CMS GRAU

Managing Partner: Juan Carlos Escudero

Senior Partner: Miguel Grau Malachowski

Number of partners: 24

Number of counsels: 2

Number of other lawyers: 58

Firm Details

One of Peru’s most prestigious and solid full-service law firms with more than 85 years of experience. Ranked as a Top 10 Global Law Firm, CMS has more than 70 offices in more than 40 countries and 5,000+ lawyers worldwide that combines deep local market understanding with a global overview. CMS has a strong presence in Latin America, with offices in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru.

Main Areas of Practice

Aviation, banking & finance, bankruptcy & restructuring, competition, compliance, consumer products, corporate and M&A, dispute resolution, employment, energy: electricity, oil & gas, environmental law, hotels & leisure, infrastructure & projects, insurance, IP, international arbitration, life sciences, mining, public procurement & administrative law, real estate & construction, tax, TMC.

Aviation:

• Advising several airlines in aeronautical and regulatory law related to international and domestic commercial aviation
• Advised airlines with local and international authorities for the repatriation of passengers due to closure of borders

Bankruptcy:

• Advising major Spanish company in bankruptcy filings against a concession company involving one of their most important investments in Peru
• Advising important creditors in Chapter 11 cases and dealing with cross-border insolvency matters and local insolvency proceedings

Antitrust,Competition and Trade:

• Advising clients regarding free competition
• Advising major consumer products company on antitrust matters

Compliance:

• Coordinating and executing the design and implementation of a compliance system in four companies for CINTAC Group
• Designing and implementing a compliance program for OHL regarding corporate criminal liability

Corporate / M&A, Finance & Capital Markets:

• Assisted a Chilean power transmission company in the acquisition of energy related Peruvian Subsidiaries
• Advice to CAF and DEG in the renegotiation of the terms and conditions of La Virgen project finance
• Advised Chilean private fund in granting loans and refinancing its portfolio in Peru
• Advised in the structuring an international bond issue for Petrotal Corp. (Canada) whose principal activities are located at Block 95 (Peruvian jungle)

Dispute Resolution / International Arbitration:

• Advising the main copper mining company in Peru in a dispute with a Peasant Community for social claims and damages for USD 454 million
• Advising a leading international oil & gas company in an international arbitraltion before ICSID

Environmental:

• Advice to Kimberly & Clark and Arca Continental in environmental consulting, legal compliance evaluations
• Advises AB InBEV with the firm's GEORGE Legal Tech service (legal compliance management system)

Employment:

• Represent Petrex, a subsidiary company of SAIPEM, in a package of more than 500 judicial processes
• Advised multiple clients in diverse sectors in the implementation of new regulation issued to face the pandemic effects

Mining:

• Advising Macusani Yellowcake (Plateau Energy Metals) in the defense of 32 mining titles against forfeiture attempted by Peruvian authorities
• Advising Osisko Gold Royalties in a cross-border strategic partnership with Regulus Resources Inc

Oil & Gas, Electricity:

• Advising International companies on diverse claims in current and potential international arbitrations, including claims against the Peruvian Government at the ICSID
• Advising PETROPERU on the negotiation with O&G Agency (Perupetro) regarding the acquisition of the on-shore exploitation contract of Block 192 (Peru’s highest oil-producing block)
• Advising Luz del Sur (owned by China Yangtze Power Co.) in the procedure to approve their Investment Plan in Transmission

Projects & Infrastructure:

• CMS Latam has managed to win a master agreement with a multilateral institution to work on various projects in the next 2 years
• Advised International Mining Company on the execution phase of projects filed under the Public Works for Tax Deduction mechanism

Public Law / TMC:

• Advising regularly GE in public procurement matters, from public bids up to the defense in administrative arbitration
• Advising top telecom companies in their sanctioning administrative procedures before OSIPTEL

Real Estate:

• Provias Nacional (government agency in charge of managing the national road network) awarded CMS Grau the contract for advice on technical and legal support for the acquisition of properties related to five major infrastructure road projects
• Advising investment funds in the preparation, negotiation, modification and subscription of lease contracts for multiple purposes

Tax:

• Advised ISA in the purchase of Orazul Energy Group in Peru for USD 158.5 million
• Advising important tax litigation portfolios of various clients with positive results

Languages:

English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish

CONTACTS

Managing Partner: Juan Carlos Escudero

Email: [email protected]