) Bar Association – Honorary Member 2001
  • World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) – Member of the List of Domain Name Panelists for .pe

Volunteer Experience

Sovereign Military Order of Malta: Protection of the poor, weak and sick. Vice-President of the Peruvian Group and Head of Diplomatic Mission in Peru as Chargé d’ Affaires a.i. (February 11, 1999 until June 17, 2005).

Firm Description:

Pierola & Asociados was founded in 1975, specializing in intellectual property in all legal areas related to trade marks, slogans, trade names, well-known trade marks, patents, utility models, industrial designs, copyrights, unfair competition and litigation, as well as foreign investment and general practice. Currently we are actively involved in the fields of domain names dispute resolution and arbitration, licensing and infringement actions.

Pierola & Asociados is an important leading law firm in Peru with more than 45 years of experience in intellectual property, a high level of service in all areas of practice. The firm has correspondents and clients in many countries around the world.

Practice Areas

  • Intellectual Property.
  • Litigation.
  • Renewals.
  • Unfair Competition.
  • Infringement Actions.
  • Copyrights.
  • Domain Names Dispute Resolution.
  • Amendments Acts.
  • Licensing.

 

Victor M. Marroquin

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Leaders in Law endorses Victor Marroquin as our exclusively recommended Data Privacy, Insurance and Reinsurance Law expert in Peru. If you wish to get in touch with Victor, please use the contact information provided above.

Practice Areas

Víctor M. Marroquín is a senior lawyer, highly specialized in corporate law, insurance and reinsurance, B2C and B2B electronic commerce, artificial intelligence, IT, venture capital, disruptive technologies in various industries, privacy regulation and data protection. , cybersecurity, comparative law, public and private international law, international taxes and tariffs, as well as in the resolution of disputes in litigation and complex arbitrations in Peru and internationally. He has advised the world’s leading high-tech companies, including Google, McAfee, Cisco Systems, Motorola and Polycom, where he has served as General Manager, external international legal advisor, as well as trusted legal representative.

Dr. Marroquín has worked at the IMF in Washington, DC, and at the world’s largest law firm, Baker & amp; McKenzie, at its global headquarters in Chicago. Currently, he represents Fortune 500 clients, acting as international legal advisor and trusted legal representative, in addition to leading international teams in various jurisdictions to carry out operations that require highly specialized members.

Víctor M. Marroquín continues the legacy of the Marroquín & Merino firm

Our Legacy

Under the leadership of Dr. Marroquín, the firm has counseled many indigent clients requiring legal advice, through the Chicago Voluntary Legal Services Foundation (CVLS) and the Chicago Legal Clinic for the Disabled, both of which have recognized these efforts with each other. awards. Additionally, the firm’s attorneys have advised a large number of low-income clients completely free of charge.

At the same time, Dr. Marroquín has advised the world’s leading reinsurers, such as CNA, Swiss Re, Lloyds, AIG, Transamerica, and other global insurers and reinsurers for many years.

The careful representation of Dr. Marroquín includes compliance and regulatory research to monitor and evaluate new registrations, such as ensuring that new, non-traditional and disruptive products from various industries comply with local legal standards, thus protecting them against potential liability. He has also advised clients in each jurisdiction regarding their international licensing and compliance obligations, such as compliance with the personal data protection laws of a large number of jurisdictions, including the European Union and the United States. , as well as Peru and other Latin American countries.

Finally, during the last 20 years, Dr. Marroquín has represented the Peruvian government as the main external advisor in EPC contracts valued at more than USD 2 billion, which required hard and innovative thinking, especially in the aspect financial, and, of course, complying with Peruvian law.

Likewise, Dr. Marroquín is widely known in international legal circles for having represented some of the most important companies in the world that operate in Peru and abroad, always acting as a trusted international external advisor and as a legal representative. This has been achieved thanks to God, always working hand in hand with colleagues and teams from various countries and multidisciplinary in nature.

Dr. Marroquín is especially recognized for being one of the first Peruvian attorneys to recognize that the best lawyers and experts from different professions needed to properly and successfully represent and advise a client cannot all work under the same roof or the same firm. Today, the dizzying digital transformation, artificial intelligence, and the tools provided by the new reality resulting from the global pandemic, have turned this disruptive philosophy of Dr. Marroquín into a reality that is more than current and evident, the one that helps him and for the Firm to advise clients globally, implementing its philosophy of practice, leading multidisciplinary teams with singular skill.

Finally, during the last 20 years, Dr. Marroquín has represented the Peruvian government as the main external advisor in EPC contracts valued at more than USD 2 billion, which required hard and innovative thinking, especially in the aspect financial, and, of course, compliance with Peruvian law.

Firm Description:

We are one of the most prominent corporate and high-tech law firms in Peru.

Founded in 1945 by Dr. Victor Francisco Marroquín Andía, a respected jurist and President of the Labor Court during his most brilliant years, the practice was taken over by his grandson, Dr. Victor M. Marroquín, who continued the growth of the legacy and legal skills inherited from his paternal grandfather.  Similarly, Dr. Victor M. Marroquín derived great political and literary inspiration from his maternal grandfather, Don Juan Miguel Merino Silva, an important politician and an apprentice landowner of great influence in the Senate of his time.

The Firm has accumulated more than 75 years of experience in providing high quality legal services to Fortune 500 companies in Peru, Europe, and Latin America. We have built our extensive reputation on experience in several important areas of law, including mergers and acquisitions, insurance, finance, insolvency, tax, complex civil litigation before both administrative authorities and the Judiciary, as well as before top-level arbitration institutions such as ICSID and UNCITRAL.

We have been recognized with the maximum and exclusive World Finance 100 Award for two consecutive years, 2011 and 2012, as well as the most outstanding firm in mergers and acquisitions in London for 5 consecutive years.

Alessandra Iannacone

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Leaders in Law endorses Alessandra Iannacone as our exclusively recommended Public Law expert in Peru. If you wish to get in touch with Alessandra please use the contact information provided above.

Alessandra specializes in legal consulting during the execution of private and public infrastructure projects, related to the road, airport and rail transport sectors, including advice on various contractual and administrative matters.

Likewise, she assists the team in handling arbitration processes that derive from the controversies raised within the framework of the construction contracts, Public Private Associations and Public Works.

Studies

Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Bachelor’s degree 2019

Languages

  • English
  • Spanish

Firm Description:

DLA Piper Peru provides comprehensive legal advice on projects and infrastructure; energy and natural resources; corporate and M&A; litigation and arbitration; banking, finance and capital markets; real estate; labor and immigration; taxation and foreign trade; insurance and reinsurance; corporate criminal law and compliance, among other areas of practice.

Since our establishment in 2005 as a young spirit firm with an in-depth knowledge of the industries we offer services for, we have had an uninterrupted growth, which has placed us among the most solid firms in the Peruvian legal market.

We have been recognized by Chambers, the International Financial Law Review, Latin Lawyer, Leaders League, The Legal 500, Who’s Who Legal, and other prestigious publications that classify the world’s most prominent firms based on experience and transactions.

 

Alejandro Tello

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Leaders in Law endorses Alejandro Tello as our exclusively recommended Civil Law expert in Peru. If you wish to get in touch with Alejandro please use the contact information provided above.

Alejandro specializes in Civil Law and Civil Procedural Law, advising various clients before the Judicial Power and Arbitral Courts in various controversies such as civil, contractual, constitutional, administrative, covering sectors such as energy, hydrocarbons, fishing, real estate, retail, among others.

In addition, he has experience in arbitration related to infrastructure projects, both in public service concessions and in public works.

Studies

  • Universidad de Lima (2018) Lawyer
  • Universidad de Lima (2018) Bachelor’s Degree

Languages

  • English
  • Spanish

Specialization Studies

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Perú
Advanced Specialization Course in Civil Property Law

Memberships

Lima Bar Association

Firm Description:

DLA Piper Peru provides comprehensive legal advice on projects and infrastructure; energy and natural resources; corporate and M&A; litigation and arbitration; banking, finance and capital markets; real estate; labor and immigration; taxation and foreign trade; insurance and reinsurance; corporate criminal law and compliance, among other areas of practice.

Since our establishment in 2005 as a young spirit firm with an in-depth knowledge of the industries we offer services for, we have had an uninterrupted growth, which has placed us among the most solid firms in the Peruvian legal market.

We have been recognized by Chambers, the International Financial Law Review, Latin Lawyer, Leaders League, The Legal 500, Who’s Who Legal, and other prestigious publications that classify the world’s most prominent firms based on experience and transactions.

 

Jesus Abanto

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Leaders in Law endorses Jesus Abanto as our exclusively recommended Oil & Gas Law expert in Peru. If you wish to get in touch with Jesus, please use the contact information provided above.

Jesus Abanto joined CMS Grau in 2013 and has more than 10 years of experience giving legal advice on Oil and Gas matters. He has advised both governmental entities (hydrocarbons industry regulators) and companies that carry out hydrocarbon activities in all its phases. Jesus has extensive experience in the regulation of public services, sanctioning administrative procedures, administrative contentious proceedings, Public-Private Associations, legal consulting on the regulation sector, corporate matters and project financing.

His knowledge of the industry is not limited to the legal field, since his experience coordinating with professionals from other disciplines has allowed him to incorporate technical and economic knowledge of the sector, which facilitates his understanding of his client’s needs.

For seven years, he provided advice to the Supervisory Agency for Energy and Mining Investment (OSINERGMIN) and participated in the supervision and control of companies of the Natural Gas industry, as well as in the elaboration of laws applicable to this industry.

Jesus mainly advises companies that carry out Oil and Natural Gas activities, which has allowed him to identify that within this sector, investing in any stage of the hydrocarbons industry is a challenge, since the normative regulation is quite complex and requires a high level of specialization for an efficient consultancy to the Oil and Gas companies.

In this scenario, Jesus stands out for his understanding of the client’s problems and finds creative solutions, thanks to his experience advising large investment projects, entities of the public sector and his regulation knowledge on this matter.

On the other hand, he has also been professor of the university extension course of OSINERGMIN and in several events related to his specialty.

Firm Overview:

Ranked as a Top 10 Global Law Firm, CMS can work for you in 42 countries and 74 offices worldwide. 4,500 CMS lawyers offer business-focused advice tailored to your needs, whether in your local market or across multiple jurisdictions.

CMS Grau is one of the most important law firms in Peru with more than 80 years of experience providing integral legal advice.

Our team of specialized and dedicated professionals offers integral legal advice offering innovative solutions according to the needs of our clients.

Our philosophy involves commitment to our clients to provide an efficient and high quality legal service.

Being a full service firm, we form multidisciplinary teams to give a transversal approach to the needs of our clients.

We have high level specialized knowledge in the different legal aspects, as well as in the sectors in which our clients work, being aware of the markets in which they develop their businesses.

Teresa Tovar Mena

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Ms. Tovar has extensive experience in advising companies on matters related with the application of antitrust regulations and the regulation of public services and infrastructure, both in administrative procedures and consultancy. RePresentation of companies in procedures before the Antitrust, Consumer Protection, Unfair Competition and Access to the Market Commissions, and the Competition Defense Court of INDECOPI. Also represents companies concessionaires of public services and regulatory agencies regarding the application of sector’s regulatory frameworks, especially use of public transportation infrastructure and telecommunications, as well as of privatization and concessions regulations. On the other hand, she has been recognized by the publication “PLC Which Lawyer? ” Edition 2009 among the most outstanding lawyers in our country in the Competition and Antitrust areas.

Practice Areas

  • Government Contracts
  • Privatizations and Concessions
  • Competition
  • Intellectual Property

Education

Universidad de Lima, Master in Business Law, Lima, 2003.

Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru, Law Degree, Lima, 1993.

 

Enrique Felices Saavedra

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Leaders in Law endorses Enrique Felices Saavedra as our exclusively recommended Competition Law expert in Peru. If you wish to get in touch with Enrique please use the contact information provided above.

Masters of Law, Yale Law School and Lawyer from Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Partner since the year 2000 with a wide experience in Competition Law, multilateral finance, project and infrastructure development finance. Counseled the major provider of Mobile services in a series of competition conflicts against their main competitor in the Peruvian market, an important electricity company in matters such as competent of the acquisition of a 530MW combined cycle generation project, an international provider of medicinal gases in an investigation for alleged restrictive practice, an international fast-food franchise in a antimonopoly claim against their main competitor in the international market, and various companies of electricity generation in processes or revision previous to the merger of the competition.

Currently represents the promoter of a 1000 MW hydroelectric project. Other clients include Gas Natural (Spain), Duke Energy Egenor International and the International Finance Corporation.

Competition Law

Our practice provides a diverse range of specialized services in competition and anti-trust matters. These services extend from the sponsorship in all types of disputes before the corresponding governmental authorities, to the assessment and design of commercial strategies. Our team is particularly focused in disputes related to the abuse of dominant positions and to anti-competitive practices, in general. It must be noted that our team members have extensive experience in administrative proceedings related to merger controls, as well as in disputes regarding actions of unfair competition related to the advertising industry.

Miranda & Amado

Miranda & Amado is a law firm based in Lima, Peru, which provides legal services in all areas of the economic activity. At present, the firm has approximately about 100 attorneys. We provide direct, specific and efficient legal counsel by consistently incorporating best legal practices. We embody a different way of seeing and feeling the legal practice: committed, modern, ethical, demanding and human.