Under the guidance of Mauricio Raffo, who draws from a wealth of experience in investor-state disputes, the arbitration department at Miranda & Amado frequently serves as lead counsel on local and international landmark cases. Operating across the construction, transportation and telecoms sectors, the team often appears in ICC and ICSID arbitrations. José Daniel Amado is reputed as a well-versed international arbitration practitioner, while Cristina Ferraro concentrates on investment and commercial arbitration, primarily within the energy and mining industries. Luis Alonso Navarro, who was promoted to the partnership in January 2022, handles investor-state arbitration.
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Partner
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Mauricio leads the firm’s dispute resolution team. His practice focuses on litigation and arbitration, with broad experience in complex regulatory disputes regarding infrastructure and construction projects. He has participated in a variety of important disputes, successfully counseling transnational corporations in more than 100 arbitrations, both domestic and international, under ICC, UNCITRAL, ICSID, CCL, AMCHAM and PUCP rules, among others, as well as in more than 500 judicial, commercial, civil, contentious-administrative and constitutional proceedings. He has been recognized as a market-leading lawyer, both in arbitration and litigation matters, by the most prestigious international publications. He is a member of Peru’s ICC Arbitration Committee and a partner at Club Español del Arbitraje, and is among the List of Arbitrators of the Lima Chamber of Commerce. Mauricio has served as professor of Procedural Law at Universidad de Lima from 2000 to 2012, Universidad del Pacífico from 2011 to 2012, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (2006) and Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas – UPC from 2002 to 2004. Likewise, in 2007, he was a professor in the Master’s Degree Program in Procedural Law and Dispute Resolution at Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas – UPC. He has been a partner at Miranda & Amado since 2005, having joined the firm as an associate in 2003. Prior to that, he was a partner at Estudio Jorge Avendaño V. Abogados from 1998 to 2003, and an associate at Delfino, Pasco, Ísola, Avendaño Abogados from 1996 to 1998. Mauricio is a lawyer from Universidad de Lima.
Languages
English, Spanish
Education
- Universidad de Lima, Lawyer (1996).
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Testimonials
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‘Unique experience in arbitrations involving the Peruvian state.'
‘José Daniel Amado, Cristina Ferraro and Luis Alonso Navarro are great strategists and oralists.'
‘Very solid team in arbitration that works very closely with the specialised areas of the firm, which allows them to have an understanding of the matter subject to controversy.'
‘The M&A arbitration team is the most solid in the market, their advice is always very clear and strategic.'
‘Mauricio Raffo stands out for his quality of their service and tireless support, timely responses and the best advice.'
Key clients
- Redes Andinas de Comunicaciones
- Quanta Services
- Lima Expresa
- APM Terminals Callao
- Banco de la Nación
- CUMBRA Perú
- UNNA TRANSPORTE
- Dessau International
- Grupo Sacyr
Work highlights
Representing APM Terminals Callo as lead counsel in an ICSID arbitration in a case valued at more than $100m.
Representing Redes Andinas de Comunicaciones in two ICC arbitrations against the Republic of Peru.
Advising Quanta Services in an ICSID arbitration proceeding against the Republic of Peru.