Corporate Governance Law Firm of the Year - Peru

Firm Profile

Jorge Avendaño & Forsyth Abogados is one of Peru´s leading law firms and well recognized as a main player in the most relevant local and cross-border cases and transactions. Our firm has been recognized as one of the 20 recommended law firms in Peru. Our firm provides legal services to local and international clients in all areas of legal practice. For such purpose, our legal team is formed by lawyers who are benchmarkers in their relevant fields of expertise in Peru, and who have held major positions in domestic and foreign companies.

Our lawyers have graduated from the most prestigious universities in Peru and have been awarded master’s degrees from top law schools in the United States (Harvard, Duke, New York, Boston, and Georgetown, Northwestern) and Europe (Barcelona University, Alicante University and IE Business School of Madrid).

INTERNATIONAL WORK:

The firm has acted as counsel to: Intesa SanPaolo in the sale of its stake in Scotiabank, the largest bank transaction in Peru; receiver of the former Banco de Lima Sudameris; Inkia Holding (Kallpa) in the financing of three thermoelectric centrals and a combined-cycle plants; Camposol in the sale of its major stake to Peruvian and Norwegian Investors; FMO – Finance Fund of Holland in the financing of Peruvian companies; Quebecor World Inc. (Canada) and Quebecor World Inc. (USA)-actually Quad Graphics- in the restructuring of its international debt; Duke Energy and Aguaytia Energy before the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID); Newmont Mining Corporation in the national and international (ICC) dispute over the control of the Yanacocha gold mine, considered the biggest litigation ever in Peru; Energía Eólica in securing its generation concessions and PPA contracts with the Peruvian State; Pesquera Ribaudo in the sale of its fishmeal business; Sociedad Nacional de Pesquería in its successful litigation at the Peruvian Constitutional Tribunal; Promotora Capital, in the sale of the most prominent office building in Lima (Edificio Capital); Xstrata Technology and Depósitos Químicos Mineros (Odfjell Terminals) in its position as strategic creditors in Doe Run Perú´s bankruptcy process; Inmobiliari Group in the acquisition of lands, legal clean-up and building of three different housing complexes in Lima and La Libertad

Regions with 8,500 houses in strategic areas of our country; Cayetano Inc in the acquisition, development and financing of a shopping mall and two office buildings in the city of Lima; Arato Corp, and Mission Produce in the acquisition, development and financing of an agricultural business comprised of 1,000 hectares of avocado on the northern part of the country; International client on the due diligence process for the acquisition of the largest Peruvian pension fund manager and life insurance company in a transaction with an asset value of approximately US$ 3.9 billion.

Partners: Jorge Avendaño, Guilhermo Auler, Francisco Avendaño, Michelle Barclay, Orlando De Las Casas, Albert Forsyth, Isabel Gutierrez, Martín Mejorada, Enrique A. Palacios, Julio Rodríguez.

Number of Lawyers: 41 Areas of Expertise

• Banking, Finance & Project Financing: Participates in a broad range of commercial, financing and capital market transactions.

• Bankruptcy: Vast experience in bankruptcy procedures representing debtors and local and foreign creditors. Advise on the purchase sale of distressed assets and companies.

• Commercial, Corporate & Capital Markets: Has a strong background in M&A transactions and setting up corporate structures.

• Constitutional Law: Has vast experience in constitutional consulting which has led the firm to participate in diverse and paramount constitutional cases.

• Criminal: Protects its clients´ interests in all facets of criminal procedures. The firm´s team specialises in white-collar criminal defence.

• Energy, Mines & Production Sector: Counsels clients under all kind of natural resources regulations that are part of any activity and productive sectors.

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• Intellectual Property, Competition, Antitrust & Consumer Protection:

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Advises in all facets of intellectual property matters, as well as in consumer protection and free competition.

• Labour & Pension Law: The labour team is able to help its clients in workplace issues and policies, labour relations and trade unions, international executive mobility, terminations and layoffs, and placement-related litigation. Litigation, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration: Advises individuals, corporations and governmental entities across a broad range of business disputes and civil litigation.

• Private Investment: State Contracting & Public Management: Has a deep understanding of public regulation and vast experience in conducting private investment processes for infrastructure and public service projects.

• Real Estate: Offers advice on the comprehensive clearing of property from the physical and legal perspective.

• Tax, Custom Duties & International Commerce: Advises on the commercial viability of transactions and applies innovative and creative tax-planning strategies. In addition, it has a vast experience in tax litigation.

JORGE AVENDAÑO & FORSYTH ABOGADOS

Website: www.eafa.com.pe Email: info@eafa.com.pe Tel: +511 617 2000 Fax: +511 617 2020

Offices: 501 Rivera Navarrete Ave., 19th Floor, San Isidro, Lima 27-Peru

Contacts: • Albert Forsyth (Partner) albert.forsyth@eafa.com.pe

• Michelle Barclay (Partner) michelle.barclay@eafa.com.pe

• Guilhermo Auler (Partner) Guilhermo.auler@eafa.com.pe

• Isabel Gutierrez (Partner) Isabel.gutierrez@eafa.com.pe

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