LAWYER PROFILE
Oscar Trelles

Oscar Trelles

Latin America 2027

Chambers ranking badge
Chambers ranking badge

Ranked in 1 practice area

Contributions and articles

6 Articles, Press releases, highlights

About

Provided by Cuatrecasas

Latin America

Practice Areas

• Corporate and M&A Disputes

• Venture Capital

• Funds

• Equity

• Real Estate and Town Planning

• Private Equity

• Corporate and M&A

• Corporate Governance and Compliance

Career

Oscar Trelles heads the Cuatrecasas M&A Practice in Latin America and coordinates the Private Equity Practice in the Lima office. He also specializes in financing and project finance. He has participated in some of the most sophisticated and important national and international transactions, including multijurisdictional transactions, in recent years.

Before joining Cuatrecasas, he worked in different international law firms in Lima and New York, including Curtis, Mallet - Prevost, Colt & Mosle and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, where he participated in complex multijurisdictional transactions.

Professional Memberships

Oscar is a member of the New York and Lima bar associations.

Publications

He contributes to publications and writes legal articles for different specialized journals and other written media.

Personal

He lectures on M&A and project finance in the Master of Laws at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú and in the International Financial Management Program at Universidad de Piura.

Work Highlights

Recently, he has led the following matters, among others:

• Acciona Energía: Advised on the US $256 million sale of Energía Renovable del Sur to Luz del Sur.

• Minsur: Advised on the US $340 million sale of the Taboca mine in Brazil.

• Grupo Anders: Advised on the sale of a majority stake in Grupo Anders to SAFIC-Alcan on a crossborder transaction covering nine Latam jurisdictions.

• Stracon: Advised on the non-deal listing of common shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the Lima Stock Exchange.

Education

The Warthon School

Private Equity Program

2019

Universidad de Piura

International Financial Management Program (PAD)

2014

Harvard Law School

LL.M.

2007

Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú

Bachelor of Laws (summa cum laude)

2004

Languages Spoken

Spanish

English

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Chambers Latin America

Corporate/M&A - Peru

Band 1
Band 1

Individual Editorial

Outstanding partner Oscar Trelles is experienced in a broad range of domestic and cross-border corporate and M&A mandates, including complex acquisitions and divestments. He maintains a strong presence across a variety of sectors, including agribusiness, energy, manufacturing and mining.

Strengths

Provided by Chambers

  • Oscar Trelles is, in my opinion, one of the leading transactional lawyers in Peru. He knows our business inside and out, understands our objectives and how best to achieve them through negotiation, and leads multi-party teams on complex transactions with exceptional skill.

    Corporate/M&AChambers Latin America
  • Oscar Trelles is our go-to adviser for our most complex matters. I have a great deal of trust in his judgement and recommendations, as he is consistently commercial in his approach and has a deep understanding of our business and its dynamics.

    Corporate/M&AChambers Latin America

Ranked Individuals at Cuatrecasas (64)

Chile

Colombia

Articles, Highlights and Press Releases

6 items provided by Cuatrecasas

What success is built on

Chambers is the leading data and intelligence partner for the legal sector.

Explore thought leadership