Capital Markets
Latin America Guide 2025 : Peru
Band 2
Email address
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+511 611 5151About
Provided by Hernández & Cía.
We specialize in consultancy on the structuring and analysis for issuing and placement of capital or debt instruments, local or international, as well as in asset securitization processes, public tender offers, takeover bids, or stock offers; development of mutual funds, investment funds, and money pools; operations with derivatives, structured products, and, in general, security transactions and operations in the primary and secondary market. We also provide consultancy services aimed at meeting the daily and/or special needs of companies undergoing audits by the Peruvian Securities and Exchange Commission.
Experts in investment regulations for key institutional investors (pension fund management companies, banks, insurance companies, mutual funds), providing ongoing advice to foreign investment funds seeking to offer them eligible investments in accordance with applicable law. Recognized for our expertise in investment funds and collective investment scheme structuration in the public and private capital markets being involved in several of the most cutting-edge domestic and cross-border capital markets transactions executed in Peru, such as the advisory to Grupo Falabella in the reorganization of two of its main companies in Peru. We have advised on two secondary operations in the Peruvian stock market, a voluntary public sale (OPV) and a tender offer, setting precedents in both cases since this kind of operations are highly unusual in the local market.
Chambers Review
Hernández & Cía. is a notable full-service firm that continues to assist key corporate clients with equity capital markets mandates such as secondary public offerings, tender offers and share listings following corporate reorganisations. The team is also increasingly active in the investment fund space, in particular advising on the structure of, and private placement of shares in, real estate investment funds.
Work Highlights
- Hernández & Cía. acted as local legal advisors to the Republic of Peru in the exchange of Peru’s outstanding sovereign bonds, including those in the form of Global Depositary Notes previously issued by Citibank, as depositary for a new series of Sol-Denominated sovereign bonds due in 2033.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"The Hernández & Cía. team is always present during critical moments, proposing valuable solutions. It counts with excellent professionals with extensive and outstanding experience in capital markets."
"The Hernández & Cía. team is always present during critical moments, proposing valuable solutions. It counts with excellent professionals with extensive and outstanding experience in capital markets."
Notable Practitioners
Leading partner Juan Luis Hernández continues to have a strong practice within the Peruvian capital markets arena.
"Juan Luis Hernández is an expert and interacts well with with our legal team. He is highly pragmatic in finding solutions to our issues, which is exactly what we seek as a business."
"Juan Luis Hernández is one of the best capital markets specialists in Peru, both for transactional and regulatory matters."