At Estudio Echecopar member firm of Baker McKenzie International, the litigation department has experience across the gamut of bankruptcy, civil, commercial and constitutional law disputes. Advising corporations and state-owned entities on cases in the finance, telecoms and energy sectors, the group is under the leadership of Ana Maria Arrarte, who is reputed for her experience in highly complex cross-border cases in the infrastructure and investment fields. Local and foreign corporations turn to Yvo Cuba for assistance in proceedings concerning real estate and corporate law, while counsel Roxana Gayoso concentrates on cases involving civil responsibility and government contracts. Senior associate Hugo Alonzo is noted for his work in administrative procedures.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘A team with a lot of dedication and solid knowledge.'

  • ‘They get involved in detail and seek to understand the business to provide competitive solutions.'

  • ‘The team is distributed by sub-specialties, such as: collections, arbitrations, administrative litigation actions; consultancy. The above allows us to have a specialised team distributed according to the type of process/complexity.'

  • ‘Yvo Cuba stands out for offering the organisation of an ad-hoc team according to the particular needs of the case. Likewise, he proposes and contributes to creative and effective solutions for his client in order to avoid unnecessarily long litigation.'

  • ‘It is a team with vast experience and ethically impeccable professional practice.'

  • ‘The combination of several lawyers with a lot of experience in all types of litigation (civil, corporate, constitutional, arbitration).'

Key clients

  • CORFID - Corporación Fiduciaria
  • ESSITY
  • Intcomex
  • Innova Ambiental
  • Jeumont
  • Mitsubishi
  • Securitas
  • Schneider Electric
  • TMF Group
  • Corporación Atria
  • Kallpa Generación
  • Tren Urbano de Lima (Línea 1 del Metro de Lima)
  • AFP Integra
  • Agroindustrial Laredo
  • Azteca Comunicaciones Perú
  • Cesel S.A.
  • Transportadora de Gas del Perú (TGP)
  • Consorcio Nippon Koei Co. Ltd.
  • Constructora Valko
  • Contugas
  • IBM
  • IBT LLC Sucursal Perú
  • INTERSUR CONCESIONES
  • La Fiduciaria
  • Leche Gloria
  • Lima Expresa S.A.C.
  • L'OREAL Perú
  • Procter & Gamble Perú
  • Unilever Andina Perú
  • Puig Perú
  • Beautyge Andina
  • UNIQUE
  • Kera Cosmética
  • Natura Cosmético
  • BFS Perú
  • Distribuidora las Poncianas
  • Ale LImposer
  • Unibell
  • Cosmotrade
  • Perfumerías Unidas
  • CETCO
  • Dupree Venta Directa
  • Olvi Global Company
  • Starbrands
  • Metro de Lima Línea 2
  • Mondelez
  • Oist
  • Oracle
  • Ortiz Construcciones y Proyectos
  • Pluspetrol
  • PÖYRY INFRA AG
  • Quimtia
  • Softys
  • Telefónica del Perú

Work highlights

  • Representing Gilat to Home Peru in two arbitral awards resulting from two arbitration procedures against the Ministry of Transport and Communications, and Peru’s National Telecommunications Programme.
  • Representing Ortiz in a dispute regarding the execution of a project to construct the 220kV Tintaya-Socabaya Transmission Line.
  • Representing America Móvil del Perú in a case which assesses the reasonableness of the methodology used by the Peruvian Ministry of Transport and Communications to charge mobile phone companies for the use of the radio-electric spectrum.

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Ana Maria Arrarte