Santiváñez Abogados

Santiváñez Law Firm was founded in 1964 in Piura, began operating as a national firm since 2005 and opened its independent Lima office in 2009. The firm has experienced permanent organic growth and has benefited greatly from integration with specialized boutique firms, most notably Energy Partners in 2011, an energy and infrastructure firm serving government and state-owned companies, and Capella & Delgado in 2013, a boutique for blue-chip clients specializing in labor law, labor tax and occupational health and safety.

The firm has 30 lawyers at its offices in Lima (23) and Piura (7) and has evolved into one of the most dynamic and specialized law firms in Peru, combining more than 50 years of professional experience with highly specialized industry and sector-oriented practices, adding a personalized -boutique standard- service, that has created strong relationships with clients for several decades.

Professional ethics, transparency, diversity and meritocracy are the core values of our firm, the means used in our daily activities are equally important to the objectives and results. This is greatly valued by our clients, either, national or transnational, governmental or private. 

The attorneys of the firm have been trained in the best universities of Peru, Europe and the USA, and have earned significant domestic and cross-border experience in all the areas of practice required by a dynamic and globalized economy, including: corporate and M&A; labour, safety and health; taxation; project development and finance; concessions and public works; regulation and antitrust; energy and natural resources; environment and climate change; litigation, dispute resolution and arbitration; among others.

Our firm has become a hub of business opportunities for our clients and a strategic partner for the development and execution of new ventures and projects.

Some key facts of our firm and clients: 51% of the firm’s total staff is female; 90% under 55; 44% of the Lima office staff were born in the provinces of Peru and 27% descend from migrants; our work load is divided in 36% cross-border matters for international clients, 34% domestic matters for local and international private clients, and 30% domestic matters for governmental bodies or state owned companies; the total assets under management of our clients -including pension, sovereign and private fund managers- exceed US$1,670bn; our local clients include 20 of Peru’s 50 largest companies by revenue; and, our international clients come from over 30 different countries.

Relevant statistics of our firm’s experience of the past 5 years: over US$5.6bn in M&A; over US$12bn in corporate and project financing; over US$5.8bn in BOOT concessions; over US$2bn in arbitration; over 4,000 MW of generation concessions; over 4,500 MW of power purchase agreements.