Dr Ricardo De la Piedra > Muñiz, Olaya, Meléndez, Castro, Ono & Herrera Abogados > Lima, Peru > Lawyer Profile

Muñiz, Olaya, Meléndez, Castro, Ono & Herrera Abogados
LAS BEGONIAS 475
PISO 6, SAN ISIDRO
LIMA 27, Peru
Peru

Work Department

Corporate and M&A

Position

Senior partner

Career

Estudio Olaechea (2010 – 2017) – Senior Associate in the M&A, Corporate Law and Regulatory departments. Experience in structuring and undertaking M&A transactions in a broad range of industries through SPAs, APAs and mergers procedures; including leading legal due diligence teams, redomiciliation procedures, elaborating and negotiating financings and syndicated loans, shareholder agreements, investment agreements, trusts, escrow agreements, among others; PricewaterhouseCoopers – PwC Peru (2007 – 2010) – Lawyer in the M&A and Corporate Law departments. Experience in mergers and acquisitions, including the elaboration and negotiation of the acquisition documents, as well as the canalization of foreign investment in Peru; He has participated in the acquisition of Aegis Ltd (Essar Group) by Capital Square Partners (US$ 300 million); in the merger among Hapag-Lloyd and CSAV (US$ 323 million); in the acquisition of a 50% interest in Productos Sancela del Peru by Grupo Familia (US$ 40 million); in the transfer of Stracon GyM by GyM S.A. (US$ 78 million); in the acquisition of Synthesis Argentina, Synthesis Chile and Synthesis Peru by Linx Sistemas (US$ 17 million); in the acquisition of a 62% stake in Grupo TOPSA by GrandVision Peru (US$ 30 million); in the acquisition of Tresmontes Lucchetti by Grupo Nutresa (US$ 758 million); in the acquisition of the Omega3 processing plant from Grupo Romero in Piura by Ocean Nutrition Canada (DSM) through an asset purchase agreement (US$ 53 million); in the acquisition of the Stiglich Transportes conglomerate by Grupo Ultramar and in the transfer of its stake in Neptunia to Cosmos Group (confidential amount); in the acquisition of a 50% interest of Rigel Peru Compañia de Seguros by Euroamerica, among others.

Languages

Spanish and English

Education

University of Lima, Law School –Magna Cum Laude Honors (2009); International MBA – English Track (Top 20% / Outstanding mention) IE Business School. Madrid, Spain (2016)

Lawyer Rankings

Peru > Corporate and M&A

(Next Generation Partners)

Ricardo De la Piedra – Muñiz, Olaya, Meléndez, Castro, Ono & Herrera Abogados

The team at Muñiz, Olaya, Meléndez, Castro, Ono & Herrera Abogados is ‘multidisciplinary and highly specialised, with a strong international component’, and stands out for its ability to a handle high volume of M&A transactions in the Peruvian market. Under veteran practitioner Mauricio Olaya’s leadership, the practice’s broad expertise encompasses corporate financing, joint ventures, reorganisations, venture capital deals, M&A and corporate governance. Juan Carlos Vélez is a high-profile dealmaker who is well versed in M&A, as is Ricardo De la Piedra, who offers transactional experience in a wide range of sectors. At the senior associate level, Diego Muñiz acts for foreign and domestic companies and financial institutions in cross-border transactions, and Rolando Wilson is also noted. Raúl Vizcarra joined from Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uria in August 2022 and brings additional corporate, financial and capital markets expertise to the team. Since publication, the practice has been further strengthened with the hire of experienced partner Carlos Enrique Arata from Rubio Leguía Normand – effective as of November 2023.