Omar Córdova
Latin America Guide 2025
Band 3 : Insurance
Email address
[email protected]Contact number
+51 (1) 619-1900Share profile
Band 3
About
Provided by Omar Córdova
Practice Areas
Insurance and Reinsurance
Maritime Law
Aviation
Shipping & Admiralty
Professional Memberships
BILA (British Insurance Law Association)
International Association of Insurance Law AIDA (Association Internationale de Droit des Assurances)
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (United Kingdom)
Latin American Marine Insurance Association (Alsum)
Peruvian-British Chamber of Commerce
The London Maritime Arbitrators Association
Experience
Omar Córdova specializes in maritime law, marine insurance and reinsurance, shipping & admiralty.
His practice focuses on advising clients regarding coverages of insurance policies for transport, hull and machinery, Port Civil Liability and Stock Throughput Policy (STP), according to Peruvian and English law. Also, with more than 20 years of experience, he is one of the leaders in the marine and port recoveries market.
In this sense, he advises various insurance companies, reinsurers, insurance brokers, surveyors, policyholders, P&I Clubs, shipowners, charterers in disputes relating to transport, hull and machinery and marine liability policies.
Omar also provides legal advice in the drafting of bareboat charter contracts, for time and travel. He also has extensive experience in handling cases of maritime salvage, general average, collisions and pollution, both nationally and internationally, and recovery proceedings, assisting clients in mediation and/or conciliation processes, as well as in maritime and insurance litigation (arbitration and judicial).
Languages Spoken
Spanish
English
Education
Universidad San Martín de Porres
Lawyer
2005
University of Southampton – UK – 46th Short Course
Institute of Maritime Law
2018
Swansea University – UK
International Maritime Law – LLM
2021
Chambers Review
Latin America
Omar Córdova of Rodrigo, Elías & Medrano Abogados has extensive experience representing insurers in their claims and regulatory issues, with particular expertise in the maritime sector.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Omar Córdova's expertise is particularly notable for its international perspective, providing a solid foundation and global support to his opinions."
"Omar Córdova's expertise is particularly notable for its international perspective, providing a solid foundation and global support to his opinions."