Alvaro Castro Lora

Fintech, Banking & Finance, Capital Markets, Venture Capital, Data Privacy, Intelectual Property, M&A.

Partner at Damma Legal Advisors. Professor of Law and Technology and Director of the Legal Innovation Lab at the Universidad del Pacífico. He holds a law degree from the University of Piura, an LLM in Banking and Finance Law from Queen Mary University of London, and a specialization in Fintech from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). With over 20 years of professional experience, his practice is focused on financial regulation, capital markets, technological innovation, data privacy, and intellectual property. Professor of Law and Technology and Director of the Legal Innovation Lab at the Universidad del Pacífico. Ambassador of the Peruvian Fintech Association and co-founder and past president of the Peruvian Blockchain Association.

Lima Bar Association.

• The transformation of Law in the digital era. Chapter “To Regulate or Not to Regulate, That is Not the Question: Comparative Analysis of International Legislation on Cryptoassets”. Yachay Legal Editores. ed. 2024 – coauthor.

• Cryptoasset service offerings by financial institutions. Comparative analysis between Peru and the European Union.. Ita Ius Esto - Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad de Piura. ed. 2021 - coauthor.

• Notes on the development of Open Banking in Peru. Asociación Fintech del Perú. ed. 2021 - coauthor. https://lnkd.in/eQiHBid

• Cryptoassets in Peru. Suplemento “Jurídica” - Official Gazzette “El Peruano”. ed. 2020. https://www.peruweek.pe/las-criptomonedas-en-el-peru/

• Cryptoassets in Peruvian legislation. Suplemento “Jurídica” - Official Gazzette “El Peruano”. ed. 2019. https://www.peruweek.pe/las-criptomonedas-en-la-legislacion-peruana/

• Comparative analysis of Chilean and Peruvian legislation on the criminal liability of legal entities. Revista Advocatus, ed. 2018, number 37. https://doi.org/10.26439/advocatus2018.n037.4578

• Fintech Regulation in Latam. Peru Chapter. Lloreda Camacho & Co. Ed. 2017. co-author. https://bit.ly/3twoNNY

• Capital Markets Manual - Chapter 13 - Centralized Trading Mechanisms and Stock Exchanges. Asociación de Empresas Promotoras del Mercado de Capitales – Procapitales, ed. 2014. co-author.

Prestamype, PayJoy, RebajaTusCuentas, Baldecash, Prometeo, Kambista, Banbif, Asociación Fintech del Perú, Kapital, COFIDE, Cumplo Perú, Agente Cash, Alo Credit Perú, Vana, Coinchange, D7W, Financiera Oh!, nuam (Lima Stock Exchange and CAVALI), Haulmer, International Wealth Protection, Líder Inmobiliaria, Mercado Cambiario, Regum, Red Pontis, Qipu Finance, Ripio, Cooperativa Ábaco, Music Securities, Welli, Swappers, Tebca, Tecnew, Totalcoin.

Professor of Law and Technology and Director of the Legal Innovation Lab at the Universidad del Pacífico. Ambassador of the Peruvian Fintech Association and co-founder and past president of the Peruvian Blockchain Association.

Queen Mary University of London

LLM Banking and Finance Law

2015 - 2016

Universidad de Piura

LB Law

2002 - 2002

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Architecture + Planning

Fintech Certificate Course: Future Commerce

2016 - 2016

Universidad ESAN

Diploma in Finances and Business Law for Lawyers

2004 - 2005