Laura Francia

Practice Areas

- Environmental

- Public Law

- Real Estate

Career

Laura is a lawyer specialized in Public and Administrative Law. She has thorough knowledge on governmental relationships, public entities competitiveness and resolution of disputes that hinder or delay private investment. She led the Administrative Law Department of a Peruvian law firm for four years, where she acquired extensive experience in all types of administrative proceedings.

Laura collaborated to boost private clients’ projects as well as projects of the Ministry of Transport and Communications and ProInversion. She is also experienced in real estate, environmental and urban planning law, representing both private and state-owned companies. Since 2018, she has been a Blogger for the Prometheo-CDA legal portal, and she writes articles about Construction Planning and Infrastructure.

Nowadays, she is a Professor of Administrative Law at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru and Second Specialty Program in Administrative Law at the same university, among others.

Professional Memberships

Member of the Peruvian Institute of Urban Law - IPDU.

Member of the National Association of Administrative Law.

Member of THEMIS, Law Magazine edited by students of the PUCP.

Member of the Environmental Law Workshop of the PUCP Faculty.

Publications

Participated as Juror in the first Administrative Law MOOT organized by the Law Federate Center of the PUCP and the Administrative Law Research Group - GIDA, in December 2018.

Participated as Speaker in the Administrative Law Update Seminar organized by the Administrative Law Circle - CDA of the PUCP, in December 2018.

“What if more restrictions are imposed through Usage Indexes?” Advocatus, Journal edited by the students of the University of Lima. No. 33 Real Estate Law (Lima 2017).

"Urban use transfers as a management mechanism to obtain free non-residential lands and to compensate green area deficit." Published in: Urban Development Law and Environment Journal” (Spain, 2015. No. 297, Year No. 49. Administrative Law Circle Journal - CDA No. 14 Real Estate Law and Land Regulations (Lima, 2014).

Participated as Speaker in the Municipal Law Seminar organized by the CDA of the PUCP (September 2010).

“General considerations and scope of Peru’s environmental supervision.” Administrative Law Circle Journal - CDA No. 6 Real Estate Law (Lima, 2008).

Participated as Speaker in the Second, Third and Sixth National Administrative Law Congress.

“Pro Bono work in Peru.” Essay Compilation: Attorney’s Ethics and Professional Liability, Ius et veritas. Lima, 2008.

Personal

Second Specialization Program on Administrative Law, PUCP 2019.

Supervisory Body of Investments in Public Transport Infrastructure – OSITRAN. Administrative Law I Teacher in University Extension Courses XV and XVI on Regulation of Public Transportation Infrastructure, January 2018 and January 2019.

Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru, Second Specialization Program on Administrative Law, April 2018 – May 2018.

Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru. Assistant Professor in the Urban Development Law Course, 2016.

Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru. Assistant Professor in the Administrative Law Integration Seminar (2008-2010).

Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, School of Post Graduate Studies, Economics and Administrative Law - License regime, August 2010 - August 2011.