Zita Aguilera Becerril

Practice Areas

Competitive Bidding

Concessions and PPP's

Projects in Assets

Public Law

Works for Taxes

Career

Zita Aguilera provides expert legal advice on public procurement matters to both state agencies and private companies, for the execution of infrastructure projects (public works and public-private partnership agreements), as well as for the procurement of goods and services. She has considerable experience in drafting and negotiating State-to-State agreements, which implement technical assistance services through PMO, and international contracts, such as FIDIC, NEC, and with BIM methodology.

She also provides advice on administrative sanctioning proceedings, administrative appeals, government control processes, and dispute resolution and prevention mechanisms, such as Dispute Boards, conciliation and arbitration.

Professional Memberships

Member of the Peruvian Society of Construction Law.

Arbiter of the Arbitration Center of the American Chamber of Commerce of Peru (AmCham).

Arbiter of the Arbitration Center of the Lima Bar Association.

Arbiter of the Arbitration and Dispute Resolution Center - Ankawa International (CARD-AI).

Adjudicator of the Arbitration and Dispute Resolution Center - Ankawa International (CARD-AI).

La Libertad Bar Association. 1999.

Publications

Book: Legal aspects of government contracting. Collection "The essential of the Right". Editorial Fund of the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. (Co–author with Juan Carlos Moron Urbina), 2017.

Article "Corruption in Public Procurement." In book "Administrative Law as an instrument for the citizen," Memories of Administrative Law VIII Congress. Palestra Editores (2018)

The subsidiary application of regulations in Public procurement arbitrations." In journal "Current Trends in Public Procurement," published by Gaceta Jurídica (2018)

The Conventional Modification of Administrative Contracts. In "Current Trends in Public Procurement". Edit. Legal Gazette. (Co–author), 2014.

The principles of informalism and material truth in the selection processes, analyzed by the Supreme Court of Justice. Dialogue with Jurisprudence. Legal Gazette, 2012.

Risks in public works contracts. Legal News Magazine. Edit. Legal Gazette, June 2012.

Article: "Is the State Prepared for the D.U. Nº054? Peru Construye Magazine, September 2011.

Sanctioning Administrative Procedures in State Contractings, Revista Peruana de Derecho de la Empresa; Num. 69, September, 2011.

Compendium of Papers of the IV National Congress of Administrative Law: Modernizing the State for a better country, edit Palestra, April 2010.

Manual of Administrative Training; Gaceta Juridica; First Edition; January 2010.

Processes of Selection: Are Saturdays and Sundays Included? Actualidad Juridica Magazine. Edit. Gaceta Juridica, Num. 192 – November 2009.

Bulletin specializing in public contracting: Contracting. Commentaries to the Regime of Guarantees, October 2009.

Decrees of Urgency and the Special Procedures of Selection: When the Exception Turns into the Rule. Actualidad Juridica. Edit. Gazeta Juridica, Num. 189 – August 2009.

New Processes of Selection of Suppliers, El Peruano. August 2009

Principal Modifications in the Matter of Public Contracting: Promoting the Execution of Public Works? Especially for the Revista Juridica del Peru, Numero 96 – February 2009.

Personal

Teacher in the Specialization Program for Corporate Law Executives in the course "Arbitration in Public Procurement" (post–graduate), ESAN University, 2016, 2017.

Teacher of the course "Administrative Law" (pre–degree), Universidad San Martín de Porres, (two semesters), 2015.

Teacher – Diploma in Management and Supervision of Work Contracts, with the course "Contracts of public works" (Post–Graduate School), ESAN University, from March 13, 2015 to April 18, 2015.

Teacher of the Course "Procedure and Execution of Public Works", University of Lima from August 10 to 28, 2015.

Assistant Professor of Administrative Law Course I (pre–degree), Pontifical Catholic University of Peru; 2013, 2014 and 2015.

Teacher of the Course "Public Contracting applied in Works", University of Lima. 2014 and 2013.

Teacher of the Course of General Administrative Procedure and Special Administrative Procedures, in the Diploma of Specialization in Administrative Law. ESAN University, from January 12, 2014 to February 9, 2014 and from September 1, 2015 to September 15, 2013.

Teacher of the Course "Management of Public Procurement"; Lima University; from June 26, 2013 to July 15, 2013.