About
Partner at Bredin Prat based in France, José María Pérez is a member of the firm's corporate and international arbitration teams with over twenty years of cross-border transactional experience, including mergers & acquisitions, business combinations/divestments and distressed/workout deals, and particular expertise in post‑M&A and shareholders' disputes. He also acts as counsel and arbitrator in institutional and ad hoc international arbitration proceedings, was appointed a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague in 2019, and served as Ecuador's alternate member of the ICC International Court of Arbitration from 2012–2015.
Practice areas
Corporate / M&AInternational Arbitration
Office
Expertise
Post‑M&A & Shareholders' DisputesDistressed/Workout TransactionsDistributionTelecommunicationsBanking & FinanceConstruction, Infrastructure & Public WorksPublic TransportEnergyNatural Resources & Mining
Education
- Williams College (BA, 1984)
- University of Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas (Maîtrise in French and German Business Law)
- University of Paris 10 Nanterre (DEA in Private Law)
- Catholic University of Ecuador (Doctor en Jurisprudencia)
- Washington College of Law (LL.M.)
Admissions
- Paris Bar (admitted 1998)
- Quito Bar (admitted 1996)
Languages
SpanishEnglishFrenchGerman