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Estudio Echecopar member firm of Baker McKenzie International Offices

Estudio Echecopar member firm of Baker McKenzie International
AV. LA FLORESTA 497
PISO 5. SAN BORJA
LIMA 41
Peru
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Teresa Tovar

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Work Department

Technology, Media & Telecommunications

Position

Partner

Career

Teresa Tovar has been partner since 2007 leading the antitrust and competition, compliance and TMT groups. She is currently a member of Baker Mckenzie’s Antitrust and Compliance Latin American Regional Steering Committees.

She is a lawyer specialized in data privacy and information technology issues, corporate compliance, antitrust, unfair competition and consumer protection.

Teresa has a prominent experience leading privacy compliance and general compliance programs, she also focus on anticorruption, antitrust, as well as internal investigations and due diligence processes in several industries.

She is a member of the Technical Committee of the National Institute of Quality – INACAL, responsible for developing the Peruvian versions of ISO 37001 (“Anti-bribery management systems”), ISO 37301 (“Compliance Management Systems – Requirements with guidance for use”), ISO 19600 (“Compliance Management Systems”) and ISO 37002 (“Whistleblowing Management Systems”). Teresa is the President of the Free Competition Committee of the Lima Chamber of Commerce, President of the Compliance Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce of Peru (AMCHAM), and Member of the Board of Directors of the Peru Chapter of the World Compliance Association.

In addition, Teresa regularly sponsors companies in proceedings before INDECOPI regarding antitrust, consumer protection, unfair competition and the elimination of bureaucratic barriers.

Her expertise in data privacy, corporate compliance and competition law has been recognized by several prestigious international publications such as Chambers & Partners, Legal 500, Leaders League, among others.

Languages

English, Spanish

Memberships

  • President of the Free Competition Committee of the Lima Chamber of Commerce
  • President of the Compliance Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce of Peru – AMCHAM
  • Member of the Technical Committee of the National Institute of Quality – INACAL
  • Member of the Board of Directors of the Peru Chapter of the World Compliance Association
  • Member of the Compliance and Antitrust Steering Committees (Latin America) of Baker McKenzie

Education

  • Universidad de Lima, Master in Business Law, Lima, Peru, 2003
  • Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru, Lawyer, Lima, Peru, 1993

Lawyer Rankings

Peru > TMT (Technology, media and telecoms)

(Leading partners)

Teresa Tovar – Estudio Echecopar member firm of Baker McKenzie International

Estudio Echecopar member firm of Baker McKenzie International fields a robust TMT team which routinely advises a host of clients on the gamut of telecommunications issues, encompassing regulatory, transactional and contentious work. Teresa Tovar heads the team and is widely recognised for her expertise across the telecommunications, media, e-commerce and privacy segments. At associate level, principal Crosbby Buleje Diaz (a ‘very capable and committed professional‘), provides comprehensive support advising both local and international clients – particularly as regards their interactions with telecommunications, privacy and consumer protection regulators. Fellow principal Eileen Infantas specialises in defending telecom companies facing sanctioning proceedings initiated by regulatory bodies such as MTC and OSIPTEL, as well as handling arbitration related to contract execution.

Peru > Compliance

(Leading partners)

Teresa Tovar – Estudio Echecopar member firm of Baker McKenzie International

Estudio Echecopar member firm of Baker McKenzie International offers comprehensive legal guidance to clients across diverse sectors, addressing a wide array of compliance matters. This includes fraud risk assessment, the formulation and implementation of antitrust training plans, and risk assessment upon request by INDECOPI. Further core workflows include advice on anti-corruption measures, prevention of money laundering and terrorism financing, and antitrust regulations. Leading the practice is Teresa Tovar, noted for her capabilities in corporate compliance, antitrust, anti-corruption and internal investigations, as well as due diligence processes. Regularly assisting Tovar with the gamut of compliance programmes and risk assessments, senior associate Viviana Chávez is also noted.

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