About

Providing legal services to oil and gas and mining companies in the country since graduating as a legal professional in 2005, Ricardo Gustavo Barrios Scogings currently finds himself serving as the in-house lawyer for Peru-based gold mining company, Compañía Minera Poderosa, the fourth largest producer of gold in Peru with over 40 years of activity in the market. Although Barrios has been in this role since November 2017, he brings with him previous experience gained from large scale litigations and transactions at reputable Peruvian and multinational companies including Occidental Petroleum, Talisman Energy, SK Innovation and Interoil. His impressive portfolio has seen him specialise in oil, gas and mining law over the years and reflecting on this, Barrios says: ‘It is amazing how everything I learned in my whole career, can be applied in other high demanding positions’. As an individual who prides himself in his values and ethics, Barrios reveals: ‘As a legal professional I learned over time that working with high standard companies is not only to the company’s benefit but yourself. Everything that I learned has been translated to my day-to-day life and works perfectly’. Barrios understands the importance of sharing experiences and how the need of the internal and external clients is key to excel in this line of work: ‘Practical solutions aligned with the company’s policies and country regulations are fundamental to provide adequate and creative advice to all the stakeholders’ adding: ‘Ethical, team worker, transparent and respectful is how I define myself’.