About

Claudia Velarde Arnáez’s financial legal expertise has seen her operate successfully in both private practice and in-house legal roles. Formerly an associate with Lima-based Rodrigo, Elias & Medrano, she took on a role overseas with Chadbourne & Parke in New York before moving in-house with Citi in 2012. After a year-long stint in the public sector in the Ministry of Education for Peru, displaying her versatility in the process, Velarde took on her current role as general counsel at asset management firm BD Capital in 2016. She has gone from strength to strength since, and speaks extremely highly of her experiences as an in-house counsel in the financial sector. ‘My experiences as an internal lawyer at Citi and BD Capital have helped shape my professional career to a large extent. The work done to analyse, evaluate and approve each new project or transaction has been especially enriching, as has been the launching of new products’.