José Antonio Olaechea

José Antonio Olaechea

JOSÉ ANTONIO OLAECHEA

Managing Partner | M&A, Corporate

Managing Partner of Estudio Olaechea. Lawyer with more than 35 years of professional practice, specialized in Civil, Corporate, Energy and Mining Law. He has extensive experience in Corporate Law, Contracts, Foreign Investment, Mergers and Acquisitions.

He is president of the Chapter regarding Peru of the New York State Bar Association and representative of the Lima Bar Association before the International Bar Association.

Author of numerous legal articles in local and international specialized media. He has also been a member of several panels on his areas of expertise.

He has been internationally recognized by legal publications such as Chambers & Partners, The Legal 500, IFLR1000, Who’s Who Legal, Latin Lawyer, among others.

He is a member of the Board of listed and unlisted companies.

In 2002 he was appointed Honorary Consul General of the Kingdom of Denmark in Lima.

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PRACTICE AREAS
  • Corporate
  • M&A
INDUSTRIES
  • Agribusiness
  • Food & Beverage
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
  • Pontificia Universidad CatĂłlica del PerĂș, Lima, 1987 – Lawyer 
LANGUAGES
  • Spanish
  • English

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Rossana Natteri

Rossana Natteri

ROSSANA NATTERI

Partner | Real Estate, Urban Planning, Hotels & Agribusiness

Rossana has more than 15 years of legal experience, specializing in Corporate, Civil and Real Estate Law. She has extensive experience in the organization of companies, creation of branches, clearing of land titles, trade agreements, real estate transactions, including planning, consulting and administrative procedures, zoning, urban land uses parameters, as well as urban land improvement and detachment processes (separate registrations) necessary for the feasibility of the real estate projects.

She advises owners, real estate funds and investors, developers, construction companies, suppliers, contractors and subcontractors in all aspects related to the drafting and negotiation of the necessary contracts to implement their projects.

She has led different real estate operations, such as the planning and structuring of purchase and sale transactions, joint ventures, trusts, leases, constructions and/or various contractual instruments for the implementation of real estate projects, such as shopping centers, hotels, business centers, residential projects, processing plants and/or factories, among others.

Due to her active participation in local and international media specialized in real estate matters, she has been internationally recognized by international legal publications such as Chambers & Partners, The Legal 500, and Legal Experts.

She has been a member of the steering committee of Women in the Legal Profession Peru (WIP Peru) since 2016 and a member of the “Rules of the Game Committee” of Women in the Legal Profession Peru (WIP Peru).

Author of “The Best Practices Guide”, winner of the 2019 Diversity Initiative of the Year Award by Latin Lawyer.

PRACTICE AREAS
  • Real Estate
  • Civil Law & Contracts
INDUSTRIES
  • Real Estate
  • Projects & Infrastructure
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
  • Pontificia Universidad CatĂłlica del PerĂș, Lima – Peru (2006) -Lawyer (2006)
LANGUAGES
  • Spanish
  • English

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Michael Morales

Michael Morales

MICHAEL MORALES

Partner | Tax

Michael has extensive experience in tax consulting, design of tax efficient business structures (tax planning), legal representation in procedures for the recovery of invested capital, advice in important international investment operations in Peru, tax reviews (audits), advice in audits carried out by the Tax Administration, legal representation in tax proceedings before SUNAT and the Tax Court, among others.

Likewise, he has more than 10 years of experience in university teaching in courses related to tax matters in the Schools of Law and Accounting. Additionally, he is a recurrent speaker at the level of business associations and educational institutions in relation to tax matters and member of the Peruvian Institute of Tax Law (IPDT) and the International Fiscal Association (IFA).

He is a lawyer from Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC), and holds a Master’s degree in Teaching for Higher Education from Universidad AndrĂ©s Bello in Chile. Additionally, Michael has postgraduate studies in International Taxation from Universidad Austral de Buenos Aires.

PRACTICE AREAS
  • Tax
INDUSTRIES
  • Aviation
  • Food and Beverage
  • Mass Consumption and Retail
  • Education
  • Energy and Natural Resources
  • Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology and Healthcare
  • Real Estate
  • Financial Institutions
  • Insurance
  • Mining, Oil and Gas
  • Ports and Maritime
  • Projects and Infrastructure
  • Technology and Communications
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
  • Universidad AndrĂ©s Bello, Santiago de Chile, 2020 – Master’s Degree in Teaching for Higher Education
  • Universidad AndrĂ©s Bello, Santiago de Chile, 2020 – Diploma in Teaching for Higher Education
  • Universidad Austral, Buenos Aires, 2014 – Specialization in International Tax Law
  • Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, Lima, 2012 – Lawyer
LANGUAGES
  • Spanish
  • English
MEMBERSHIPS
  • Lima Bar Association
  • Peruvian Institute of Tax Law – IPDT
  • International Fiscal Association – IFA

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Jessica Mercado

Jessica Mercado

JESSICA MERCADO

Senior Associate

Her professional practice focuses on legal management in banking, securities market, corporate governance, compliance and regulatory matters. She has provided legal advice to factoring companies, brokerage firms, mutual fund management companies and investment fund management companies.

Jessica also has extensive experience in providing legal advice to payment networks, digital wallets, acquiring service providers, payment facilitators, factoring operations and, above all, in the structuring of debt instrument investment funds and in the negotiation of bank financing agreements, syndicated loans, revolving loans, granting of credit lines and development of securities issuance programs in the capital markets.

She has held the position of Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Corruption Compliance Officer in a company belonging to the securities market. She has experience in the preparation of plans for the implementation of anti-money laundering prevention systems, development of matrices, management of interests, preparation of documents required by the UIF -PERU for Obligated Entities, and training for employees and management of Obligated Entities.

She is a lawyer from Pontificia Universidad CatĂłlica del PerĂș and has a Master’s Degree in Journalism and Digital Communication from the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, and a Specialization in Securities Market from Universidad ESAN. She teaches at the Centro de Estudios Financieros de la Bolsa de Valores – BURSEN on compliance, corporate governance and securities market issues.

PRACTICE AREAS
  • Banking & Finance
  • Compliance
  • Fintech
  • Capital Markets
  • Private Equity / Asset Management
INDUSTRIES
  • Real Estate
  • Financial Institutions
  • Mining, Oil and Gas
  • Ports and Maritime
  • Projects and Infrastructure
  • Technology and Communications
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
  • Universidad ESAN, Lima, 2019 – Specialization Program for Executives in Corporate Law with specialization in Business and Financial Law
  • Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, 2016 – Diploma in International Relations, Diplomacy and Media
  • Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Madrid, 2010 – Master’s Degree in Journalism and Digital Communication
  • CONASEV / Universidad ESAN, Lima, 2007 – Specialization in Securities Market
  • Pontificia Universidad CatĂłlica del PerĂș, Lima, 2006 – Lawyer
LANGUAGES
  • Spanish
  • English
MEMBERSHIPS
  • Lima Bar Association

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Gloria Mendieta

Gloria Mendieta

GLORIA MENDIETA

Associate

Gloria has experience in tax advice to domestic and international companies from different economic sectors.

Her legal performance focuses on the preparation of preventive legal audits (Due Diligence) and advising on tax audits and contentious tax proceedings before the National Superintendency of Tax Administration (SUNAT) and the Tax Court.

 

PRACTICE AREAS
  • Tax
INDUSTRIES
  • Projects and Infrastructure
  • Technology and Communications
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
  • Pontificia Universidad CatĂłlica del PerĂș, Lima, 2021 – Lawyer (2021) 
LANGUAGES
  • Spanish
  • English
MEMBERSHIPS
  • Lima Bar Association

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Alberto Meneses

Alberto Meneses

ALBERTO MENESES

Director

Alberto‘s experience focuses on advising both individuals and legal entities on civil, real estate, registration, notarial, urban planning and legal physical sanitation of properties; especially in the preparation of Due Diligence (Title Search to determine the issues of each property, any contingencies in their acquisition or sale and the possibilities of legal clearing of the same). In addition, he is experienced in the preparation of the following procedures: the registration of duplicity of electronic cards, regularization of electronic cards, first registration of urban and real estate, legal clearing of property, and in the review of contractual terms for the future registration of the property rights of the Law Firm‘s clients. He also has experience in advising and representing clients in the legal clearing of property and in the request for the formalization of urban, rural and/or uncultivated land, whether in private or state-owned properties.

His broad experience includes sanctioning proceedings before various public entities and municipal procedures for operating licenses, safety compliance certificates, zoning change and assignment, urban planning instruments, construction reports, accumulations, detachments (separate registrations), subdivisions, among others, as well as in judicial proceedings related to property rights (claim, eviction, acquisitive prescription of ownership, creation of easement and/or usufruct, among others) before the judiciary.

It also involves advising on the relationships with indigenous communities on the Coast and in the Highlands of Peru, dealing with procedures of claims and complaints from peoples of the areas of influence of commercial activities. Additionally, he has experience in court and out-of-court land recovery proceedings.

He is an undergraduate professor at Universidad Peruana de Ciencias aplicadas (UPC) and a speaker at various forums on real estate topics.

Author of the book Operational Manual for Regularizing Property Rights. Gaceta JurĂ­dica, Lima, 2020.

PRACTICE AREAS
  • Real Estate, Municipal, Land Registry, Notarial, Urban Planning, and Legal-Physical Regularization of Properties
INDUSTRIES
  • Real Estate
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
  • Pontificia Universidad CatĂłlica del PerĂș, Lima – Diploma of Specialization in Clearing of Land Titles (2019)
  • Pontificia Universidad CatĂłlica del PerĂș, Lima – Specialization Course in Civil Property Law (2016)
  • Universidad San Martin de Porres, Lima – Master’s Degree in Registration and Notarial Law (2010)
  • Universidad Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, Lima – Lawyer (2008)
LANGUAGES
  • Spanish
  • English
MEMBERSHIPS
  • Lima Bar Association

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