Lawyers

Rafael Sánchez Ríos

Rafael Sánchez Ríos

Position

Law degree from the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, Peru. Specialist in Domestic and International Arbitration and Investment, Civil Procedural Law, Constitutional Law, and Constitutional Procedural Law. He has represented companies and persons in complex arbitration and judicial disputes of a civil and corporate nature, among others. He has served as arbitrator and arbitration secretary in domestic and international arbitration proceedings in matters of civil property law and contracting with the State.

Career

Associate at García Sayán Abogados – GSA Legal, Lima, Peru. (2019 – 2024) Executive Director of the Instituto Peruano de Arbitraje (IPA) [Peruvian Arbitration Institute (IPA)], Lima, Peru. (2019 – 2019) Associate at Carlos Soto & Asociados, Lima, Peru. (2017 – 2019) Associate at Lourdes Flores Nano Abogado, Lima, Peru. (2015 – 2016) Legal assistant at the General Comptroller's Office of the Republic of Peru, Lima, Peru. Participated in the Training Program for Young Talents – Formar. (2014) Internship at García Sayán Abogados – GSA Legal, Lima, Peru. (2012) Internship at Miranda & Amado Abogados, Lima, Peru. (2011 – 2012) Internship at the Constitutional Court of Peru, Lima, Peru. (2010 – 2011)

Languages

Spanish, English

Memberships

Member, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, CIArb Member, Rising Arbitrators Initiative, RAI Member, List of Arbitrators of the AMCHAM PERU International Arbitration Centre Member, List of Arbitrators of the MARC PERU Arbitration Centre Member, Justice Reform Group of the Consejo Privado Anticorrupción (CPA) [Private Anticorruption Council (CPA)] Member, Young International Council for Commercial Arbitration, Young ICCA Member, Young Institute for Transnational Arbitration, Young ITA Member, Club Español e Iberoamericano del Arbitraje (CEA) [Spanish and Ibero-American Arbitration Club (CEA)] Member, Lima’s Bar Association Peruvian Representative, Equal Representation in Arbitration, Arbitration Pledge Former member, Asociación Civil Thēmis [Thēmis Civil Association] – Law magazine

Education

Delos Dispute Resolution, Paris, France. Latin-American Remote Oral Advocacy Program (ROAP). (2023) Arbanza, School of Arbitration, Lima, Peru. Specialized course in investment arbitration. (2022) Centro de Altos Estudios Nacionales (CAEN) [Centre for Higher National Studies (CAEN)], Lima, Peru. Graduate of the LXXI Master in Development and National Defence. (2021) The Hague Academy of International Law, The Hague, Netherlands. Online Summer Courses on: Private International Law (2021) Public International Law (2021) Online Winter Courses on: International Law (2021) Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, Peru. Refresher course on oral litigation and electronic court record. (2020) Universidad del Pacífico, Lima, Peru. Specialization Program in International Arbitration and Investments. (2019) Universidad de Lima, Lima, Peru. Specialization course in domestic and international arbitration. (2019) Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, Peru. Professional Law Degree. (2017) Universidad de Alcalá e Instituto Peruano de Arbitral, Alcalá, Spain. International Arbitration Diploma. (2016) Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, Peru. Bachelor Degree in Law. (2013)