Practice Expertise
- Restructuring and Insolvency
Areas of Practice
- Restructuring and Insolvency
- Banking and Finance
- Insurance and Reinsurance
- Mergers and Acquisitions
WSG Practice Industries
WSG Leadership
- Insurance/Re-Insurance Group - Member
Profile
Guillermo Puelles specializes in restructuring, insolvency and liquidation of
corporations, mergers & acquisitions, corporate finance, global insurance
practice (regulatory and handling of claims and coverage matters), finance and
insurance in the aviation field and antitrust.
He leads the practice of Restructuring and Insolvency as well as Insurance
(regulation, claims handling and coverage matters) and also dedicates to
finance, insurance and regulation in Aviation matters. He also has experience in
antitrust and consumer protection matters and administrative litigation.
He assists clients in corporate finance and mergers & acquisitions deals with
special focus en corporations in crisis, and private or public liquidation
procedures and insolvency and restructuring proceedings. He actively
participates representing major creditors and relevant debtors in the most
important insolvency cases in Peru.
He was appointed by the World Bank to prepare the Peruvian Chapter of a report
on insolvency and creditors' rights for a global survey done in 2010. He is the
only Peruvian member of the prestigious International Insolvency Institute.
In the insurance field, he advises both insurance and reinsurance companies in
regulatory, civil and corporate matters, with special focus in the handling and
dispute of claims and coverage issues, aviation insurance and reinsurance
litigation, supervision and investigation proceedings by the Superintendence of
Banks and Insurance (“SBS”), among others.
Guillermo has worked in the National Institute for the Defense of Competition
and Protection of Intellectual Property (INDECOPI). He has been a professor of
Civil Law at Universidad del Pacífico, and has taught Bankruptcy Law in
graduate programs of the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (2008) and
Universidad de Piura (2014). He was appointed by INDECOPI to write and
publish the book “Insolvency Proceedings” as part of the 20th anniversary
collection of such institution (bankruptcy regulator) and also has diverse
academic publications in his fields of practice.
corporations, mergers & acquisitions, corporate finance, global insurance
practice (regulatory and handling of claims and coverage matters), finance and
insurance in the aviation field and antitrust.
He leads the practice of Restructuring and Insolvency as well as Insurance
(regulation, claims handling and coverage matters) and also dedicates to
finance, insurance and regulation in Aviation matters. He also has experience in
antitrust and consumer protection matters and administrative litigation.
He assists clients in corporate finance and mergers & acquisitions deals with
special focus en corporations in crisis, and private or public liquidation
procedures and insolvency and restructuring proceedings. He actively
participates representing major creditors and relevant debtors in the most
important insolvency cases in Peru.
He was appointed by the World Bank to prepare the Peruvian Chapter of a report
on insolvency and creditors' rights for a global survey done in 2010. He is the
only Peruvian member of the prestigious International Insolvency Institute.
In the insurance field, he advises both insurance and reinsurance companies in
regulatory, civil and corporate matters, with special focus in the handling and
dispute of claims and coverage issues, aviation insurance and reinsurance
litigation, supervision and investigation proceedings by the Superintendence of
Banks and Insurance (“SBS”), among others.
Guillermo has worked in the National Institute for the Defense of Competition
and Protection of Intellectual Property (INDECOPI). He has been a professor of
Civil Law at Universidad del Pacífico, and has taught Bankruptcy Law in
graduate programs of the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (2008) and
Universidad de Piura (2014). He was appointed by INDECOPI to write and
publish the book “Insolvency Proceedings” as part of the 20th anniversary
collection of such institution (bankruptcy regulator) and also has diverse
academic publications in his fields of practice.
Bar Admissions
Callao Bar Association
International Insolvency Institute
Education
Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru - Lawyer (1998)
University of Virginia - LL.M. (2004)
Areas of Practice
- Restructuring and Insolvency
- Banking and Finance
- Insurance and Reinsurance
- Mergers and Acquisitions
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