Mercedes Fernández Moscol
Latin America Guide 2024
Band 3 : Capital Markets
About
Provided by Mercedes Fernández Moscol
Practice Areas
Capital Markets, Banking and Finance, Project Finance and M&A.
Career
Mercedes is an Associate Partner in the Corporate Law and Capital Markets practice at EY Law Peru practice. She has more than 23 years of experience providing legal and regulatory advice, with emphasis on national and international financing, securities market transactions, project financing, public and private securities offering processes and asset securitization processes.
She has also provided advice on the incorporation of brokers, fund administrators and insurance companies. In addition, Mercedes provides advice to issuers of securities or entities authorized by the Superintendence of the Securities Market regarding their obligations and in eventual sanctioning proceedings.
Mercedes holds a law degree from the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú - PUCP, a Master's Degree in Law from Columbia University Law School (USA), as well as a Diploma in Foundations of American Law from Georgetown University School of Law (USA). She is also a professor at the Stock Market Workshop and a member of the Board of Directors of the Master's Degree in Banking and Finance at PUCP.
Professional Memberships
Part of Women CEO and she serves on the Legal Affairs and Diversity committee of the American Chamber of Commerce of Peru - AMCHAM.
Publications
Co-author in the collective publication "Los títulos valores y derecho de mercado de valores" from the Societies Study Group of the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (UNMSM) and co-author of the academic publication "Criteros ESG - Trends and some notes on the situation in Peru" in Dialnet.
Clients
Fund managers, banks, fiduciaries, issuers of securities, broker dealers, brokerage firms, companies in the real estate, retail and fishing sectors.
Industry Sector Expertise
Capital Markets, Banking and Finance, Project Finance and M&A.
Expert in these Jurisdictions
Peru
Languages Spoken
Spanish, english.
Education
Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru
Law Degree
2001
ESAN School of business
Finance Principles
2000
Universidad Complutense de Madrid - School of Economics and Finance
Summer Complutense School in Asset Management
2002
Georgetown University School of Law
Certification received in Foundations of American Law
2004
Columbia University School of Law
Fullbright Scholar
2005
Awards
Highly Regarded - Banking
IFLR 1000
2023
Capital Markets
Chambers & Partners 2024
2023
Highly Recommended - Banking & Finance
Leaders League 2024
2023
Articles, highlights and press releases
1 item provided by EY Law
China Yangtze Power completes acquisition of Peru's Luz del Sur
Muñiz, Olaya, Meléndez, Castro, Ono & Herrera (“Estudio Muñiz”) acted as Peruvian counsel to China Yangtze Power Co. (“CYPC”), China’s largest publicly listed power company, in the US$ 3.59 billion closing of the acquisition of Luz del Sur
China Yangtze Power completes acquisition of Peru's Luz del Sur
Muñiz, Olaya, Meléndez, Castro, Ono & Herrera (“Estudio Muñiz”) acted as Peruvian counsel to China Yangtze Power Co. (“CYPC”), China’s largest publicly listed power company, in the US$ 3.59 billion closing of the acquisition of Luz del Sur