Rodrigo, Elías & Medrano Abogados

Environmental, Megers and Acquisitions, Mining, Project Finance.

Partner Oscar Benavides specializes in mining law, mining projects finance, and mergers & acquisitions.

Oscar Benavides is a specialist in transactional and regulatory work for mining projects. He has more than 24 years of experience advising clients on project finance, M&A, investment contracts in exploration projects, joint ventures, and mining in general.

He is recognized as a leading mining lawyer by international publications such as The Legal 500, Chambers & Partners and Latin Lawyer. He has also been included among the 30 most recognized mining lawyers in the world, according to the “Global Elite Thought Leader 2023” list published by Who’s Who Legal. He is also vice-president of the Canada-Peru Chamber of Commerce, holds an LLM from the University of Denver, USA, and was a Jan M. and Marjorie G. Laitos Scholarship in Natural Resources.

Spanish and english.

Lima Bar Association The Foundation for Natural Resources and Energy Law Instituto de Derecho de Minería, Petróleo y Energía

Universidad de Lima – Lawyer summa cum laude (2000) University of Denver, USA – Master in Natural Resources and Environmental Law (2006) Jan M. and Marjorie G. Laitos Scholarship in Natural Resources