Muñiz, Olaya, Meléndez, Castro, Ono & Herrera Abogados — Peru

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Muñiz, Olaya, Meléndez, Castro, Ono & Herrera, founded in 1981, has considerable professional experience and is the largest law office in Peru. Our lawyers have graduated from the most prestigious Peruvian universities and many of them hold a MA from leading US and European universities. Our lawyers have worked on training programmes for leading foreign law offices such as Chadbourne & Parke; Proskauer; Shearman & Sterling; Jones Day, Holland & Knight; and Dechert. Our firm tries to develop a solid commitment and a long-term relationship with its clients in order to become identified with their business objectives and offer the necessary professional support, coupled with experience, creativity and common sense. The firm assigns a lawyer, known as an ‘attaché’, to each client. The attaché is responsible for direct contact with the client and for seeking the most efficient and cost-effective strategy to be applied in each specific case. Muñiz is a member of the Pacific Rim Advisory Council (PRAC), an organisation that groups together over 32 of the most important Pacific Rim law offices. The firm is also a member of Interact Law, a network, founded in 1990, of independent firms in 47 countries. In Peru, it has been the first law firm to decentralise its operations, opening branches in the cities of Trujillo, Arequipa, Ica, Chincha, Piura, Cusco, Chiclayo, Tacna, Ilo, Puno and Juliaca. Furthermore, Muñiz was the first law firm in Peru to open a dedicated accounting service to meet the needs of companies, which now require coordinated legal and accounting advice. In view of the new criteria of the income tax law regarding the transfer-pricing regime, the firm also set up Muñiz Transfer Pricing. Furthermore, there is Semigra, a company that provides migration consultancy and handles administrative procedures for expatriated workers. The firm also set up an alliance with Intedya, a well-known Spanish company with presence in 16 countries that focuses on implementing compliance programmes at several companies. Our quality control and customer services department was the first, and probably still the only one, in the legal market. This department is in charge of staying in contact with clients to know how satisfied they are with the service they received. The pandemic showed how well-prepared the firm was to face tough circumstances. Many of our lawyers are working remotely on a permanent basis. We adhered to the United Nations Global Compact, the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative that supports companies to do business responsibly by aligning their strategies and operations with ten principles on human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption. We are strongly involved in several initiatives linked to pro bono work and social responsibility. For instance, Muñiz helps Operación Sonrisa, a non-profit medical service organisation that provides cleft lip and palate repair surgeries to children. The firm has also set up a Diversity Committee which is in charge of receiving complaints of discrimination because of race, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, etc. Since 2019, Estudio Muñiz is a member of the Aequales Community, Latin America’s largest network of private and public entities, which aims to achieve gender equality supporting companies in their path to equality, sharing practices, and generating a social impact. ### Languages - Spanish - English - Chinese - Italian - Portuguese ### Memberships - Pacific Rim Advisory Council (PRAC) - Interact Law ### Staffing Figures - 306 Other fee-earners - 320 Total staff

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Lawyers in this office

Alex Sosa

Senior partner · Competition

Alonso Vera

Partner · Corporate / M&A

Andrea Jara

Partner · Corporate / M&A

Annalucia Fasson

Senior Partner · Corporate / M&A

Anthony Lizárraga

Partner · Bankruptcy & Restructuring

Boris Sebastiani

Senior partner · Labour & Employment

Bruno Merchor

Senior partner · Intellectual Property

Camila Mallqui

Associate · Telecommunications

Carlos Morán

Senior partner · Public Law

César Alva

Senior partner · International Trade

César Puntriano

Senior partner · Labour & Employment

Daniel Ono

Principal partner · Tax

Daniel Palomino

Partner · Mining

Eduardo González

Principal partner and head of the International Trade practice · International Trade

Edwin Pezo

Senior Partner · Litigation

Elard Dianderas

Partner · Public Law

Eliane Zambrano

Telecommunications

Ericka Angulo

Senior Partner · Dispute Resolution

Fernando Castro

Principal partner and head of the Tax practice group · Tax

Fernando Meléndez

Principal partner and head of de Dispute resolution and arbitration practices group · Litigation

Frank Boyle

Partner, Foreign Desk Europe · Corporate / M&A

Frezzia Saavedra

Senior partner · Tax

Guido Muñiz

Senior partner · Bankruptcy & Restructuring

Ian Galarza

Partner · Compliance

Itala Bertolotti

Partner · Corporate / M&A

Johana Calderón

Senior Associate · Intellectual Property

Jorge Muniz

Corporate / M&A

Jorge Otoya

Senior partner · Tax

José Ballón

Senior partner · Corporate / M&A

Juan Carlos Salinas

Partner · Public Law

Juan Carlos Vélez

Senior partner · Corporate / M&A

Karin Orbezo

Senior Partner · Tax

Liz León

Senior Associate · Life Sciences & Health Care

Luis García

Senior Partner · Tax

Magali Lazo

Senior partner · Public Law

Marco Antonio Ruiz

Associate · Compliance

María del Pilar Flórez

Senior partner · Labour & Employment

Mauricio Olaya

Principal partner and head of the Corporate and M&A practice group · Corporate / M&A

Piero Calderón

Senior Partner · Intellectual Property

Raúl Vizcarra

Partner · Corporate / M&A

Renato De Vettori

Senior partner and head of the Environmental Law practice · Environmental Law

Ricardo De la Piedra

Senior partner · Corporate / M&A

Ricardo Herrera

Principal partner and head of the Labour practice group · Labour & Employment

Ricardo Vilchez

Senior partner · Labour & Employment

Rocio Izquierdo

Partner · Capital Markets

Rocío Saux

Partner · Labour & Employment

Rolando Salvatierrra

Senior partner · Public Law

Santiago Quiroz

Senior partner · Corporate / M&A

Sergio Oquendo

Partner · Capital Markets

Víctor Lazo

Partner · Corporate / M&A

Yuri Vega

Principal partner · Real Estate