About

Juan Felipe García Montúfar Sarmiento joined Anglo American, one of the world’s top mining companies, in 2012 as the legal manager for Peru – a position that involves overlooking the provision of legal services for their projects in Peru and explorations divisions. Over the years his area of operation has expanded beyond Peru, and he is now in charge of providing legal support for explorations in certain Latin-American jurisdictions such as Colombia and Ecuador. García has been behind the planning and execution of the revised permitting plans for Quellaveco, the most significant Greenfield project in the Anglo American portfolio. He has also been behind the reorganisation of the legal department, making it a more robust and respected function: ‘My work consisted of changing the department’s mentality to be more business-oriented and to introduce the concept of a culture of service, which led to our clients commenting that there has been a transformation in the way legal services are being provided to them’, says García. Prior to his current role he joined Rubio Leguia Normad, and worked with them in the finance and mining practice areas for 15 years, being promoted from associate to senior partner.