Carlo Viacava

Carlo Viacava

CARLO VIACAVA

Partner | Banking and Finance, Capital Markets and M&A

Carlo has more than 25 years of legal experience in banking, and finance and capital markets. He has extensive experience in M&A transactions.

His legal practice and advice include negotiations, structuring, and development of efficient corporate structures for the purchase or sale of companies, including the organization, founders’ agreements, venture financing; advice on shareholders’ agreements, investments, corporate reorganizations, corporate governance, proxy contests, shareholders’ proposals, and general corporate matters.

He has participated in securities offerings and listings in local and international markets; private and public offerings by foreign investors; as well as in the structuring of secured and syndicated loans, project finance for infrastructure projects, including 144A issuances in the United States, and corporate finance matters in general.

He has been a speaker at several domestic and foreign conferences where he has given presentations to executives, CLOs, law students, and the general public at venues such as the International Bar Association (IBA), Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, New York Bar Association, American Stock Exchange, Lex Mundi institute, AMCHAM, Foro Legal, among others.

PRACTICE AREAS
  • M&A
  • Banking & Finance
  • Private equity / Asset Management
INDUSTRIES
  • Financial Institutions
  • Insurance
  • Technology
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
  • Duke University, North Carolina, USA – Master of Laws (2001)
  • Universidad de Lima, Lima, Peru – Lawyer (1997)
LANGUAGES
  • Spanish
  • English

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Karina Surichaqui

Karina Surichaqui

KARINA SURICHAQUI

Senior Associate

Her experience includes representing companies, shareholders, directors and executives in investigations and criminal proceedings before the Public Prosecutor’s Office and the Judiciary.

Karina also has extensive experience in preventive advice to minimize criminal contingencies in the corporate environment. She is a specialist in Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Cybercrime and Corporate Compliance.

She is a lawyer from Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, and has postgraduate studies in the Specialization Program in Business Activity and Economic Criminal Law by Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona – Spain, advanced specialization studies in Compliance of Peruvian Regulations and Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure, by Centro de Formación Continua [Center for Continuing Education] of Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú and a specialization in Cybercrime and Expert Evidence by Observatorio Peruano de Cibercriminalidad [Peruvian Observatory of Cybercrime].

She is also a member of The Women’s White Collar Defense Association (WWCDA), an association of women lawyers with presence in more than 49 locations worldwide.

PRACTICE AREAS
  • White-Collar Crime
INDUSTRIES
  • Aviation
  • Agribusiness
  • Food and Beverage
  • Mass Consumption and Retail
  • Sports
  • Education
  • Energy and Natural Resources
  • Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology and Healthcare
  • Gaming Law
  • Real Estate
  • Financial Institutions
  • Logistics
  • Environment
  • Insurance
  • Mining, Oil and Gas
  • Ports and Maritime
  • Projects and Infrastructure
  • Technology and Communications
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
  • Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, 2023 – International Course: Business Activity and Economic Criminal Law.
  • Peruvian Observatory of Cybercrime, Lima, 2022 – Specialist in Cybercrime and Digital Evidence.
  • Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú – Center for Continuing Education, Lima, 2018 – Specialist in Criminal Law and Criminal Procedural Law.
  • Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú – Center for Continuing Education, Lima, 2018 – Compliance in Peruvian Regulations, Update Course in Autonomous Liability of Legal Entities.
  • Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, 2021 – Lawyer
LANGUAGES
  • Spanish
  • English
MEMBERSHIPS
  • Lima Bar Association
  • The Women’s White Collar Defense Association – WWCDA

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Martín Serkovic

Martín Serkovic

MARTÍN SERKOVIC

Partner | Antitrust, Administrative Law, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Insolvency and Restructuring

Martin has extensive experience in Corporate, Commercial and Administrative Law, focusing on Bankruptcy Law (insolvency and restructuring), competition & antitrust.

He specializes in project finance, collateral and trust financing structures, mergers and acquisitions, leasing, operating leases, factoring, supply and distribution, corporate restructuring, competition processes, and investigations. His legal experience includes issues related to government procurement and administrative processes in general, as well as specialized advice on the regulation of the education sector in the field of universities.

He is a lecturer and panelist in several seminars and conferences at the national and international level, a regular collaborator to the World Bank’s Doing Business Reports in the section “Obtaining Credit – Legal Rights”. Author of numerous articles in newspapers and legal journals.

Martin is a member of AMCHAM’s Ethics Tribunal, former president and current member of AMCHAM’s Legal Committee and recent member of AMCHAM’s Corporate Committee, which includes the CEOs or CFOs of the country’s main companies. Finally, he is an arbitrator of AMCHAM’s Arbitration Center.”

PRACTICE AREAS
  • Competition & Antitrust
  • Administrative Law
  • Insolvency and Restructuring
  • Banking & Finance
INDUSTRIES
  • Food & Beverage
  • Retail & Mass Consumption
  • Sport
  • Education
  • Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Health
  • Financial Institutions
  • Non-profit Organizations
  • Technology and Telecommunications
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
  • Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima – Peru – Lawyer (1990)

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Tania Recavarren

Tania Recavarren

TANIA RECAVARREN

Associate

Tania has more than 4 years of legal experience in corporate, company and real estate law, focusing on the negotiating general contracts and those related to the retail and real estate sector. Her experience also includes implementing several regulatory compliance programs (competition, data protection, crime prevention and anti-corruption models).

PRACTICE AREAS
  • Corporate
  • Real Estate
  • Data Protection
  • Compliance
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
  • Universidad de Lima – Lawyer (2016)
LANGUAGES
  • Spanish
  • English
MEMBERSHIPS
  • Lima Bar Association

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Ximena Ramos

Ximena Ramos

XIMENA RAMOS

Associate

Her professional practice includes hiring of Peruvian citizens and foreigners, human resources processes, disciplinary measures, dismissal procedures, employment contracts, administrative and immigration procedures, consulting and labor litigation. Ximena also has extensive experience in advising and consulting local and international companies in labor and immigration matters.

She is a lawyer from Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. She has a Second Specialization in Labor and Social Security Law and a Master’s Degree in Labor and Social Security Law from the same university.

PRACTICE AREAS
  • Labor and Immigration
INDUSTRIES
  • Aviation
  • Logistics
  • Mining, Oil and Gas
  • Ports and Maritime
  • Technology and Communications
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
  • Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, 2023 – Master’s Degree in Labor and Social Security Law
  • Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, 2019 – Second Specialization in Labor and Social Security Law.
  • Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, 2018 – Lawyer
LANGUAGES
  • Spanish
  • English
MEMBERSHIPS
  • Lima Bar Association

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Fiorela Ríos

Fiorela Ríos

FIORELA RÍOS

Senior Associate

Her professional practice focuses on tax consultancy for national and multinational clients in sectors such as technology, education, energy, banking, and retail. She has over 10 years of experience designing and implementing complex tax planning, including local and cross-border investment structures.

She has a particular interest in international taxation, digital economy taxation, and the taxation of software and other intangible assets. She has participated in projects involving the determination of the applicable tax treatment for digital platforms, analysis of software licensing, and other types of transactions in the digital environment.

She has extensive experience conducting legal audits (due diligence) for mergers and acquisitions processes, advising on the quantification of tax liabilities and the design of risk mitigation mechanisms. Additionally, she regularly assists her clients in tax audits before SUNAT, as well as in contentious matters, preparing and submitting appeals before SUNAT and the Tax Court.

She is a lawyer from Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú and a specialization in International Tax Law from Universidad Austral de Buenos Aires.

PRACTICE AREAS
  • Tax
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
  • Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, 2013 – Lawyer (2013)
IDIOMAS
  • Spanish
  • English
MEMBERSHIPS
  • Lima Bar Association
  • Peruvian Institute of Tax Law (IPDT)
  • International Fiscal Association (IFA)

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