About this office:
Founded in 1981, Estudio Muñiz, Ramírez, Pérez-Taiman & Olaya is an international law firm of 200 attorneys with offices in Lima, Arequipa,Trujillo, Chincha, Ica and Piura in Peru; and, Quito and Guayaquil in Ecuador, maintaining a broad domestic and international practice covering all areas of the law. The firm has significant professional experience in all areas of the law and is the largest full-service firm in Peru.
Many of the firm's attorneys have pursued graduate legal studies in the U.S.A. and Europe and/or have worked as foreign associates at top-tier international law firms. Likewise, several have successfully filled important public and governmental positions, while others serve as professors at the most recognized law schools in Peru.
The firm is focused at developing solid long-term relations with its clients, and it is committed to their success. The firm cannot understand modern legal practice without specialization and a business-oriented mind, coupled with high-quality standards, expertise and creativity. Thanks to this approach, the firm has successfully built up an important client base, which includes many leading companies of the local and international business communities.
For regular clients, the firm appoints an attorney, called "attaché," who liaises between the firm and the client, monitoring the relationship from a client-satisfaction perspective. The firm strongly believes in team-work, for which, when so required by the nature of a given case, the participation of attorneys from all needed specialized areas is arranged, assuring that the client's needs are adequately addressed on an interdisciplinary, uninterrupted and personal basis. The firm renders its legal services to its clients using the most advanced computer and communication technology.
Statement of Practice Summary:
Agribusiness, Banking and Insurance, Capital Markets and Project Finance, Bankruptcy and Corporate Workout, Bidding Processes, Competition, Concessions and Private Investments, Corporation and Business Law, Criminal Law, Dispute and Conflict Resolution, Electric Power, Energy and Mines, Environment and Native Communities, Fisheries, Foreign Trade, Intellectual Property, International Arbitration, Labour Law and Social Security, Mergers and Acquisitions, Municipal and Administrative Law, Oil and Gas, Pension, Real State and Legal Validation of Infrastructure, Tax, Telecommunications and e-Commerce, Tourism and Hospitality Industry, and Transportation Law.
Year Established: 1981
Representative Clients:
Abbott Laboratorios S.A.; Adecco Perú S.A.; Agribrands Purina Peru S.A.; Aguaytia Energy del Perú S.R.Ltda.; Amanco del Perú S.A; Apoyo S.A.; Ashmore Energy International AEI Services LLC; Asociación de Representantes Automotrices del Perú ARAPER; Asociación Nacional de Laboratorios Farmacéuticos, ALAFARPE; Austral Group S.A.A; B. Braun Medical Perú S.A.; Banco Continental; BASF Peruana S.A.; Beiersdorf S.A.C.; Bayer S.A.; Biotoscana Farma S.A. Sucursal Perú; BPZ Energy, Inc., Sucursal del Perú; Bristol - Myers Squibb Perú S.A.; BSH Electrodomésticos (Bosh) S.A.C.; British American Tobacco del Perú S.A.C.; Business Software Alliance; Cadbury Adams Perú S.A.; Cisco Systems Inc.;Cli Aduanas S.A.; Citibank del Perú S.A.; Colgate Palmolive Peru S.A.; Compañia Minera Antamina S.A.; Compañía Minera Atacocha S.A.; Compañía Minera Milpo S.A.A.; Compañía Nacional de Chocolate del Perú S.A.; Conduirt Capital Partners LLC; Lahmeyer Agua & Energía S.A.; Construções e Com.Camargo Correa S.A. Suc. Perú; Copeinca S.A.C.; Core Minerals (Perú) S.A.; Daewoo Electronics Corporation S.A.C.; Delosi S.A.; Detroit Diesel - MTU Perú S.A.C.; DHL Express Perú S.A.C.; Door to Door Transport S.A.C.; Dupont de Colombia S.A.; E - Business Distribution Perú S.A.; E. Wong S.A.; Edegel S.A.A.; Edelnor S.A.A.; Eli Lilly Interamericana Inc. Sucursal Peruana; Exsa S.A.; Ferreyros S.A.A.; Firth Industries Perú S.A.; Fortis Bank (Netherlands) N.V.; Gas Natural de Lima y Callao S.A.; Gramercy; Grunenthal Peruana S.A.; Grupo Coril; Guy Carpenter & Co.Peru Corr.Reaseg.S.A; Hewlett Packard Perú S.R.L.; Honeywell International Inc.; IG Americas Perú S.A.C.; Interbank; Kuntur Transportadora de Gas; Llorente & Cuenca S.A.; Johnson & Johnson del Perú S.A.; Laboratorios Wyeth S.A.; L'Oréal Perú S.A.; Maat Gknowledge Perú S.A.C.; Maple Etanol S.R.L.; Maple Gas Corporation del Perú S.R.L.; Makro Supermayorista S.A.; Marsh Perú S.A.; Mckinsey & Company, Inc.; Minera Chinalco Perú S.A.; Mitsubishi Perú S.A.; Nestlé Perú S.A.; Novartis Biosciences Perú S.A.; Odebrecht Perú Ingeniería y Construcción S.A.C.; Orient-Express Perú S.A.; Owens-Illinois Perú S.A.; Panalpina Transportes Mundiales S.A.; Panasonic Peruana S.A.; Pepsico Inc.; Perenco Perú; Perufarma S.A.; Peru LNG; Pesquera Diamante S.A.; Pesquera Exalmar S.A.; Petrobras Energía Perú S.A.; Petróleos del Perú - Petroperu S.A.; Pfizer S.A.; Pluspetrol Perú S.A.; Promigas S.A.; Quimica Suiza S.A.; Quimpac S.A.; Reckitt Benckiser Perú S.A.; Red Eléctrica del Sur S.A.; Renting Perú S.A.C.; Repsol YPF del Perú S.A.C.; Sandwell Perú S.A.; Saxon Services del Peru S.A.; Schering Plough del Perú S.A.; Schlumberger del Perú S.A.; Schneider Electric Perú S.A.; Scotiabank; Shougang Hierro Peru S.A.A.; Sociedad Hoteles del Perú; Sodexo Perú S.A.C.; SSK Montajes e Instalaciones S.A.C.; Sunbeam Latin America LLC.; Talisman (Perú) Ltd.Sucursal Peruana; Tecnológica de Alimentos S.A. (TASA); Techint S.A.C.; Telefónica del Perú S.A.A.; The Maple Gas Corporation del Perú; The Sherwin Williams Company; Thomas Greg & Sons de Perú S.A.; Tiendas Por Departamento Ripley S.A.; Trans American Airlines (TACA) S.A.; Transportadora de Gas del Perú S.A.; UBS Financial Services Inc.; UBS Global Asset Management; Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas; Vidrieria 28 de Julio S.A.C.; Votorantim Metais S.A.; Warner Bros (South) Inc.; Xerox del Perú S.A.; Zinc Industrias Nacionales S.A.
Languages: English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese and Spanish.
Law Firm Affiliations: PACIFIC RIM ADVISORY COUNCIL