Jorge Danós Ordóñez
Latin America Guide 2025
Band 1 : Public Law
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About
Provided by Jorge Danós Ordóñez
Practice Areas
- Concessions and PPP's
- Constitutional Law
- Construction
- Environmental
- Public Law
- Transportation Infrastructure
Career
Jorge has more than 30 years of experience continuously developing advisory services and sponsorship of private companies in their relations or controversies with public administration entities, as well as the advice to many state entities regarding the compliance with the legal framework that regulates their competencies and activities, including preparation of projects of legal devices, absolution of consultations on the most diverse administrative subjects, among others. He was president of several commissions in charge of the preparation of the Draft for the General Administrative Procedure and the Draft for the Litigious – Administrative Procedure.
Jorge practices administrative law, law on regulated markets, concessions of infrastructure and public services, and constitutional law with a focus on constitutional processes, economic and tax constitutional law. He has represented economic agents and private companies, both in administrative and judicial processes. He has also participated in the preparation of several current norms as well as in the legal design of several processes of promotion of private investment in public services and infrastructure.
Professional Memberships
Chairman of the Peruvian Association for Administrative Law.
Vice chairman of the Iber–American Forum on Administrative Law, which gathers professors in the specialty from Spain, Portugal and Latin America.
Former president of ASIER – Asociacion Iberoamericana de Estudios de Regulacion (Ibero-American Association for Regulatory Studies).
President of the Peruvian Association of Administrative Law.
Member of IPDT – Peruvian Institute for Tax Law.
Member of Public Goods Network composed of Administrative Law professors.
Publications
Author of several articles on Administrative, Constitutional and Tax Law.
Speaker at several academic and professional events on the specialties of Administrative, Constitutional and Tax Law.
Personal
Partner at Estudio Echecopar since 2006.
Partner lawyer in Estudio Benites, De las Casas, Forno & Ugaz, 1994 – 2005.
Chief of the Cabinet of Advisors to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, December 2003 – August 2005.
Advised the Peruvian Congress for 11 years.
Member of the Commission for Technical and Commercial Rules and Regulations at the Institute for the Defense of Competition and Intellectual Property of INDECOPI, since August 1996.
Member of the litigious, sanctioning and arbitration Courts in the Lima Stock Exchange.
He has been President of the Commissions in charge of the preparation of the Draft for the General Administrative Procedure and the Draft for the Litigious – Administrative Procedure.
Member of the Commission in the Ministry of Justice for the preparation of the draft on the Regime of Incompatibilities of Public Officers.
Articles, highlights and press releases
5 items provided by Estudio Echecopar - Member Firm of Baker McKenzie International
Superintendencia de Banca y Seguros
We advised Superintendencia de Banca y Seguros on the "Legal and methodical review to reform the regulatory framework regarding sanctions" and to elaborate a project of the new Regulation of Infractions and Sanctions.
Sociedad Concesionaria Metro de Lima Línea 2 S.A.
We provided legal advice on regulatory matters to the concessionaire during the execution of the Concession Agreement.
Olympic Peru Inc. Sucursal del Peru
Olympic retained our firm to provide corporate and regulatory advice on a regular basis regarding its interest in Block XIII (northern cost of Peru) and its operations therein.
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation
We have been retained by Anadarko to provide legal and tax advice on a regular basis in connection with its recent entrance into the Peruvian upstream (they were awarded this year with 3 off-shore northern blocks).
We are continually collaborating with the designated officer regarding compliance matters.
Superintendencia de Banca y Seguros
We advised Superintendencia de Banca y Seguros on the "Legal and methodical review to reform the regulatory framework regarding sanctions" and to elaborate a project of the new Regulation of Infractions and Sanctions.
Sociedad Concesionaria Metro de Lima Línea 2 S.A.
We provided legal advice on regulatory matters to the concessionaire during the execution of the Concession Agreement.
Olympic Peru Inc. Sucursal del Peru
Olympic retained our firm to provide corporate and regulatory advice on a regular basis regarding its interest in Block XIII (northern cost of Peru) and its operations therein.
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation
We have been retained by Anadarko to provide legal and tax advice on a regular basis in connection with its recent entrance into the Peruvian upstream (they were awarded this year with 3 off-shore northern blocks).
We are continually collaborating with the designated officer regarding compliance matters.