About

Hector Figari Costa joined Microsoft in 2013 in the capacity of legal and corporate affairs lead for Peru, and in July 2017 was promoted to his current position, where he also covers Ecuador, Bolivia, Uruguay and Paraguay. He began his private practice stint in corporate law firm Muñiz, Ramírez, Pérez-Taiman & Olaya, in the areas of antitrust, unfair competition, intellectual property, telecoms and e-commerce, among others, working his way up to become a partner. After being at the law firm for 15 years he moved to a legal counsel position at Microsoft Peru and after four years, became the CELA lead for the South Subsidiary, covering Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Uruguay and Paraguay. Over the years, Figari has had to hone and develop his commercial skills, due to the fact that some technology aspects of the business are related to legal aspects. ‘As a result, I have become not only a legal advisor, but also a key component on the selling process. Another important aspect is the need of technical knowledge’, adds Figari, something which has been important for him as an in-house counsel to provide relevant advice. During his time at Microsoft, Figari has applied technology solutions and tools based on the cloud to his day-to-day legal activities in order to promote new ways of working for lawyers. He says this promotes efficiency and also generates familiarity and trust in the technology from the legal audience. Over the course of his career, Figari has been involved on the negotiation of the contracts with critical clients, in both the commercial and public sectors, on transformational deals as well as the promotion of positive policies for technological innovation.