Ina María Drago Ludowieg
Latin America Guide 2025
Band 3 : Energy & Natural Resources: Mining
Band 3
About
Provided by Ina María Drago Ludowieg
Practice Areas
• Environment and climate change
• Mining
• Oil and gas
Career
Ina Drago is an expert in advising companies engaging in the exploitation of natural resources on obtaining financing and on acquiring and selling companies, assets and shares. She advises on all the legal aspects of implementing and operating projects, including acquiring land, obtaining permits and licenses, signing contracts, sponsorship in administrative procedures, and defending clients in sanctioning proceedings.
She also advises companies in productive sectors, including agroindustry, electricity, manufacturing, hydrocarbon, mining and fishing on designing and implementing environmental management strategies for environmental prevention, mitigation, remediation and compensation in the management of administrative proceedings to obtain all types of permits and licenses; as well as defending clients in administrative proceedings.
Professional Memberships
Ina is a member of the Lima Bar Association.
Publications
She has written several articles and publications on natural resources and the environment.
Personal
She lectures on mining law at Universidad de Lima, and previously she lectured on the course on natural resources at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú.
Work Highlights
Her experience includes:
• Assisting a mining company with identifying all legal obligations applicable to the four main components of its projects.
• Advising on the developing of an important mining project in Peru, including on managing over 200 mining properties; preparing a permit strategy, issuing several legal opinions on mining, environmental and other legal matters.
Languages Spoken
Spanish, English.
Education
Columbia University School of Law, New York
Master of Laws
2010
Universidad de Lima, Peru
Bachelor of Laws (summa cum laude)
2005
Chambers Review
Latin America
Ina María Drago Ludowieg of Cuatrecasas continues to show a significant practice within the mining market in Peru and is endorsed by interviewees due to her negotiating skills.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Ina María Drago Ludowieg's key strength is her good knowledge of the mining sector, as well as her availability and quick responses."
"Ina María Drago Ludowieg's key strength is her good knowledge of the mining sector, as well as her availability and quick responses."
Articles, highlights and press releases
2 items provided by Cuatrecasas
A family-owned privately held Peruvian company
We advised our client in connection with the granting of an option to acquire several mining concessions to Hudbay Peru (a subsidiary of Hudbay Minerals Inc.) near Hudbay’s Constancia Mine.
We advised Trevali Mining Corporation in obtaining a US$160 million senior secured term loan and a US$30million senior secured revolving working capital loan granted by The Bank of Nova Scotia and SG Americas Securities LLC
A family-owned privately held Peruvian company
We advised our client in connection with the granting of an option to acquire several mining concessions to Hudbay Peru (a subsidiary of Hudbay Minerals Inc.) near Hudbay’s Constancia Mine.
We advised Trevali Mining Corporation in obtaining a US$160 million senior secured term loan and a US$30million senior secured revolving working capital loan granted by The Bank of Nova Scotia and SG Americas Securities LLC