Mrs Cecilia Gonzáles > Payet, Rey, Cauvi, Pérez Abogados > Lima, Peru > Lawyer Profile
Payet, Rey, Cauvi, Pérez Abogados Offices
VÍCTOR A. BELAÚNDE 147
TORRE TRES, PISO 12
SAN ISIDRO, LIMA
Peru
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Mrs Cecilia Gonzáles
Position
Partner
Career
Cecilia is Partner of the firm and a prominent corporate, mergers and acquisitions, and regulatory lawyer specialized in natural resources and extractive industries. With a longstanding career and years of experience, Cecilia is considered one of the top references in the Peruvian mining sector and has earned international prestige.
Cecilia has unparalleled experience in mining contracting, advising on environmental and social requirements related to the development of exploration and exploitation projects, as well as in mining procedures for obtaining concessions and state reform in the mining sector. Cecilia is frequently involved in major cross-border transactions in the mining sector and handles tax and regulatory matters and project planning for local and international clients.
Additionally, she has participated in most, if not all, of the privatization processes of mining or mining-related assets carried out by the Peruvian State, advising foreign investors. She currently represents mining companies involved in important investment projects in Peru, Ecuador, Argentina and Chile.
Cecilia is a regular speaker at local and international events such as, the Latin American Yearbook of Mining Law – Legal Foundations of the Mining Sector in Latin America organized by the Colombian Mining Association and the Externado University of Colombia.
Languages
Spanish & Peru
Memberships
The Foundation for Natural Resources and Energy Law
International Mining Professionals Society
Scottish International Resource Program
Education
- Master of Laws in Natural Resources and Mining Policy, University of Dundee, Center for Energy, Petroleum, Mineral Law and Policy (United Kingdom)
- Postgraduate in Legislation and Contracting in Oil, Gas and Mining Resources, International Development Law Institute – IDLI (Italy)
- LL. B., University of Lima
Lawyer Rankings
Peru > Energy and natural resources > Mining
(Hall of Fame)In a remarkable coup, Payet, Rey, Cauvi, Pérez Abogados hired virtually the entirety of CMS Grau‘s mining team in October 2023, welcoming practice head Cecilia Gonzáles
(corporate, M&A and regulatory matters pertaining to the natural resources and the extractive industries) and a group consisting of: Raúl Ferreryra (who brings corporate, IP, tax and real estate-side expertise to the practice); counsel Liliana Pautrat (who is active in the exploration, exploitation, processing and transport segments of the mining industry, and has a focus on regulatory matters); and four associates. They join a team which had already established a relevant footprint in the sector (particularly on the financing side) under the leadership of partner José Cúneo (with support from environmental specialist Vanessa Chávarry -who was raised to the partnership in December 2022- and counsel Ángel Chávez). While it remains to see how this significant group hire will settle at it new home, the combined group not only has capability in the transactional and financing aspects of the practice, but also expertise across areas including titling and real estate, environmental and social issues, administrative matters, regulatory compliance, project development and construction, and tax and labour issues; as such, it looks likely to boost the firm to key player-status in the sector.
Lawyer Rankings
- Hall of Fame Peru > Energy and natural resources > Mining
- Mining Peru > Energy and natural resources
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Competition and antitrust
- Compliance
- Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution: Arbitration
- TMT (Technology, media and telecoms)