Manuel Barrios

Corporate M&A

Real Estate

Manuel is the managing partner of Dentons' Lima office. As a leading corporate lawyer, Manuel regularly advises SMEs, multinational corporations, institutional investors as well as family offices on all issues of national and international corporate and commercial law, mergers and acquisitions/private equity, financing and reorganizations.

He has extensive experience in real estate and project development and in all aspects of commercial real estate transactions, including the acquisition, disposition, leasing and financing of all types of commercial property. An intuitive and results-driven professional, Manuel is skilled in all phases of the transaction, including complex negotiations, due diligence and closings.

Manuel is very active in local and cross-border matters and has participated in a series of important transactions in domestic and international markets in a variety of industries, included regulated sectors, such as oil and gas. He also acts as external general counsel and long-standing trusted advisor for a number of Peruvian companies.

Manuel is committed to responsive and effective communication and meeting clients’ needs and going the extra mile. He enjoys building relationships with clients ensuring that the Dentons Peru team earn their clients’ trust by consistently doing great work and providing business effective solutions.

Academy Alumni Association of the American and International Law

Themis Civil Association, which publishes the Themis Law journal

Lima Bar Association

IBA

John Deer Water: Advising in the sale of its subsidiary in Peru.

Archroma: Assisting with the acquisition of chemical business lines for the textile, paper manufacturing and emulsions industry of Clariant in the amount of US$550 million.

SK Capital: Assisting with their debt refinancing with Bank of America Merrill Lynch for US$515 million.

Hunt Oil Company: Advising in the public tender for hydrocarbon exploitation in Camisea (Block 88).

Petreven Peru S.A.: Advising our client, a subsidiary of Petreven S.p.A. (Italy) in the negotiation and execution of an agreement with China National Petroleum Corporation S.A. a subsidiary of China National Petroleum Corporation (People´s Republic of China) to provide drilling services.

Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru

Law

1995