José Antonio Honda

José Antonio Honda

JOSÉ ANTONIO HONDA

Partner | Environment, M&A and Infrastructure & Public Utilities

José Antonio is a Corporate and Regulatory Lawyer with more than 25 years of legal experience representing and advising domestic and foreign companies in matters related to mergers and acquisitions, offshore transactions, and regulatory matters, among others.

He has led different private merger and acquisition projects (some of them highly complex as they involved more than 20 companies simultaneously). In addition, he has advised private companies in public tenders administered by ProInversion, in the sectors of Energy, Mining, Industry, Ports, Transportation, Land Titling, among others.

He has been a collaborator in research studies carried out by the World Bank on electricity in Peru. Author of various articles for press media and legal journals related to Mining Law, Energy Law, Water Law, indigenous communities, and other current issues.

Author of “Energy Law in Peru”, a 350-page book published in the Netherlands by Kluwer Law International in 2011. This book contains a broad and detailed description of the Peruvian regulatory framework for gas, oil, electricity, and mining, describing relevant environmental, tax, and labor provisions for this sector.

PRACTICE AREAS
  • Environment
  • M&A
  • Infrastructure & Public Utilities
INDUSTRIES
  • Agribusiness
  • Retail & Mass Consumption
  • Financial Institutions
  • Environment
  • Mining, Oil & Gas
  • Ports & Maritime
  • Projects and Infrastructure
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
  • Pontificia Universidad CatĂłlica del PerĂș, Lima –Peru – Lawyer (1992)
LANGUAGES
  • Spanish
  • English

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María Fernanda Gutiérrez

María Fernanda Gutiérrez

MARÍA FERNANDA GUTIÉRREZ

Senior Associate

Her professional practice focuses on Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure, specifically in criminal litigation, in addition to the handling of compliance queries. Maria Fernanda has extensive experience in criminal litigation, especially in economic crimes, but also handling cases from different industries depending on the subject matter.

 She is a lawyer from Universidad de San Martín de Porres, and holds an LLM in International Environmental Law from the University of Kent.

PRACTICE AREAS
  • Compliance
  • White-Collar Crime
INDUSTRIAS
  • Aviation
  • Agribusiness
  • Food and Beverage
  • Mass Consumption and Retail
  • Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology and Healthcare
  • Real Estate
  • Environment
  • Insurance
  • Ports and Maritime
  • Technology and Communications
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
  • University of Kent, Canterbury, UK, 2016 – 2017 – LLM International Environmental Law
  • Universidad de San MartĂ­n de Porres, Lima, 2013 – Lawyer
LANGUAGES
  • Spanish
  • English
  • Portuguese
MEMBERSHIPS
  • Lima Bar Association

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Maria Luisa Gubbins

Maria Luisa Gubbins

MARIA LUISA GUBBINS

Senior Associate

Maria Luisa has local and international work experience in Peru, Switzerland, and Chile. She has significant knowledge of the public and private sectors in branches of law and business, including the industrial and service sectors. Currently, her professional activities include advising multinationals in the development and implementation of their local business plans in Peru, focusing on Telecommunications and Technology. In Peru, Maria Luisa has work experience as consultant to a former Peruvian member firm of ex-Coopers & Lybrand, as advisor to the Ministry of Economy and Finance in the Office of External Debt Negotiation with International Commercial Banks; In Chile, as advisor to a family conglomerate with business activities in various countries; In Zurich, as analyst and researcher in a former private bank affiliated with Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS), as associate in the international corporate banking branch at UBS headquarters, among others.
PRACTICE AREAS
  • Telecommunications
INDUSTRIES
  • Technology & Telecommunications
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
  • The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA – Master’s Degree in Business Administration (MBA) (1991)
  • Seminar “Forum of Telecommunications” CENTRUM – Universidad CatĂłlica del PerĂș (2005)
  • Seminar “Valuation and Merger of Companies”, ESAN (1995)
  • Pontifica Universidad CatĂłlica del PerĂș – Lawyer (1988)
LANGUAGES
  • Spanish
  • English
MEMBERSHIPS
  • Lima Bar Association

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MĂłnica Germany

MĂłnica Germany

MÓNICA GERMANY

Partner | Intellectual Property, Consumer Protection, Advertising and Unfair Competition

Lawyer with more than 30 years of professional experience, specialized in advising national and international clients on intellectual property matters, as well as on unfair competition related to advertising. She also advises companies on the registration, sale, acquisition or negotiation of domain names.

Likewise, Monica provides advice and representation in matters related to Consumer Protection in administrative sanctioning procedures, claims and consumer arbitration carried out in INDECOPI.

She has extensive experience in advising on issues related to casinos, manufacturers, marketers and importers of casino products and slot machines.

Lawyer from Universidad de Lima, Master in Business Law from Universidad de Lima and has taken a specialization course in Industrial Law at Universidad de Salamanca.

Past President of the Board of Directors of AsociaciĂłn Peruana de Propiedad Industrial y Derechos de Autor (APPI), member of the Inter-American Association of Intellectual Property (ASIPI) and the International Trademark Association (INTA). She is Secretary of the Geographical Indications Committee of ASIPI.

She has participated as speaker in several courses and seminars on intellectual property and consumer protection.

PRACTICE AREAS
  • Intellectual Property
  • Consumer Protection
  • Advertising and Unfair Competition
INDUSTRIES
  • Aeroespace
  • Food & Beverage
  • Retail & Mass Consumption
  • Sport
  • Education
  • Energy & Natural Resources
  • Financial Institutions
  • Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Health
  • Technology & Telecommunications
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
  • Universidad de Lima, Peru – Mater’s Degree in Business Law (2010)
  • Pontificia Universidad CatĂłlica del PerĂș, Peru – Postgraduate Degree in Public Law (2006)
  • Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain – Specialization in Antitrust and Commercial Law (2001)
  • Universidad de Lima, Peru – Lawyer (1992)
LANGUAGES
  • Spanish
  • English

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Cristina FernĂĄndez

Cristina FernĂĄndez

CRISTINA FERNÁNDEZ

Senior Associate

Cristina has extensive experience advising on matters related to the registration of trademarks, patents, copyrights, and utility models. Her experience also includes the defense of companies in intellectual and industrial property matters arising from infringements, nullities, cancellations, and non-contentious matters of industrial and intellectual property. She has experience in counseling and defense in proceedings before INDECOPI on Consumer Protection and Defense, Unfair Competition, Advertising, and Commercial Promotions. She has advised and assisted international companies in the area of casinos, slot machines, and betting, as well as in the analysis of advertising materials and management of information provided to the consumer public. In addition, she has provided advice to manufacturers on labeling and compliance with national regulations.
PRACTICE AREAS
  • Administrative Law
  • Intellectual Property
INDUSTRIES
  • Aeroespace
  • Food & Beverage
  • Retail & Mass Consumption
  • Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Health
  • Financial Institutions
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
  • Universidad ESAN, Lima – Specialization in Administrative Law (2018)
  • Universidad del PacĂ­fico, Lima – Specialization in Unfair Competition and Advertising (2014)
  • Universidad de Lima, Lima – Lawyer (2010)
LANGUAGES
  • Spanish
  • English
  • French
MEMBERSHIPS
  • Lima Bar Association

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Johana Delgado

Johana Delgado

JOHANA DELGADO

Senior Associate

Johana graduated from Pontificia Universidad CatĂłlica del PerĂș, specializing in Individual Labor Law, Collective Relations, Social Security Law, Labor Procedure Law, and Immigration Law. She has extensive experience in labor advice to local and international companies on the employment of nationals and expatriates, individual and collective employment terminations, as well as labor cost planning, among others.

Her legal practice includes immigration proceedings before the National Superintendency of Migration, labor inspections, labor proceedings, as well as administrative procedures before ESSALUD regarding economic benefits.

PRACTICE AREAS
  • Labor & Immigration
  • Administrative Law
  • Litigation & Arbitration
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
  • ESAN, Specialization Program for Executives, Lima – Specialization Course in Business Labor Law (2020
  • Universidad CatĂłlica de Chile, Clase Ejecutiva – Specialization Course in Human Resources Management (2018)
  • Pontificia Universidad CatĂłlica del PerĂș, Lima – Lawyer (2014)
LANGUAGES
  • Spanish
  • English
MEMBERSHIPS
  • Lima Bar Association

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