Energy & Natural Resources: Mining
Latin America Guide 2025 : Peru
Band 3
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Provided by Baker McKenzie
We advise on the structuring of investment projects and in the organization of mining activity companies, as well as on the negotiation and execution of every type of agreements and operations related to mining exploration and exploitation, as well as the commercialization of products.
Our advice include every relevant aspect on the governing laws: mining documents, land acquisitions, use of water, tax benefit regime for investment, mining safety and occupational health, environment, compliance of obligations, and labor regulations.
We act main legal counselors and members of boards of directors of mining companies, as well as in several project finance transactions of mining projects among which there are the most important developed in this sector.
Chambers Review
Estudio Echecopar - Baker McKenzie is a high-quality firm with an international network showing skills in a wide array of mining mandates, including administrative procedures, mining concessions and acquisitions. The team is also well equipped to handle regulatory matters and mining-related environmental permits.
Work Highlights
- Estudio Echecopar advised Maria Reyna on all its mining matters, including a renegotiation of an option agreement with Hudbay for the potential acquisition of mining concessions.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Estudio Echecopar has provided us with amazing legal advice, demonstrating that they know not only the Peruvian legal framework but also the mining industry."
"Estudio Echecopar has provided us with amazing legal advice, demonstrating that they know not only the Peruvian legal framework but also the mining industry."
Notable Practitioners
Leading partner Valentín Paniagua Jara is an esteemed lawyer who is praisedby interviewees for his experience in the Peruvian mining market advising on regulatory and transactional matters.
"Valentín is a lawyer who likes to think outside the box, providing us with creative solutions."
"Valentín Paniagua Jara is vastly capable. He knows the market very well and I am hugely satisfied with his service."