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Established in 1980, Osterling Abogados is a leading full-service Peruvian law firm widely acknowledged in domestic and cross-border markets. For nearly four decades, we have been delivering legal services in line with a philosophy that combines a strong focus on our clients’ goals, proven international expertise, and an in-depth understanding of the complexities of the local law, which allows us to offer optimal, timely and practical advice and innovative solutions.

Much more than just legal advisors, we aim to become a strategic partner for each of our clients and to be alongside them across all stages of their business cycle, whether it is in helping prevent potential risks to affect their operations, implementing new business strategies, or successfully tackling either daily or unforeseen legal challenges. Accordingly, the firm covers the key practice areas of law related to business operation, such as banking, construction and real estate, corporate and M&A, data protection, dispute resolution, IP, insurance, labour, life sciences, public law, and taxation, among others.

Despite the wide range of practices integrated into its scope of services, Osterling Abogados maintains the personalised approach in clients’ assistance, and for which it has been so well known since its beginnings. The solid experience of our senior practitioners is balanced in practice by an energetic and committed young team, which ensures sound analysis, strategic approach and creative solutions in addressing sophisticated matters within a dynamic and rapidly changing environment.

The firm advises local and international companies from various industries, including banking, beauty and healthcare, fishery, food, (re)insurance, luxury brands, mining, real estate, retail and technology, among others. Representative clients include Sanofi, Alcon, Mapfre, Gallagher, Grupo Bimbo, Hayduk, Rímac Seguros y Reaseguros, Cabify, Grupo Breca, Mercuria, Nyrstar, Gol TV, Procesadora Sudamericana, Los Portales, among others.

Main areas of practice
Banking, corporate finance and capital markets: The firm has solid expertise in finance and capital market instructions. The team is widely experienced in advising clients for contractual negotiation, asset securitisation, syndicated loans, bonds, secured notes, project finance, and debt roll-over private agreements, among other instructions.

Corporate/mergers and acquisition: Osterling Abogados has extensive experience advising local and international clients in a wide range of instructions, whether transactional or consultancy. The practice group stands out for its remarkable capabilities in handling mergers, acquisitions, spin-offs, joint ventures, divestments and corporate reorganisations. Also, it is well versed in consultancy regarding complex contractual matters, which includes drafting, reviewing and interpretation. In addition, it provides support in an array of non-transactional instructions related to the course of business.

Construction: The firm is regarded among the leading construction teams within the industry. Our practice group advises public and private owners and contractors in addressing all the legal challenges that may arise from the design, development, financing, performance and management of major construction contracts. When disputes occur, our practitioners are exceptionally skilled in settling claims, whether by ADR or arbitration.

Dispute resolution: With our clients’ best interests in mind, our practice group will work for securing the most favourable outcomes at the earliest possible stage of the dispute that they may be dealing with. We are acknowledged as solid litigators, with a high success ratio at all litigation and arbitration scenarios, but also as thoughtful strategists and skilled negotiators. The firm also counts on top-tier arbitrators and legal experts appointed in domestic and international arbitration procedures as part of the bench.

Intellectual property: Well-established practice with a solid reputation and expertise providing high-quality advice on a wide range of IP matters, including patent and trademark prosecution, enforcement, portfolio management, anti-counterfeiting, and litigation, whether administrative or judicial. The crew stands out because of its in-depth knowledge of applicable regulations, accurate opinions, and tailored service. Firmly focused in pharmaceutical, beauty and fashion, the client roster includes market-leading names such as GSK, Sanofi, L’oreal, Harley Davidson, Rimac Seguros, Prosegur –to mention a few–, but also consists of a wide range of domestic and multinational clients from several other industries.

Insurance and reinsurance: Our practice group has been recognised as the undisputed market leader for far longer by both clients and peers. It comprises all aspects of the (re)insurance practice: incorporation, underwriting, distribution, claims, regulatory affairs, dispute resolution, among others. Our integrated view, responsiveness, accurate advice, technical proficiency and sound knowledge of the law and regulations are praised by clients, among of which we retain significant players, such as Rimac Seguros, A.J. Gallagher, Mapfre Global, La Positiva, Apeseg, Allianz, Qbe, Zurich, Starstone, among others.

Life sciences: The firm provides advice on regulatory matters for the pharmaceutical, veterinary, cosmetic and food sectors. Our team has broad experience defending claims and proceedings with the Peruvian Environmental Health and Food Safety Agency. We also advise leading pharmaceutical laboratories for performing clinical trials within the framework of current legislation.

Labour and employment: We provide comprehensive advice to protect our client’s interests when it comes to the legal aspects relating to human resources management. The practice group covers all labour and employment law fields, including preventive advice, labour policy-making, collective bargaining processes, safety and occupational health matters, immigration procedures and permits, and dispute resolution, either through ADR or litigation.

Public law: A highly integrated team with a solid reputation as reliable advisors on public bidding and procurement, complex regulatory issues, and administrative litigation. The practice brings together the experience of senior-level practitioners who excel in public law matters and critical specialities, such as (re)insurance, dispute resolution, extractive industries, and construction, among others. This added value allows them to provide precise advice on administrative and regulatory matters, but without losing sight of the particularities of the industry in which the clients develop their businesses.

Real estate: The firm has extensive experience handling real estate mandates and disputes drawn mainly from the mining sector. Said expertise has been capitalised by gathering a very specialised team for providing suitable solutions for development, construction and acquisition matters. Depending on the complexities of each mandate, we brought other specialists on board, which assure the most comprehensive advice for every case.

Tax: An endless search for value-added solutions that better fit our clients’ goals best describes the core of the practice group. Our practitioners stand out as per their expertise in a full spectrum of taxation matters that include tax planning, audits, customs and instructions relating to daily tax management. They also work closely with the corporate team in structuring complex transactions from a tax perspective. The firm also holds a 92% success rate in tax litigation for the last seven years.

Lawyer Profiles

Photo	Name	Position	Profile
	ARY ALCÁNTARA	Ary Alcántara is head partner of Osterling Abogados. Leads the Labour practice…	View Profile
	FERNANDO ALLASI	Senior associate	View Profile
	FIORELLA CHIABRA	Associate	View Profile
	JOYCE CIEZA	Joyce Cieza partner of Osterling Abogados. Member the Labour practice area.	View Profile
	JOSÉ DEL CASTILLO	Partner. Head of the Tax practice group	View Profile
	GONZALO ECHEVARRIA	Senior associate	View Profile
	ENRIQUE FERRANDO	Managing partner. He heads the Insurance & Reinsurance, Dispute Resolution, and Corporate…	View Profile
	Malgorzata (Gosia) Judkiewicz-Garvan	Senior associate	View Profile
	GABRIEL LOLI	Partner. Co-head of the Insurance & Reinsurance practice group	View Profile
	MAURICIO MARTÍNEZ	Partner. Head of Litigation.	View Profile
	RABETH PAREJA	Senior associate	View Profile
	ANGELLO RIVERA	Senior Associate	View Profile
	XIMENA SOUZA-FERREIRA	Head of the Life Sciences practice group and co-head of  the Intellectual…	View Profile
	ARTURO TELLO	Senior Partner and head of the IP and Competition practice group.	View Profile
	IBETH TORRES	Senior associate	View Profile

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