Estudio Olaechea is committed to high-quality, creative and effective legal assistance, sensitive to the particular needs of every client.
Founded in 1878, the firm is one of the largest and most prestigious law firms in Peru. For more than 140 years, it has provided practical and innovative solutions in a timely and efficient manner to a broad base of local and international clients.
Estudio Olaechea is an independent, full-service law firm, dedicated to providing legal services to companies, financial institutions and individuals seeking the highest professional standards in Peru. The firm particularly enjoys national and international prominence in the areas of: concessions, corporate work, finance; mergers and acquisitions; litigation; securities; and taxation.
It represents buyers, sellers, investors, shareholders’ groups and financial advisers in structuring, negotiating, and consummating complex domestic and international business combinations and other commercial transactions.
The firm has assisted many leading transnational companies in establishing and performing their businesses in Peru with first-class legal services. It has longstanding and valued professional relationships with banks, financial institutions and industries representing customers from all around the world.
As a policy, Estudio Olaechea has a teamwork approach from a broad and interdisciplinary perspective to achieve careful budgeting and strict cost controls. The firm encourages this strategy when necessary, often combining legal and business skills to develop constructive and pragmatic solutions. All of the firm’s lawyers and permanent staff are fluent in English and Spanish, and some of them are also fluent in French, German, Italian, Russian and Portuguese. Its professionals have worked, studied and /or lived abroad and are familiar with international business customs and legal working schemes. Currently, the firm is composed of 81 high-level lawyers (16 partners and 65 associates) and 20 top law school students who are being trained at the firm.
The firm has always participated in pro bono activities by legally assisting social entrepreneurs and religious, cultural, charitable and sports organizations. Its members advise and honor several national and foreign institutions devoted to fostering general well-being. Finally, Estudio Olaechea has implemented state-of-the-art technology, which is constantly updated.
The firm’s general practice areas include, among others:
- Administrative law
- Admiralty
- Advertising
- Agency, antitrust and competition
- Arbitration
- Aviation and aviation financing
- Banking and financing
- Capital markets
- Civil law and contracts
- Competition
- Compliance
- Construction
- Corporate and commercial law
- Corporate restructuring and bankruptcy
- Criminal law
- Customs
- Distribution and franchise
- Energy
- Environmental
- Investment
- Insurance
- Intellectual property
- International law
- International trade
- Internet and e-commerce
- Labor and immigration
- Litigation and dispute resolution
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Mining
- Oil and gas
- Product liability
- Project finance
- Real estate
- Regulatory matters
- Taxation
- Transportation
- Water management and treatment
- White collar defense
