Miró Quesada & Miranda

Miró Quesada & Miranda is a Peruvian boutique law firm specialized in national and international arbitrations, corporate/M&A transactions, bankruptcy/restructuring matters and construction and infrastructure projects. The international academic and professional experience of our lawyers has allowed us to provide our clients with a global and risk-distribution-focused legal advice, which we complement with the advice of others disciplines such as economics, engineering and psychology. This is what differentiates our practice from the rest of the market, and we are standing out because of it. We think differently. We add value.

Main Areas of Practice 

Dispute Resolution: Arbitration
Experts in negotiations, mediation, conciliation, and arbitration (local and international). Our speciality is rooted in procedural practice, but above all in our experience as lawyers in corporate, insolvency, financial-transactional and construction law, as well as our approach to the economic-behavioural analysis of the law.

We have participated in private and investment arbitrations, ad-hoc and administered by the ICC, ICSID, CCL, AMCHAM, PUCP, CAPECO and OSCE. The combined experience of our members represents approximately USD 2.5 billion in arbitration disputes involving corporate, M&A transactional, financial, insolvency, commercial and civil matters, as well as claims arising from infrastructure and construction projects. Indeed, most of the cases sponsored relate to:

• Share and asset purchase and sale agreements. Merger, reorganisation and spin-off agreements.
• Disputes over statements and representations, valuations, due diligence, duty of disclosure and good faith.
• Challenges to corporate agreements, conflicts of interest and pre-emptive rights. Interpretation of shareholders' agreements, subordination agreements, subrogation and waiver of obligations.
• Enforcement and release of collateral, financial and fiduciary guarantees.
• Breach of contract, damages and indemnity, among others.
• Interpretation, unenforceability and indemnification in financing and financial services contracts.
• Enforceability and interpretation of refinancing agreements, restructuring plans and settlement agreements.
• Fulfilment of specific obligations and contractual purpose arising from private and public contracts.
• Defenses of non-performance, expiry of the term, risk theory and hardship.
• Price adjustments and additional work in engineering, construction and/or supervision contracts.
• Claims for extensions of time, acceleration, disruption, among others.
• Revaluation of services and re-establishment of economic equilibrium. Application and adjustment of penalties.

Corporate/M&A, Financial and Bankruptcy
Experts in M&A transactions; structuring of financings; issuance of bonds and securities; and domestic and international bankruptcy proceedings.Our competitive advantage lies in the integration of Anglo-Saxon transactional figures into national law and a broad understanding of their consequences, based on our solid civil law background, international studies and exposure to cross-border transactions. We also stand out for being strategists, generating concrete action plans and effectively leading teams. Collectively, our members' transactional experience represents USD 3.5 billion in M&A, financing and bankruptcy proceedings.

Construction and Infrastructure
Experts in risk assessment and management of all types of construction and infrastructure-related contracts. Our added value lies in our understanding of Anglo-Saxon construction law due to our members' international studies and exposure to highly complex operations. We stand out for our in-depth knowledge of PPP, EPC, EPCM and FIDIC contracts. This, along with our knowledge of civil, transactional and arbitration law, allows us to offer optimal risk management and protection of our client's interests.

Our team complements its services with the support of engineering and financial professionals and experts in damage valuation, critical path analysis, extension of time, acceleration and, in general, related to the technical side of construction disputes. Our members' combined experience represents USD 1.5 billion in EPC contracts and USD 200 million in derivative claims.