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Announcing The Best Lawyers in Peru™ 2023

Honoring our awarded lawyers for 2023 in Peru.

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Best Lawyers

November 9, 2022 05:00 PM

The Best Lawyers in Peru™ Awards

For the ninth edition of The Best Lawyers in Peru™, we awarded 390 lawyers across 35 practice areas.

Of the 35 individual practice areas awarded in Peru, the top 10 with the most recognized lawyers include: Corporate and M&A Law, Banking and Finance Law, Labor and Employment Law, Litigation, Tax Law, Administrative and Public Law, Intellectual Property Law, Project Finance and Development Law, Arbitration and Mediation and Mining Law.

Clients in Peru seeking legal talent searched for lawyers on www.bestlawyers.com most often in these 10 practice areas: Intellectual Property Law, Criminal Defense, Administrative and Public Law, Competition / Antitrust Law, Litigation, Labor and Employment Law, Tax Law, Corporate & M&A Law, Banking and Finance Law and Energy Law.

A Brief History of Best Lawyers

Best Lawyers was created to offer the most distinguished legal talent in an accessible source. Through four decades of growth and our trusted Purely Pure Review™ process, we have established our awards in 22 global markets.

Awards are determined by a nomination and peer review voting method, in which currently recognized lawyers in Best Lawyers offer their unbiased feedback on nominees. Best Lawyers continues to award only the top lawyers across worldwide legal markets.

We are excited to announce that we’ve partnered with Diario Gestion to announce the ninth edition of The Best Lawyers in Peru for 2023.

"Lawyer of the Year" Awards

For 2023, The Best Lawyers in Peru awarded 17 “Lawyer of the Year” recipients. "Lawyer of the Year" honors are awarded annually to only one lawyer per practice area in each region with extremely high overall feedback from their peers, making it an exceptional distinction.

Benites, Vargas & Ugaz Abogados
José Ugaz Sánchez-Moreno – Criminal Defense

CMS Grau
Raúl Ravina – Real Estate Law

DAMMA Legal Advisors
German Lora – Labor and Employment Law

Estudio Mario Castillo Freyre
Mario Castillo Freyre – Arbitration and Mediation

GSA
José Miguel Morales Dasso – Mining Law

Law Firm of Jorge Velarde
Jorge Velarde – Insurance Law

Miranda & Amado
Mauricio Raffo La Rosa – Litigation

Muñiz, Olaya, Meléndez, Castro, Ono & Herrera Abogados
Marta Fernández Pepper – Intellectual Property Law

Payet, Rey, Cauvi, Pérez Abogados
Carlos A. Patrón - Competition / Antitrust Law

Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría
Guillermo Ferrero Álvarez-Calderón – Corporate and M&A Law

QA Legal
María Teresa Quiñones Alayza – Energy Law

Rebaza, Alcázar & De Las Casas
Rafael Alcázar – Capital Markets Law
Alberto Rebaza – Banking and Finance Law

Rodrigo, Elías & Medrano Abogados
Fernando Molina – Project Finance and Development Practice
Francisco Tong – Environmental Law

Rubio Leguía Normand
Milagros Maraví – Administrative and Public Law

Zuzunaga, Assereto & Zegarra Abogados
Fernando Zuzunaga – Tax Law

Showcasing Your Award

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Please contact sales@bestlawyers.com to learn more about how you can highlight individual lawyer and firm awards through your website, social media channels, Best Lawyers Profile Suite packages and commemorative items.

Interested in seeing all the honorees in Peru? Visit the Best Lawyers Peru legal directory.

You can also use our Find a Lawyer page to search lawyers in other countries and practice areas.

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Thomas M. Metzger

Littler

Recognized since 2013

Columbus, OH

Practice Areas

Employment Law - Management

Labor Law - Management

Thomas M. Metzger

Tom Metzger is a nationally recognized employment law advisor, litigator, and trainer. With a career spanning over 20 years, he has developed expertise representing employers and executives in connection with covenants-not-to-compete, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) regulatory and litigation matters, discrimination and retaliation claims, contract disputes, and related workplace matters. Tom represents employers and executi...

 
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Jane Higgins Marx

Carlile Patchen & Murphy LLP

Recognized since 2019

Columbus, OH

Practice Areas

Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law

Trusts and Estates

Jane Higgins Marx

Jane Higgins Marx joined Carlile Patchen & Murphy LLP in August 2000 and practices estate and business planning, probate, probate litigation, business succession planning and elder law. Jane counsels individuals, business owners, executives and caregivers on matters of estate planning, estate and gift taxation, income taxation of trusts and estates, charitable giving, business succession and probate. She provides comprehensive planning for disability, including counseling on special needs...

 
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David Ferris

Taft

Recognized since 2019

Columbus, OH

Practice Areas

Transportation Law

David Ferris

David Ferris is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Transportation Law. David, who practices law in Columbus, Ohio, has been recognized since 2019. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which David is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

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David DeVillers

Barnes & Thornburg LLP

Recognized since 2024

Columbus, OH

Practice Areas

Criminal Defense: White-Collar

David DeVillers

David DeVillers is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Criminal Defense: White-Collar. David, who practices law in Columbus, Ohio, has been recognized since 2024. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which David is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

David DeVillers

Brandon A. Borgmann

Carlile Patchen & Murphy LLP

Recognized since 2020

Columbus, OH

Practice Areas

Trusts and Estates

Brandon A. Borgmann

Brandon Borgmann joined Carlile Patchen & Murphy LLP in September of 2008 and practices in the areas of estate planning, business succession planning, probate, special needs law and tax. Brandon represents individuals, business owners and families concerning estate planning, tax planning and business succession planning. He also represents executors and trustees with respect to administration of estates and trusts, probate litigation and taxation.

 
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James D. Abrams

Taft

Recognized since 2016

Columbus, OH

Practice Areas

Appellate Practice

Commercial Litigation

Specific Focus

COVID-19

 
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Janica Pierce Tucker

Taft

Recognized since 2021

Columbus, OH

Practice Areas

Commercial Litigation

Education Law

Employment Law - Individuals

Janica Pierce Tucker

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James J. Chester

Taft

Recognized since 2008

Columbus, OH

Practice Areas

Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)

Corporate Law

Real Estate Law

Specific Focus

Automobile Dealerships

James J. Chester

James J. Chester is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Corporate Law and Real Estate Law. James J., who practices law in Columbus, Ohio, has been recognized since 2008. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which James J. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

 
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Tracy A. Younkin

Grossman Law Offices

Recognized since 2019

Columbus, OH

Practice Areas

Family Law

Tracy A. Younkin

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Barry H. Wolinetz

Wolinetz, Horvath & Brown LLC

Recognized since 2021

Columbus, OH

Practice Areas

Family Law

Barry H. Wolinetz

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