About

Following a successful private practice career, during which she operated at associate and senior associate level for the Estudio Grau, Hernández & Rosselló and Hernández & Cía law firms respectively, Gianina Gotuzzo Oliva made the transition to in-house legal work in 2010. At this time she moved to Intercorp Group and has been with entities of the group of companies ever since. Now general counsel for Inteligo Group and Inteligo SAB, Gotuzzo provides some insight into the highlights of her time as an in-house counsel: ‘During the past seven years as an in-house lawyer I have led several key transactions at Intercorp Group. One of these was the IPO of InRetail Peru Corporation, in which I had to work with several CEOs of different companies since InRetail Peru is the holding company of all the companies we have in the retail sector. I also led the in-house team for refinancing three bonds we had in the market and the issuance of three new secured notes in the international market under Rule 144A/Reg S. These transactions gave me the opportunity to demonstrate my organisational and leading skills as well as the recognition of my peers and superiors’. Alongside this, she has had a tangible effect on the development of the legal function as a whole at the company. ‘Upon joining’, she explains, ‘I started doing due diligence on what I received from the former general counsel, and started having weekly meetings to follow up all the pending issues with different areas. With the help of human resources we developed a training plan for the employees, first understanding the FAQ’s of each area and giving them training lectures, or preparing videos with key legal information needed for their everyday work. As head of the legal area we give expert advice and timely solutions to our internal clients, focusing on preventing and managing the legal risks of the company’.