José Luis Velarde > Miranda & Amado > Lima, Peru > Lawyer Profile
Miranda & Amado Offices
AV JOSÉ LARCO 1301
TORRE PARQUE MAR
MIRAFLORES, LIMA 18
Peru
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José Luis Velarde
Work Department
- Corporate Compliance
- Litigation and Arbitration
- White-Collar Crime
Position
Partner
Career
José Luis specializes in criminal matters and focuses on preventive advice in criminal compliance and on the defense of highly complex criminal investigations and litigation, with special emphasis on economic criminal law cases. He has been responsible for advising and developing anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing compliance and prevention systems, as well as anti-corruption systems for corporate clients. He has served as Regional Vice-Chair of Lex Mundi’s Latin American & Caribbean Litigation and Arbitration Practice Group (2017 to 2019) and has been a member of the Compliance Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce – Amcham (2018 to 2019). José Luis joined Miranda & Amado as a counsel in January 2021. Previously, he was a founding partner of Facto Litigios & Compliance (2019), a partner in the Criminal Law practice area at Estudio Olaechea (2013 to 2019), joining as a senior associate in 2005, a trial lawyer at Scotiabank (2004 to 2005) and a lawyer at Estudio Villegas (2003 to 2004). He earned his LL.B. from the Universidad de Lima and holds an LL.M. in Criminal Law from the Universidad de Barcelona and Universidad Pompeu Fabra. Since 2014, José Luis has been a professor of Criminal Law and Theory of Crime at the School of Law of the Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas.
Languages
English, Spanish
Education
- Universidad de Barcelona and Universidad Pompeu Fabra, Master’s Degree in Criminal Law (2008).
- Universidad de Lima, Degree in Law (2003).
Lawyer Rankings
Peru > Compliance
Miranda & Amado‘s compliance team is capable of handling the full spectrum of compliance matters, with recent work including advising a client in a bid-rigging investigation, reviewing compliance programmes, and representing clients in investigations before INDECOPI. The team, led by Bruno Amiel, is made up of six partners and nine lawyers; Amiel is recommended for corporate compliance issues, while José Luis Velarde and Rafael Díaz are key contacts for criminal compliance. Enrique Felices and Fiorella Zumaeta are names to note for antitrust and competition issues, while Willy Pedreschi and associate Fabiana Vittoria are active in compliance issues arising from acquisitions. Counsel Katherine Torres develops compliance programmes and was promoted to counsel in January 2022.
Peru > Dispute resolution: White-collar
(Next Generation Partners)Miranda & Amado‘s white-collar criminal law practice is jointly headed by Rafael Díaz and José Luis Velarde, who were both promoted to partner in January 2022 and each have more than 15 years of experience in criminal law. The team covers criminal matters including environmental crimes, fraud – in particular, issues relating to banks – corruption and money laundering. As well as assisting domestic clients in the mining, retail and construction industries, the practice is also experienced in advising global clients in industries such as IT, banking and renewable energy.
Lawyer Rankings
- Next Generation Partners Peru > Dispute resolution: White-collar
- Compliance Peru
- Dispute resolution: White-collar Peru
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Competition and antitrust
- Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution: Arbitration
- Dispute resolution: Litigation
- Energy and natural resources > Electricity
- Environment
- Energy and natural resources > Hydrocarbons
- Projects and infrastructure
- Real estate