Michelle Barclay > CMS Grau > Lima, Peru > Lawyer Profile
CMS Grau Offices
AV. SANTA MARÍA 110
MIRAFLORES
LIMA 18
Peru
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Michelle Barclay
Work Department
Bankruptcy and Restructuring; Corporate/M&A; Projects and International Arbitration
Position
Partner and head of the Bankruptcy and Restructuring area, cohead of Projects and International Arbitration areas. She is a dual-qualified lawyer in New York and Peru.
Career
Michelle is a dual-qualified lawyer in New York and Peru. She specializes in corporate restructuring and cross-border insolvencies, including in and out-of-court restructurings, corporate and bankruptcy liquidations, distressed M&A, bankruptcy takeovers, international projects and arbitrations.
Michelle’s national and international experience allows her to provide expert advice in bankruptcy and corporate restructuring matters, in several M&A transactions and investment projects. She works jointly with international law firms in Chapter 11 and international arbitration cases.
Michelle participates in the development of new bankruptcy legislation. She lectures in diverse webinars regarding insolvency matters and distressed M&A and has monthly publications in main Peruvian newspaper, “El Comercio”.
She worked as permanent associate at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in New York (2001-2003). She has acted as Vice Chair (2008-2010) and Co-Chair (2010-2012) of the IBA´s committee on reorganization & workouts.
Languages
Spanish and English.
Memberships
Lima Bar Association (CAL). Admitted to practice in New York.
Education
Universidad de Lima – Law Degree (1997); New York University School of Law – Master’s Degree in Corporate Law (2001); Stern School of Business (NYU) – Finance seminar (2001).
Lawyer Rankings
Peru > Bankruptcy and restructuring
(Leading individuals)The bankruptcy and restructuring team at CMS Grau is co-led by Michelle Barclay, who has extensive experience in cross-border insolvency, and Victor Farro, who is experienced in local and international insolvency matters involving complex litigation and boasts a 13-year stretch at INDECOPI. The team’s experience spans various industries including finance, mining, energy, consumer products and education, among others, with recent work including assisting an international energy company in bankruptcy-related litigation. The team’s work in large cross-border cases benefits from the use of the firm’s international network. Other names to note for insolvency proceedings include associates Javier Marquez and Ivanna Escala.
Peru > Dispute resolution: Arbitration
The dispute resolution team at CMS Grau is jointly headed by litigation leader Luis Alberto Linan, international arbitration specialist Michelle Barclay, energy and natural resources specialist Carlos Hamann, public arbitrations expert Ramon Huapaya, and Alessandra Cocchella, who was promoted to partner in August 2022. The practice is experienced in assisting clients in both domestic and international arbitration, and utilises the firm’s international network to assist clients in different jurisdictions. Since publication, the practice has been further strengthened with the February 2024 hire of former Estudio Echecopar member firm of Baker McKenzie International principal associate Javier Ferrero as a partner.
Lawyer Rankings
- Bankruptcy and restructuring Peru
- Leading individuals Peru > Bankruptcy and restructuring
- Dispute resolution: Arbitration Peru
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Firm Rankings
- Compliance
- Energy and natural resources > Electricity
- Environment
- Public law and regulation
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution: Arbitration
- Dispute resolution: Litigation
- Labour and employment
- Projects and infrastructure
- Tax
- Dispute resolution: White-collar
- Intellectual property
- TMT (Technology, media and telecoms)
- Energy and natural resources > Mining