At Muñiz, Olaya, Meléndez, Castro, Ono & Herrera Abogados, the arbitration team is engaged by private companies and public entities to handle various disputes ranging from shareholder conflicts to construction, transportation and retail-related disputes. The group is jointly led by specialist Fernando Meléndez and Edwin Pezo, who concentrates on complex international arbitration proceedings and telecoms-sector cases. Senior associate Claudia Quispe focuses on construction disputes, while associate Raul Zuñiga advises on shareholder disputes.

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  • ‘They have good knowledge of procedural and arbitration law and are great strategists in the litigation they handle.'

  • ‘Friendly, understanding, astute, open to listening to the opinions of others.'

Key clients

  • Superintendencia de Banco, Seguros y AFP
  • Servicio de Agua Potable y Alcantarillado de Lima
  • China Harbour Engineering Company
  • KS Depor

Work highlights

  • Representing Superintendicia de Banco, Seguros y AFP in a complex dispute against a contractor in parallel arbitration and judicial proceedings.
  • Represented KS Depor in an arbitration proceeding against a Peruvian soccer player.
  • Represented a family in an arbitration initiated to revise the appraisal of a property.

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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Fernando Melendez Fernandez, Edwin Pezo Arevalo