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The Best Lawyers in Peru™ 2024

Best Lawyers is excited to announce the landmark 10th edition of The Best Lawyers in Peru, the prestigious award recognizing the country's lop legal talent.

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Written by Best Lawyers

Published: November 8, 2023

Announcing The Best Lawyers in Peru™ 2024

The year 2024 marks a landmark for legal talent in Peru, honoring the 10th edition of Best Lawyers® awards in the country. Best Lawyers in honored to present the esteemed awards for The Best Lawyers in Peru™ to 425 talented lawyers across 34 practice areas.

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Among the top specialties with the most recognized lawyers for the 10th edition of The Best Lawyers in Peru are Banking and Finance Law, Corporate & M&A Law, Tax Law, Labor and Employment Law, Administrative and Public Law, Litigation, Intellectual Property Law, Energy Law, Arbitration and Mediation and Mining Law.

Those in Peru seeking legal counsel searched the Best Lawyers website most frequently for lawyers practicing Intellectual Property Law, Criminal Defense, Administrative and Public Law, Competition / Antitrust Law, Litigation, Labor and Employment Law, Tax Law, Corporate and M&A Law, Arbitration and Mediation and Banking and Finance Law.

A History of Best Lawyers

Over four decades ago, Best Lawyers was created as a resource for anyone seeking legal counsel. Providing a well-researched and peer-vetted roster of lawyers who have been noted by their peers as the most likely to be recommended and as the most respected within that practice and geographic area has remained the foundational objective of the Best Lawyers awards.

Best Lawyers is now in 22 global markets and partners with many highly regarded publications to highlight awards globally. The 10th edition of The Best Lawyers in Peru awards is presented in partnership with Gestión.

“Lawyer of the Year” Awards

The “Lawyer of the Year” awards honor a single lawyer in each practice area and metropolitan area. For the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in Peru, we honor 17 “Lawyer of the Year” recipients at 12 law firms in Lima, Peru.

Ada Alegre Consultores
Ada Alegre – Environmental Law

Benites, Vargas & Ugaz Abogados
Luis Vargas Valdivia – Criminal Defense

Bullard Falla Ezcurra +
Alfredo Bullard – Competition / Antitrust Law

Estudio De la Flor, García Montufar, Arata & Asociados
García Montúfar Sarmiento – Real Estate Law

Estudio Echecopar - member firm of Baker McKenzie International
Jorge Danós Ordóñez – Administrative and Public Law
Luis Alonso García Muñoz-Nájar – Intellectual Property Law

Estudio Vinatea & Toyama
Jorge Toyama Miyagusuku – Labor and Employment Law

Garrigues
Oscar L. Arrús Bellido – Banking and Finance Law

Kennedys
Marco Antonio Rivera Noya – Insurance Law

Miranda & Amado
Giovanni F. Priori Posada – Litigation
Juan Luis Avendaño Cisneros – Capital Markets Law

Payet, Rey, Cauvi, Pérez Abogados
José Antonio Payet – Corporate and M&A Law

Rodrigo, Elías & Medrano Abogados
Humberto Medrano – Tax Law
Jean Paul Chabaneix – Project Finance and Development Practice
José Tam – Arbitration and Mediation
Luis Carlos Rodrigo Prado – Mining Law

Santiváñez Abogados
Roberto Santiváñez Seminario – Energy Law

Interested in seeing all the honorees in Peru? Visit the Find a Lawyer in Peru page.

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

If you think a deserving lawyer is missing from this list, nominate them to be recognized in an upcoming edition.

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Practice Areas
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Specific Focus
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J. Troy Terakedis
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Practice Areas
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Erik J. Rickard
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Dustin Blake
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Practice Areas
Criminal Defense: General Practice
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Dustin Blake
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Dustin Blake
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Practice Areas
Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
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Frederick A. Sewards

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FS
Frederick A. Sewards
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Paul Garinger
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Practice Areas
Insurance Law
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Paul Garinger
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Paul Garinger
Paul Garinger
AA
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Practice Areas
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AA
Anthony R. Auten
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Taft
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Practice Areas
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Practice Areas
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Practice Areas
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