LAWYER PROFILE

Joanna Dawson

Latin America 2026

Estudio Olaechea

Ranked in 1 practice area

Corporate/M&A

Peru

2 years ranked

About

Provided by Estudio Olaechea

Practice Areas

M&A

Career

Her practice focuses on corporate, compliance, contractual, regulatory and securities market matters, as well as on the execution of mergers and acquisitions and local and cross-border financing transactions, providing legal advice to local and transnational clients in their business and investments in Peru.

Joanna has a particular focus on corporate governance issues and on private and public offerings of securities by local and foreign issuers.

She holds a law degree from Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú and a Master of Laws degree from Northwestern University.

In addition, she has work experience abroad as a Visiting Attorney in the areas of Mergers and Acquisitions and Capital Markets at Shearman & Sterling LLP, New York office.

She participated as a speaker at the “Mergers and Acquisitions in Latin America: Challenges and Best Practices in the Era of Compliance” Conference organized by the International Bar Association (IBA) in Santiago de Chile, March 2019.

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Chambers Latin America

Corporate/M&A - Peru

Up and Coming

Individual Editorial

Up-and-coming partner and department co-head Joanna Dawson continues to receive strong market acclaim for her activity in the Peruvian corporate sphere.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

Joanna Dawson is wonderful. She has it all for a young partner. She is practical, pragmatic, and I would highly recommend her for transactional work.
Corporate/M&AChambers Latin America