DEPARTMENT PROFILE

CMS GRAU

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Band 3

Peru

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What the team is known for

Accomplished practice group with wide-ranging experience providing assistance to clients with bidding processes, pre-investment studies and project development mandates. Frequently sought after to advise on PPP projects. Sector expertise includes the oil and gas, public works and construction sectors. Additional expertise includes the ability to handle contentious matters in this space.

Strengths

Market commentators point to CMS GRAU's project finance expertise, particularly when it comes to public-private partnership projects.

Work highlights

CMS GRAU acted as counsel to COPASA on the public tender process for the concession of the Huancayo–Huancavelica railway project.

Notable practitioners

A client admires Giancarlo Villafranqui for being "very knowledgeable in the construction and infrastructure arenas." A different interviewee points to his "vast experience in the structuring of projects," while another lauds his "strong client portfolio in the PPP arena." Giancarlo Villafranqui regularly counsels clients on bidding processes and project development mandates.

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Overview

We are recognized by our vast experience in providing advice to national and foreign investors in public or private infrastructure projects and / or public services related to: ports, roads, airports, public and urban roads, public schools, hospitals, social housing, treatment plants, logistical infrastructure, and public cleaning services, among others; as well as in private investment projects on assets owned by the State under assignment contract schemes, usufruct, and surface land, among others (Projects over Assets).

Our services include:

The design, development and execution of Private Initiatives (Non Solicited Proposals), accompanying the client in all the stages of the process.
Advising on the participation in bids or tenders of Public Private Partnership (PPPs) projects or in Projects over Assets, accompanying the client in all stages of the process.
Advising in the development and execution of PPPs or Projects over Assets.
Permanent advice on issues related to projects of public investment and PPS.
Advising in the development and execution of Public Works for Tax Deduction.
Advice in all types of public procurement matters.
Legal opinions related to PPPs, Projects over Assets, and Public Works for Tax Deduction, among others.
Advice on M&A transactions related to infrastructure projects and / or related assets.
Design of corporate structures for investment and / or participation in PPPs and / or infrastructure projects in general.