Estudio Olaechea

Managing Partner: José Antonio Olaechea

Partners: 19

Other lawyers: +50

Estudio Olaechea is a full-service law firm committed to high quality, creative and efficient legal advice, sensitive to the particular needs of every individual client. Since 1878, the firm has always worked on every case with unwavering work ethics, which makes it one of the most prestigious and renowned firms in Peru.

Estudio Olaechea’s biggest responsibility is to look after clients’ best interests and encourage their business development in an organsied and strategic manner. People, companies and organisations receiving the firm's legal services have the support of a long-term strategic consultant with more than 140 years of legal experience through innovation, deep industry knowledge and adapting to the changing customer needs and market demands.

Estudio Olaechea has as policy a team approach from a broad and interdisciplinary perspective to develop solutions at a competitive cost with practice areas that have national and international recognition.

The firm represents buyers, sellers, investors, shareholder groups and financial advisers in structuring, negotiating and consummating complex business matters. The firm has long-standing and valued professional relationships with banks, financial institutions and industries, representing clients from all around the world. Furthermore, Estudio Olaechea offers its clients worldwide solutions working together with the most important law firms in the world. The firm is the Peruvian exclusive members of international associations of independent law firms such as Lex Mundi, Club de Abogados and The Interlex Group, this allows it to provide its clients with swift, cost-effective legal services world-wide as well as to keep updated withlegal trends and its clients’ industry developments.

Main Areas Of Practice:

Banking & Finance:

The firm’s extensive practice in banking and finance includes local representation of several private and international financial organisations. Estudio Olaechea advises on all types of banking and insurance operations, such as the establishment of these institutions and their subsidiaries and representation offices, legal auditing, issuance and marketing of debt, secured and unsecured liabilities.

Capital Markets:

The practice involves representing issuers, financial institutions, underwriters and sponsors of investment companies in a wide variety of capital market transactions, including public offerings and private placements of equity and debt securities in the domestic and international markets, listing and delisting securities on the stock exchange, launching tender offers and compliance with disclosure and other regulatory obligations.

Competition:

The firm’s competition department boasts an impressive practice, advising domestic and foreign companies on subjects such as anti-trust law, dumping, unfair competition, publicity, smuggling and consumer protection.

Compliance & White-Collar Litigation:

The firm has over a decade of experience in compliance and white-collar law. The team provides legal actions, litigation, economic and financial issues, including anti-money laundering advisory.

Corporate & M&A:

The firm has successfully assisted companies and individuals interested in privatisations, mergers and acquisitions, including due diligence and legal auditing procedures, takeovers, control disputes, corporate restructuring and bankruptcy, establishment of branches and subsidiaries.

Environmental:

The firm provides clients with comprehensive counselling with regard to the compliance of environmental laws in force for domestic and foreign companies.

Energy:

The firm has substantial experience on regulation regarding different forms of generation, transmission and distribution of energy and acts related to its use.

Insurance & Reinsurance:

The group’s members advise on matters related to insurance coverage; drafting and negotiation of insurance contracts; statutory and regulatory compliance; coverage disputes on all types of insurance; development of new insurance products; representation before the Peruvian Insurance Authority; filing applications for the organisation and formation of insurance activities.

Intellectual Property:

The firm advises on copyrights, patents, utility models, industrial designs, industrial secrets, trademarks, commercial names and slogans and denominations of origin.

Labour & Immigration:

The firm handles all matters concerning labour law, immigration and social security, including all aspects with regard to foreign personnel hired by domestic and international companies. It defends clients against labour law claims.

Litigation:

The firm has extensive experience in litigation in all fields of law, including intervention in national and international arbitrations and has a specialised litigation department. It handles the defense and execution of resolutions before government authorities and courts.

Mining:

The firm is particularly efficient on processing mining claims up to their registration and on mining procedures to avoid overlaps. It also provides counselling in the incorporation of mining companies and negotiation of the different contracts in this area.

Real Estate:

The firm has experience in planning, structuring and developing complex construction contracts and projects. Offers advise to lenders, borrowers, construction companies, owners, operators, developers, investors, suppliers, contractors and subcontractors on all aspects of drafting and negotiating agreements. The firm’s assistance includes corporate matters, due diligence in title of the land, governance matters; review of compliance with Peruvian law of the different agreements; tax planning, cross-border investment structures and investment considerations.

Tax:

The firm’s tax team provide strategic tax advice to many large companies and work closely with the clients’ corporate attorneys in optimising the tax aspects of all major financing transactions in which the firm is involved. It also provides counselling regarding contentious and non-contentious tax procedures before the Peruvian government authorities. It also gives assistance on tax stability agreements for several economic activities.

Transportation & Communications:

The firm has extensive experience on procedures to obtain operating licences, frequencies, special flight permits, shared codes, contracts for the establishment of pools, maritime conferences, freight bookings as well as financial leasing, charter contracts and others.