Garrigues offers a full-service litigation practice, advising on administrative, commercial, real estate and constitutional disputes. Engaged by clients from the electricity, education and sports industries, the department is co-led by seasoned litigator Hugo Forno Flórez, who covers contractual cases and dispute prevention, and Melissa Nuñez Santti, whose broad portfolio of work includes civil and construction-related litigation. Principal associates Javier Bueno Zúñiga and Javier Jimeno Goicochea are well-regarded team members: Bueno defends clients against government entities in cases relating to the imposition of fines and sanctions, and Jimeno covers infrastructure-related proceedings. At the associate level, Jose Vera Uturunco represents telecoms and security company clients, and Kevin Villanueva is active in commercial and insurance cases.

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  • ‘I consider that the team possesses solid knowledge in the field, and they also know how to exactly identify the interests and objectives of the client.'

  • ‘The plus that makes the firm's lawyers stand out is that they are not complacent with the legal strategies to apply in each case; That is to say, although they have the legal basis or strategy that any recognised lawyer or law firm with great experience and professional experience would provide, they always seek to contribute with some innovative strategy within the legal scope or framework, based on national regulations or jurisprudence, and international.'

  • 'We recommend Melissa Núñez Santi, Hugo Forno Flórez and Kevin Villanueva Sotomayor.'

Key clients

  • Fondo de Inversión en Rentas de Bienes Inmuebles Sura Asset Management II
  • Productos Roche QF
  • Universidad Científica del Sur
  • Inmobiliaria Lomas de Oquendo
  • Media Networks Latin America
  • Universidad Tecnológica del Perú
  • Minera Bateas
  • EDP Ingeniería y Construcción
  • Polysistemas Corpo
  • Telefónica del Perú
  • Viva GyM
  • Veolia Servicios Perú
  • Proseguridad
  • Cosapi
  • Productos Tissue del Perú
  • Agustí y Masoliver
  • Banco de Crédito del Perú
  • Empresa Regional de Servicio Público de Electricidad del Norte
  • VM Consultores de Ingeniería
  • JJC Contratistas Generales
  • Corporación Fiduciaria (CORFID)

Work highlights

  • Representing Firbi in a complete legal strategy that involves an eviction, the enforcement of a contract, and a claim for damages.
  • Defending Telefonica in a case regarding the violation of the constitutional right of due process, through the application of a non-ordinary remedy referred to as the ‘restrain of unconstitutional homogeneous acts’.
  • Representing BCP in a process in which the claimant has requested the declaration of nullity of multiple withdrawals from a bank account, carried out by an agent of the owner of the bank account.

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Hugo Forno Flórez, Melissa Núñez Santti