Renzo Agurto > Miranda & Amado > Lima, Peru > Lawyer Profile

Miranda & Amado
AV JOSÉ LARCO 1301
TORRE PARQUE MAR
MIRAFLORES, LIMA 18
Peru

Work Department

  • Insolvency and Corporate Restructuring
  • Insurance and Reinsurance

Position

Partner

Career

His professional practice focuses on Insolvency and Corporate Restructuring matters and has handled diverse and complex restructuring and winding-up transactions for US$ 1000 million worth of debt. Partner at Miranda & Amado since 2019, he joined the firm as a Counsel in 2015. Before joining the firm, he worked as counsel at Rebaza, Alcázar & De las Casas Abogados Financieros from 2006 to 2015, and as an associate at Estudio Benites, Forno & Ugaz from 2000 to 2006. He is a member of INSOL International and the American Bankruptcy Institute. In 2021, he was appointed as President of the Peruvian Chapter of the Instituto Iberoamericano de Derecho Concursal. Renzo graduated as lawyer from Universidad de Lima and has an LL.M. in Business, Corporate and Maritime Law from Erasmus University, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. He has served as professor at the Finance and Corporate Law Program at Universidad ESAN and as professor of Law at Universidad Católica del Perú.

Languages

English, Spanish

Education

  • Erasmus University, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, LL.M. in Business, Corporate & Maritime Law (2010).
  • Universidad de Lima, Lawyer (2000).

Lawyer Rankings

Peru > Bankruptcy and restructuring

(Next Generation Partners)

Renzo AgurtoMiranda & Amado

Miranda & Amado‘s insolvency and restructuring group is jointly led by Renzo Agurto and Rafael Corzo, with Agurto possessing extensive experience in insolvency proceedings, including advising clients such as Cobre de los Andes and Aguaytía Energy del Perú. The team acts in conjunction with the firm’s banking and finance group to offer a predominantly creditor-oriented service with a special emphasis on regulated industries including oil and gas, mining and transport. Other key contacts include senior associate Lisbeth Benavides, who is experienced in assisting clients with restructuring matters and in acting in cross-border cases.