Miranda & Amado is a one-stop-shop for clients in the electricity industry and offers expertise in M&A and finance, along with regulatory and contentious matters. The practice covers all segments of the market, including generation, transmission, and distribution, and also acts for non-regulated clients. The team, which is led by the deeply experienced and hands-on Luis Marcelo De-Bernardis, has recently been involved in discussions around regulatory changes to the country’s tariff regime in the natural gas market, which will have a substantial impact on electricity generation projects. De-Bernardis has over 25 years’ experience in infrastructure, energy and natural resources projects, while counsel Marife Martinelli specialises in regulatory and administrative law across the power and oil-and-gas sectors. Senior associate Pedro Morales is recommended for regulatory and project development matters; and associate César Ramírez is an additional name to note.

The premier electricity practice at Rodrigo, Elías & Medrano – Abogados advises clients on technical and commercial matters and has over 20 years’ experience in the industry. The team acts for power producers, transmission and distribution concessionaires, unregulated consumers and the grid operator (COES) on a range of matters, including power purchase agreements (PPAs), interconnection agreements and project development. On the commercial side, the team handles M&A, project finance and merger control issues. Verónica Sattler and Alejandro Manayalle head the group; with Sattler recommended for public infrastructure, energy, public utility and network regulation issues; and Manayalle providing expertise on the development of public infrastructure and energy projects, as well as international investment arbitration. Counsel María Del Rosario Quiroga is recommended for regulatory matters and disputes, while Diana Briones (who was promoted to the partnership in January 2022) handles corporate matters. Senior associate Margarett Matos is the name to note for sustainable energy matters, public policy and energy regulation.

Santiváñez Abogados is a boutique firm with a long history in the Peruvian market, it is particularly well known in the energy and natural resources arena and handles some of the highest profile developments in the market. Key areas of expertise include international transactions, M&A, project development and financing, regulatory matters and litigation. The team is co-led by Fidel Rocha, Roberto Santiváñez and Paul Sumar. Rocha acts for leading players in the energy market on regulatory, corporate and commercial issues; name partner Santiváñez has over 25 years’ experience in energy transactions; and Súmar is the principal advisor on power concessions and projects for the public investment agency Proinversión. Senior associate Abel Venero is the name to note for infrastructure public-private partnerships (PPPs), project development and administrative matters.

Hernández & Cía offers multidisciplinary expertise in the electricity sector, drawing on strength from its financial, corporate, regulatory, construction and environmental practitioners to provide clients with a broad range of services. It is particularly experienced in concessions, authorisations, licensing and permitting, tariff regimes and price regulation issues. President of the Peruvian Renewable Energy Association (SPR), practice head Brendan Oviedo is experienced in advising companies on all phases of power project development, including contractual matters, rights and permits, and representation in arbitral matters; a well as advising banks and other lenders on structuring acquisition and power project financings. At senior associate level, Evelyn Lopez acts for both public and private companies and is particularly noted  for arbitration proceedings concerning regulatory matters at all stages of power project development; and Geraldine López transactions related to energy and hydrocarbons, public utilities regulation, infrastructure, and sustainability and climate change. 

Payet, Rey, Cauvi, Pérez Abogados advises large international and domestic energy companies on day-to-day issues, administrative proceedings, corporate matters and arbitration. It has specialist knowledge of compliance issues in the energy industry, as well as the regulatory requirements to operate as a power transmission concessionaire. The team is led by Gerardo Soto who is head of the firm's regulatory and administrative law practices; he focuses primarily on the energy, telecoms and transport infrastructure sectors. Principal associate Mayra Aguirre is also a key practitioner; a specialist in electricity regulation and administrative law, she handles a broad range of matters in the electricity sector, including licensing and permitting, project execution and other regulatory and public law matters.

Rubio Leguía Normand's practice head, Daniela García Belaunde, has past experience of working for energy regulator OSINERGMIN, allowing her to advise energy generation clients such as Kallpa Generación and Fénix Power on regulatory contributions and gaining connection mandates, as well as on sanctions levied by the regulator, including advising electricity system operator COES SINAC on an administrative sanctioning procedure. Concession agreements are another area of focus, with the team advising clients developing and operating transmission lines on amending their agreements with the Peruvian Ministry of Energy and Mines. The team also act in disputes matters, such as defending Omega Operación y Mantenimiento in arbitration proceedings. For clients outside the electricity sector such as mining and retail companies, the  practice also advises on regulatory compliance and electricity supply contracts. Principal associate Katherine Yesquén Lihim (whose past experience includes time at both COES and Luz del Sur), focuses on administrative, regulatory, and commercial consultancy in the electricity and hydrocarbon sectors, and has extensive knowledge of power generation and transmission, as well as the design, negotiation and implementation of power purchase agreements.

CMS Grau‘s team counts power distribution giants Luz del Sur and Enel Distribución as frequent clients, recently representing them in administrative sanctioning procedures before energy regulator OSINERGMIN, among other matters. Indeed, the practice covers the gamut of power matters, from generation and storage to distribution and commercial agreements such as PPAs. On the power generation side, another recent mandate saw the team act for Empresa de Generación Huanza in a procedure against the National Water Authority. The team is led by administrative and regulatory specialist, Ramón Huapaya; energy practitioner Carlos Hamann, who advises on technical, operational and financial matters; and Augusto Astorga an energy all-rounder who works across both the oil-and-gas and electricity sectors. A knowledgeable second line includes Jesús Abanto, who was raised to the partnership in May 2022 and whose former experience includes over five years at energy regulator OSINERGMIN; and associates Néstor Shimabukuro, who specialises in administrative law, concessions, PPPs, private initiatives, regulation and state contracting; and Nicole Freire whose practice is centred on regulatory, environmental, and natural resources and administrative law.

Muñiz, Olaya, Meléndez, Castro, Ono & Herrera Abogados' electricity practice handles contractual work for both power generation/distribution clients and companies from other sectors, negotiating electricity supply contracts for the latter. Rolando Salvatierrra leads a team whose recent mandates include advising on a concession contract for joint venture Hydro Global Peru regarding the multimillion-dollar San Gaban III Power Plant, and representing Consorcio Electrico Villacuri in a contractual dispute before the administrative tribunal. The team handles the gamut of power-sector advisory, as demonstrated by its on-going corporate and regulatory advice to energy holding company Invenergy Group for over a decade. Providing key associate support, Hilda Fernandez and Renato Vasquez both advise on electricity, administrative and corporate law.

EDF Renouvelables is a key client of Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uria‘s practice, with team head Rafael Lengua recently advising the company on a power purchase agreement with Electro Oriente. Perhaps best known for its participation in high-end transactions in the sector, the practice group’s work is multifaceted, such as advising on project finance in the power industry as well as handling contentious representation, primarily in arbitration. Regulatory matters are also an area of focus, with corporate specialist Rafael Boisset 's recent mandates including advice to Conelsur LT (the Peruvian subsidiary of electricity transmission company Transelec), on the regulatory elements of a concession agreement. In August 2022 the natural resources practice as a whole was substantially boosted with the hire of water law specialist Julián Li and a team of three associates from the former Li & Pazos Abogados, substantially broadening the practice group’s depth and scope. Key associate, senior Romina Stucchi has extensive experience in corporate, contractual and issues related to the financing of infrastructure projects in the energy sector.