On October 30, 2021, Supreme Decree Nº 030-2021-MINAM ("DS030") was published in the Official Gazette "El Peruano", adopting Maximum Permissible Limits ("MPL") for atmospheric emissions from thermoelectric generation activities. The following are some relevant aspects of the standard: The MPLs must be complied with by anyone operating or intending to operate thermoelectric generation units ("TGU") for the electricity and/or in-house use market, with a nominal power equal to or greater than 0.5 MW and using solid, liquid and/or gaseous fuels...
Rodrigo, Elias & Medrano Abogados
Main Contacts

Juan Diego De Vinatea
Partner
Luis Carlos Rodrigo Prado
PartnerOffices
Lima, Peru
Overview
Rodrigo, Elias & Medrano Abogados is a full-service firm with over 33 practice groups, covering all areas of law. All of its teams are recognised as leading practices in the market and regularly participate in the most complex and sophisticated matters, including crossborder deals and international arbitration claims. The firm has represented clients in most major Peruvian projects and transactions in the last five decades, as well as in high caliber legal matters in areas such as antitrust, aviation, banking and finance, bankruptcy and restructuring, corporate and M&A, employment, energy, environmental, infrastructure, insurance, intellectual property, litigation and arbitration, natural resources, privatizations and concessions, project development and finance, real estate, tax and telecommunications, among others. The firm is member of Interlaw, World Services Group and Employment Law Alliance.
Recent Accolades:
The firm was awarded "Latin America Law Firm of the Year 2018 and 2021" and "Law Firm of the Year 2022" in Peru by Chambers and Partners (repeating the award also won in 2020, 2019, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2012 and 2010); "Law Firm of the Year" in Peru by Who'sWho Legal (uninterruptedly since 2006); "Law Firm of the Year 2021" in Peru by IFLR and "Law Firm of the Year 2022" ITR.
Year this Office was Established: 1965
Lawyers Worldwide: 180
Areas of Practice
Representative Clients
Professionals
Partners

Maria del Carmen Alvarado
Partner
Jorge Alvarado
Partner
Hector Alvarez
Partner
Arturo Aza
Partner
Jose Balta
Partner
Francisco Barrios
Partner
Luis Bedoya
Partner
Oscar Benavides
Partner
Diana Briones
Partner
Jenny Caldas
Partner
Francisco Cardenas
Partner
Ernesto Cardenas
Partner
Jose Antonio Caro
Partner
Carlos Carpio
Partner
Italo Carrano
Partner
Renzo Carrasco
Partner
Fabrizio Castellano
Partner
Jean Paul Chabaneix
Partner
Martin Chocano
Partner
Alex Cordova
Partner
Nicolas Cornejo
Partner
Mariella De la Torre
Partner
Juan Diego De Vinatea
Partner
Claudio Ferrero
Partner
Sandro Fuentes
Partner
Julio Guadalupe
Partner
Nydia Guevara
Partner
Raul Hidalgo
Partner
Gonzalo La Torre
Partner
Eduardo Lopez
Partner
Alejandro Manayalle
Partner
Fernando Molina
Partner
Alfonso Montoya
Partner
Alex Morris
Partner
Luis Enrique Palacios
Partner
Mario Pasco Lizarraga
Partner
Guillermo Puelles
Partner
Jose Reano
Partner
Maritza Reategui
Partner
Luis Carlos Rodrigo Prado
Partner
Veronica Sattler
Partner
Hugo Silva
Partner
Jose Talledo
Partner
Jose Tam
Partner
Tulio Tartarini
Partner
Francisco Tong
Partner
Jorge Trelles
Partner
Ramon Vidurrizaga
PartnerOf Counsel

Ursula Ben-Hammou
Counsel
Luis Castillo
Of Counsel
Paul Castritius
Counsel
Augusto Effio
Of Counsel
Andrea Madueno
Counsel
Jorge Perez-Taiman
Counsel
Maria del Rosario Quiroga
Counsel
Ursula Zavala
ConselorAssociates

Paolo Abregu
Associate
Juan Alberto Acuna
Associate
Nicolas Alarcon
Associate
Ximena Aramburu
Associate
Alejandro Araujo
Associate
Francisco Baldeon
Associate
Jesus Bautista
Associate
Silet Becerra
Associate
Nicolas Bellido
Associate
Fatima Benavides
Associate
Ivan Blume
Associate
Adriana Bracamonte
Associate
Sebastian Briceno
Associate
Cyndel Caballero
Associate
Cecilia Canepa
Associate
Isabel Carrascal
Associate
Cesar Carrillo
Associate
Oscar Castillo
Associate
Lourdes Castillo
Associate
Soleil Castro
Associate
Claudia Cermeno
Associate
Luis Alberto Chang
Associate
Gonzalo Chirinos
Associate
Thaisa Clemente
Associate
Luis De la Cruz
Associate
Daniel De la Vega
Associate
Ricardo De Vettor
Associate
Christian Del Carpio
Associate
Braulio Delgado
Associate
Mariana Delgado
Associate
Tomas Denegri
Associate
Carlos Diaz
Associate
Martin Fajardo
Associate
Karen Flores
Associate
Daniel Francisco
Associate
Santiago Freyre
Associate
Sergio Gianotti
Associate
Renato Gil
Associate
Mariana Gonzalez - Prada
Associate
Jose Govea
Associate
Sebastian Heudebert
Associate
Talia Hormaeche
Associate
Andres Hundskopf
Associate
Fiorella Jimenez
Associate
Mayra Jimenez
Associate
Andre Mardini
Associate
Claudia Martinez
Associate
Camila Masini
Associate
Jose Luis Medina
Associate
Maria Angelica Meneses
Associate
Fiorella Monge
Associate
Greta Monge
Associate
Sabrina Montoya
Associate
Diego Morales
Associate
Andrea Morelli
Associate
Jorge Alberto Moreno
Associate
Romulo Munoz
Associate
Paul Nina
Associate
Carolina Noriega
Associate
Solange Noriega
Associate
Julio Olortegui
Associate
Diego Pachas
Associate
Eulogio Pena
Associate
Jean Paul Pinto
Associate
Daniela Rizo Patron
Associate
Luis Fernando Roca
Associate
Lucia Rodrigo
Associate
Renzo Rossi
Associate
Efrain Salazar
Associate
Perla Sanchez
Associate
Hugo Sarria
Associate
Piero Scarafone
Associate
Daniela Supo
Associate
Alejandro Tafur
Associate
Isabel Tello
Associate
Joan Tello
Associate
Micaela Torres
Associate
Sandra Ubillas
Associate
Carla Valdivia
Associate
Danielle Valle
Associate
Sebastian Velarde
Associate
Shary Vergara
Associate
Claudia Vidal
Associate
Crisbeth Vigo
Associate
Maria Victoria Villanueva
Associate
Marco Zaldivar
Associate
Bruno Zanolo
Associate
Armando Zapata
Associate
Jack Zapata
AssociateOther

Cecilia Alarcon
Consultant
Gaspar Flores
Consultant
Richard Inurritegui
Consultant
Ursula Luna
Consultant
Enrique Piedra
Consultant
Carlos Quispe
ConsultantArticles
The Constitutional Court does not apply the second paragraph of Article 5 of the New Code of Constitutional Procedure because it generates defenselessness to the judges of the Judiciary
As it is known, the second paragraph of Article 5 of the New Constitutional Procedure Code (Law 31307) provides that "In constitutional proceedings against judicial decisions, judges or magistrates of the Judiciary are not notified or summoned with the lawsuit". In this regard, the Constitutional Court (TC) in the order issued in Case No...
Press
Rodrigo, Elías & Medrano Abogados Law Firm of the Year: Peru 2015
We are proud to share with all the WSG members the achievement of having been named the 2015 Law Firm in Peru by the prestigious international law publications “International Financial Law Review” (IFLR) and “Who’s Who Legal”, who grant these awards to the leading Law Firm in the most important jurisdictions worldwide: Law Firm of the Year: Peru 2015 Tenth consecutive year since 2006 Law Firm of the Year: Peru 2015 First tier in all categories since 2005 On the year of our 50th anniversary, we want to thank you all once again for your invaluable trust and support throughout these years...
Rodrigo, Elías & Medrano Abogados Advised Minmetals (MMG) on the USD 5.8 Billion Acquisition
Rodrigo, Elías & Medrano Abogados advised Minmetals (MMG) on the US$ 5.8 billion acquisition process of the Las Bambas project from Glencore Xstrata. As the Firm was requested to assist two of the three interest bidders, it was necessary to put together another team of lawyers to advise Chinalco on the same acquisition process of Las Bambas. The two teams were comprised by around 16 lawyers each (involving some of other practice areas), covering different fields of expertise, given the complexity of the matters involved and the scale of the project...