With expertise across the logistics, agribusiness and tourism industries, Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uria illustrates skill in both the transactional and regulatory elements of its banking and finance practice. The firm undertakes a mix of local and cross-border work, including syndicated loans, project finance and structured finance deals. Recently, the department has expanded its financial derivatives and sustainable finance focus. The offering is led by Rafael Puiggros, who handles various cross-border projects and issuances. Puiggros is ably supported by the experienced Ronald Fernandez Dávila, who assists financial institutions with bond issuances and syndicated loans, and Antonio Guarniz, who concentrates on equity issues, debt instruments and investment funds. At the principal associate level, Sergio Rodriguez advises on corporate finance and sovereign debt, while Luciana Carpio-Rivero is engaged by private investors and global financial corporations.
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‘A very complete and interdisciplinary team, always close to the operation and time responsive.'
‘Rafael Puiggrós provides excellent opinions, Sergio Rodriguez is attentive and hardworking, and Ronald Fernández-Dávila is very skilled and an excellent negotiator.'
‘The team consists of lawyers who understand project development with a focus on financing them and achieving disbursements. They understand the energy market.'
‘Full availability 24/7 to respond to negotiation requirements. Partners are heavily involved in the process.'
‘The team is professional, with strengths in experience, knowledge, commitment, and speed. I consider it to be a top-level law firm, with criteria for its billing, a very good relationship with its clients, diversified in its advice, always attentive to collaborating with innovative ideas.'
‘Experience, academic ability and great commitment to the client.'
‘They are diligent, the response and interaction with the client is fast, and they have vast knowledge and experience on the subject. They comply with delivery times.'
‘PPU has a solid team, both in legal and market knowledge, as well as in its business vision. It differs from other firms in the quality of its analysis, considering the demanding times that a transaction handles. Diversity is one of the issues that PPU encourages. I understand technology is another of its key factors.'
Key clients
- Burlington Loan Management
- Monarch Det Recovery Master Fund
- HSBC Bank
- Medifarma
- Visiva
- Megacentro Lurín
- Coöperatieve Rabobank
- Banco BCI Perú
- Megacentro Industriales Sur
- Banco de Crédito del Perú
- Banco General
- QMC Telecom
- Banco BBVA Perú
- Banco de Crédito del Perú
- Scotiabank Perú
- Banco Internacional del Perú – Interbank
Work highlights
- Advised the club lenders in two different issuances of secured notes by CFG Investment (CFGI), as part of a debt restructuring and structured finance deal.
- Acted as counsel to Medifarma in obtaining a senior secured facility of up to $160m granted by a bank syndicate.
- Acted as counsel to Visiva in the preparation and negotiation of a syndicated loan agreement and related guarantee documents, entered into with Scotiabank Perú, Banco Santander Perú and Banco Interamericano de Finanzas.
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Practice head
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Rafael Puiggros