Mrs María Eugenia Yabar > Estudio Olaechea > Lima, Peru > Lawyer Profile
Estudio Olaechea Offices
BERNARDO MONTEAGUDO 201
SAN ISIDRO
LIMA 27
Peru
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Mrs María Eugenia Yabar
Work Department
Aviation | Administrative Law
Position
Partner
Career
Her professional practice focuses on the airline industry and she is a leading professional in Aviation Law in the country and in the region.
María Eugenia also specializes in advising major airlines and suppliers in regulatory and compliance matters; local and international transactions; insurance; purchases, sales, mergers, spin-offs; aircraft financing and leasing; administrative processes before governmental authorities; operations authorizations and licenses; obtaining the required industry certificates for the company, its equipment and staff, as well as all related matters that allow an airline or a specialized airport services company to meet its objectives.
Moreover, María Eugenia has extensive experience in the corporate area, providing advice on strategies for the development of projects, associative contracts, public and private bids, corporate reorganizations, to companies in the construction, mining, logistics, port and public infrastructure sectors, among others.
She is currently Chair of the Latin American Forum of the International Aviation Women’s Association – IAWA and representative of the airlines of the Special Committee of the Fund for the Promotion and National Tourist Development of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism – MINCETUR, Member of the Board of Directors of the Association of International Air Transport Companies – AETAI, member of the Advisory Council of WIP Peru, Peruvian chapter of the Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice.
She is a lawyer from Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. She has been included in the Experts Guide as a leading lawyer in aviation in Peru and has been distinguished by the legal guide Latin Lawyer as one of the 50 most inspiring women in law in the Americas. She is regularly consulted by the media to provide her professional opinion.
She is a speaker and panelist at local and international conferences and seminars; and author of articles for legal magazines and local press.
Languages
Spanish | English
Memberships
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- International Aviation Women’s Association
- Women in the Profession – WIP Peru
Education
- Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, 1991 – Lawyer
Lawyer Rankings
Peru > Public law and regulation
Led by María Eugenia Yabar and Martín Serkovic, Estudio Olaechea’s public law and regulatory team advises on a broad range of contentious and non-contentious issues in highly regulated sectors, including administrative proceedings, public procurement and related disputes, licensing and permitting, and issues around bureaucratic barriers. Yabar stands out for regulatory and transport work and handles a considerable amount of public law matters in the aviation industry, while Serkovic acts for foreign and domestic clients in public, regulatory and competition issues and is particularly experienced in the telecoms sector. Patricia Castro, who was recently promoted to partner, is a contact for government procurement and has a notable track record in the ports and maritime segments.