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Javier de Belaunde López de Romaña

Javier de Belaunde López de Romaña

Work Department

Dispute Resolution / Constitucional Law

Position

Partner

Career

Hernández & Cía. (2023 to date). Echecopar Law Firm (2006-2023). Javier de Belaunde Abogados Law Firm (1977-2006). Member of the committee of experts appointed by the Supreme Court to prepare a preliminary draft of the chapter on Judicial Power of the Constitution (1992). Member of the Study Commission of Bases for the Constitutional Reform appointed by the Ministry of Justice (2001). Ad-hoc Judge of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (2002-2003 and 2005-2006). Consultant lawyer of the Board of Directors of the Central Reserve Bank of Peru-BCRP (2003-2004 and 2005-2006). Arbitrator in multiple institutional and ad-hoc arbitrations (since 1996). Member of the Arbitral Tribunal in the Luchetti case (2003). Member appointed by civil society to the Special Commission for the Integral Reform of the Administration of Justice-CERIAJUS (2003-2004). Member appointed by the Ombudsman’s Office to the Working Group Initiative for Justice-IJU (2005). Member of the Faculty Council and president of the Curriculum Commission of the Law School of the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (2005-2008). Member of the Pro Bono Declaration Drafting Committee for the American Continent of the Cyrus Vance Center of the New York Bar Association (2006-2007). Member of the University Assembly of the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú representing senior professors (2011-2022). Vice President of the Peruvian Academy of Law (2020-2023).

Memberships

Lima Bar Association. Full member of the Peruvian Academy of Law (2008 to date). Arbitrator of the International Arbitration Center of the American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM). Arbitrator of the Arbitration Center of the Lima Chamber of Commerce. Arbitrator of the Center for Conflict Analysis and Resolution of the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Advisory Committee of the law journals Ius Et Veritas, Themis, Aequitas, Folio Real, and Scribas.

Education

Program on Legal Education, University of Wisconsin, U.S.A. 1971-1972. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, master’s degree, 2006. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, lawyer, 1973.

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