Inés Vázquez Vargas

Career

nes Vazquez has more than 15 years of experience in concessions, privatizations and utilities regulation, with emphasis on the electricity sector. She has a solid background in corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, and financing.

Ines has handled several acquisition transactions and sale of companies, as well as assets and shares participations, including mergers, spin-offs, reorganizations and other structures, both domestic and international.

Ines was head of Latin America Power's Legal Department for two years, during which she gained wide experience and was exposed to transactions in multiple jurisdictions. She has worked on privatization and concession procedures in the electric power sector for private clients, as well as in bidding processes of public services concessions in general. She also has experience in construction law, mainly in relation to power infrastructure. Additionally, Ines has contentious and non-contentious construction practice based on domestic and international arbitration, advising both private and state-owned companies.

Ines is a member of Baker McKenzie's Renewable Energy Subcommittee. Several prestigious international publications, such as Chambers & Partners and Legal 500, recognize her work in the power law practice.

Professional Memberships

Executive Director, Revista Peruana de Derecho de la Empresa, 2005 - 2006.

Publications

Presentation before the Energy Trade Mission, organized by the Centre for Latin America Issues (CLAI) of the Embassy of the United States of America in Peru, April 2007.

"Notes on Vertical Integration in the Electricity Sector," published in the Revista Peruana de Derecho de la Empresa No. 62, December 2006.

"Peruvian Electricity Regulations: Service Interruptions and their Classification as Force Majeur," article written jointly with Maria del Carmen Tovar, commenting on the Directive on the Qualification of Force Majeur in the Electricity Sector. Published in the Latin America Energy Report in April 2004.

Personal

Partner, Estudio Echecopar, July 2017 – present.

Principal Associate, Estudio Echecopar, March 2014 – June 2017.

Regional General Counsel, Latin America Power S.A., October 2011 – October 2013.

Senior Associate, Estudio Echecopar, January 2009 – September 2011.

Associate, Estudio Echecopar, January 2003 – December 2008.