Payet, Rey, Cauvi, Pérez Abogados

Founded in 1996, Payet, Rey, Cauvi, Pérez Abogados is regarded as one of the most important law firms in the country, with significant experience and a proven track-record in providing services of the highest added value in the various areas of the law related to corporate activity.

Practice Areas
Corporate/M&A: Our practice is recognized for advising clients at all stages of a company's development, from incorporation and governance to commercial operations, mergers, acquisitions, and asset restructuring. Our team represents a wide range of local and international companies, private equity firms, financial institutions, and investment banks across various sectors, and frequently participates in the most significant cross-border and transnational transactions in the market, including spin-offs, asset transfers, and acquisitions. With in-depth knowledge of local legislation and international standards, we offer innovative, high-quality solutions from a commercial, tax, and regulatory perspective, positioning us among the leading M&A firms in the country.

Capital markets: Our practice advises structuring entities, placement agents, investment banks, issuers, and institutional investors on securities issuance programs, public and private offerings, and placement processes in local and international markets. Our work includes structuring securitization trusts, investment funds, and real estate investment vehicles (FIRBI and FIBRA), as well as advising pension funds and insurance companies on eligibility processes for such investments and alternative instruments abroad. We participate in a wide range of public offerings and provide ongoing advice to key market players on sanctioning procedures and compliance with critical regulatory requirements.

Finance: Our practice advises lenders and borrowers on domestic and international transactions across the full range of debt products, including corporate loans, financial leasing, revolving credit, bridge loans, acquisition financing, and project financing. With extensive experience in structuring and executing complex financial agreements, we apply a business-oriented approach tailored to client needs. We work with leading local and international financial institutions, development banks, multilateral organizations, private equity sponsors, credit providers, and corporate borrowers, providing advice across a range of sectors, including energy, mining, industrial, fishing, agribusiness, real estate, retail, and financial services.

Dispute Resolution: Our practice represents foreign and local clients in high-stakes civil, commercial, corporate, regulatory, and compliance disputes, including major litigation and arbitration matters involving corporate and shareholder disputes, business recovery, insolvency, insurance, contract enforcement, civil liability, and damages. With experience in sectors such as banking, energy, financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, real estate, retail, technology, and telecommunications, our team offers creative, results-oriented advice tailored to each client's strategic objectives.

Competition: Our leading competition and antitrust practice, consistently ranked as the best in Peru, provides advice across a range of sectors, including energy, telecommunications, financial services, healthcare, construction, technology, retail, and others. With a proven track record in significant administrative sanctions and leniency cases, we handle matters such as price collusion, restrictive practices, refusals to deal, excessive pricing, barriers to entry, and exclusivity agreements. Recognized for our expertise in merger control, we advise domestic and international companies on key pre-approval processes, coordinating strategies with corporate teams and global firms to achieve satisfactory results.

Consumer Law: We have the most comprehensive consumer protection practice among full-service firms in Peru, advising local and international clients on regulatory compliance, ongoing legal advice, product recalls, large-scale consumer claims, and litigation, including class actions. We have successfully represented clients in landmark cases and investigations in sectors such as retail, construction, food and beverage, telecommunications, automotive, real estate, financial services, healthcare, insurance, education, transportation, e-commerce, and pharmaceuticals. Our experience in implementing and auditing consumer protection compliance programs enables us to design and manage effective solutions for companies around the world.

Environment: We offer comprehensive preventive and strategic advice on environmental matters, from project design and business strategy to closure, covering transactions, financing, regulatory compliance, administrative sanctioning procedures, and litigation. With in-depth knowledge of local regulations, international standards, and the technical and social aspects of various productive sectors, we help clients identify and mitigate environmental and social risks, guide them through environmental studies, and develop effective regulatory compliance strategies. We also advise financial institutions on assessing such risks in their operations and creating standards for green, sustainable, and social financing instruments.

Projects: We advise our clients at every stage of a project, from planning and legal structuring to financing, development, operation, and potential sale. In the infrastructure sector, we advise investors on bidding processes for concessions, privatizations, unsolicited proposals, public-private partnerships, and related contracts, covering projects such as ports, oil pipelines, airports, transmission lines, mines, and dams.

Tax: the tax practice is mainly focused on tax planning and consulting, special tax audit assignments and representation before tax and customs authorities. The department has particularly relevant expertise in M&A transactions, regularly counseling on the most suitable and business-oriented tax schemes to successfully structure and implement these types of transactions. The firm also has important experience providing advice on, and enforcing, tax benefits applicable to investors and to the recipient companies of such investments.

Labor: Our practice advises companies under general and special labor regimes on hiring, employment contracts, policies, labor relations, subcontracting, and decentralization, ensuring compliance with labor, tax, social security, and occupational safety regulations. We design prevention programs, provide training, and represent our clients in collective bargaining, arbitration, inspections, and legal proceedings. In terms of immigration, we provide assistance in all stages of hiring foreign workers, from visas and contracts to residency and family relocation to Peru.

Compliance: As leaders in regulatory compliance in Peru, we offer comprehensive and customized services to prevent and mitigate cross-cutting risks in areas such as criminal law, competition, consumer protection, advertising, labor, environmental, and data privacy. Our experience includes audits, forensic reviews, and internal investigations using advanced software and e-discovery tools to identify critical risks in a timely manner. We have successfully advised local and international companies in various sectors, including mining, construction, fishing, pharmaceuticals, consumer goods, and cosmetics.

Mining: We advise local and foreign mining companies at all stages, from exploration to closure, on regulatory, environmental, property title, and surface rights issues. We handle permits, certifications, industry-specific contracts, and representation before authorities, as well as mining-related mergers and acquisitions, financing, and capital markets. Our comprehensive service approach also covers taxation, compliance with labor and safety regulations, regulatory issues, defense in environmental or labor cases, and specialized mining litigation.

White-Collar Crime: We advise companies, executives, and individuals on white-collar crime and corporate crime defense, covering all stages of litigation, criminal regulatory compliance, and the prevention of crimes such as money laundering and corruption. We provide legal opinions on the potential criminal implications of business activities and have represented leading banks and major mining and industrial companies. Combining our academic and practical experience, and with the support of a network of provincial lawyers, we offer nationwide coverage to clients with operations throughout Peru.