The team at Santiváñez Abogados is known for its in-depth knowledge of environmental and public law, which allows it to handle all manner of issues that arise from projects in the energy sector. Leadership of the practice is shared between Roberto Santiváñez, whose practice encompasses the transactional and regulatory aspects of power projects; Fidel Rocha, who handles regulatory issues within the energy, infrastructure and mining spaces; and Paul Sumar, who deals with power supply and transmission contracts in addition to power project development. Other key practitioners include associate Luigi Rossini, who focuses on project development and regulation in the oil and gas sector; associate Abel Venero, who is a key contact for power industry clients; and counsel Jose La Torre, who handles concession contracts and administrative procedures for electricity and mining clients.
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Témoignages

Collectés indépendamment par l'équipe de recherche du Legal 500.

  • ‘Knowledge of the market and the players in the electricity market.’

  • ‘Santivañez Abogados is a very good firm for developing energy projects.’

  • ‘Roberto first cares about understanding the client's objective and then recommends what to do with the least possible risk. There will always be risks, the important thing is to have the risks controlled.'

  • ‘Very good and with a commercial focus.’

Clients clés

  • Agencia de Promoción de la Inversión Privada – PROINVERSIÓN
  • Electricité de France – EDF Perú
  • Tarucani Generating Company
  • Empresa Transmisora Eléctrica Catacaos
  • Electro Oriente
  • Compañía Minera Raura, a subsidiary of Minsur - Grupo Breca Minería
  • MPJ Consulting

Points forts

  • Advised the Government of Peru, through ProInversión, on the concession of the 500 KV Huánuco - Tocache - Celendín - Trujillo link, extensions and associated substations, and 500 KV Celendín - Piura link, extensions and associated substations.
  • Advised the Government of Peru, through ProInversión, on the concession of the 500 KV Piura Nueva-Frontera Substation Transmission Line to the private sector.
  • Advised on the structuring of a concession to a private sector client, relating to its investment in a desalination project.

Avocats

Responsable de la pratique

Roberto Santiváñez; Paul Sumar; Fidel Rocha