Mr Eduardo López > Rodrigo, Elías & Medrano Abogados > Lima, Peru > Lawyer Profile

Rodrigo, Elías & Medrano Abogados
Av. Pardo y Aliaga 652 piso 8
San Isidro
Lima 15073
Peru

Work Department

Banking and Finance, Capital Markets, Project Finance, Mergers & Acquisitions.

Position

Partner Eduardo López specializes in banking and finance law, corporate finance, and mergers & acquisitions.

Career

He counsels on corporate and financial operations, both local and international,
mergers & acquisitions, corporate finances, capital markets, corporate and
projects finance, risk capital and derivatives.

He counsels Peruvian assets and companies’ acquisition, directly or through the
public takeover bid procedures, as well as stockholders on selling controlling
packets in Peruvian private and publically listed companies.

He has participated in various issuances and public placings of transferable
securities, including stocks, bonds and commercial papers, representing both
issuers and structurers. He has also participated in corporate financing,
structured, syndicated, financial leasing and infrastructure projects, representing
both banks and companies and sponsors.

Eduardo was international associate for the New York Oce of White & Case,
participating in dierent international transactions. He has been included among
the 20 leading attorneys under 40 years old in the Latin Lawyer magazine.

He currently teaches Corporate Finance at Universidad de Lima.

Languages

Spanish, English.

Memberships

Lima Bar Association, Callao Bar Association, New York Bar Association, Harvard Club del Peru.

Education

Universidad de Lima – Lawyer,
summa cum laude (1998).
Harvard Law School LL.M. in
Comparative Corporate Law,
Finance and Governability (2002).
University of Cambridge England
– LL.M. in Commercial Law (2001).
British Council Chevening
Scholarship.

Lawyer Rankings

Peru > Corporate and M&A

The corporate practice group at Rodrigo, Elías & Medrano Abogados fields a sizeable team with a strong track record in the market. The firm’s industry-agnostic approach sees it act for large domestic and international clients on some of the largest deals in the market in a broad range of sectors, and it often acts as local counsel for large global law firms on cross-border deals. Key areas of focus include asset and stock sales and purchases, mergers, joint ventures, management buyouts, private equity investments and exits, spinoffs and tender offers. The team is led by Jean Paul Chabaneix and Ramón Vidurrizaga, with Chabaneix regarded as a market-leading M&A practitioner in the Peruvian market. Luis Enrique Palacios is experienced in transactions across Latin America, including M&A, project financing and corporate finance work, while Luis Carlos Rodrigo Prado offers strong expertise in transactions in the mining sector. Juan Diego De Vinatea is active in contracts, commercial and corporate matters, while Eduardo López is well regarded for both corporate and finance work. Jorge Trelles is another notable M&A practitioner, who has previously practised in New York, and Nicolás Cornejo is also recommended.