SANDRA ORIHUELA - PARTNER

Practice Areas: International Business and Corporate; Mining; Media and Telecommunications; Internet.

Admitted: 1994 Colorado (USA); 1998 Peru. Not admitted in Florida.

Education: University of Colorado, Denver (B.A., 1991); University of Colorado, Boulder (J.D., 1994); Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (Civil Law Attorney, 1998).

Honors: Editor, Colorado Journal of International Environmental Law and Policy, (1993-94); Jessup International Moot Court Competition, First Place Memorial, Western Region (1994): Don Sears Scholarship (1994); Phillip Danielson Scholarship (1993); Jonathan B. Chase Human Rights Fellowship (1992); Chancellor’s Grant (1991-94).

Formerly with: Baker & McKenzie (1999-2003); Placer Dome Latin America (1997-1999); Holme, Roberts & Owen LLP (1994-97).

Publications:

Languages: English, Spanish and French.

Memberships: American Bar Association (www.abanet.org);
Ilustre Colegio de Abogados de Lima (www.cal.org.pe);
International Mining Professionals Society (www.intlminingsociety.org).

Practice Areas:  International Business and Corporate; Mergers & Acquisitions; Mining and Energy.

Admitted: 2004 New York; 2004 New Jersey; 2006 Florida. Not admitted in Colorado. Not admitted in Perú.

Education:  University of Pittsburgh School of Law, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (J.D., 2003); Universidad Católica Andrés Bello, Caracas, Venezuela (2001-2002); University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware (B.S., 2000).

Honors:
International and Comparative Law Certificate Program, University of Pittsburgh; CALI Excellence for the Future Award in Comparative Legal Cultures; CALI Excellence for the Future Award in Hazardous Waste Law; Recipient of American Bar Association Approval for Independent International Study Abroad, 2002; Dean’s Scholar Program, University of Delaware.

Formerly with:  Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A., Miami, Florida; Reitler Brown & Rosenblatt, LLC, New York, New York.

Languages:  English and Spanish

Memberships: New York City Bar Association;
American Bar Association (www.abanet.org);
International Bar Association.

Practice Areas:  Mining; Corporate; Administrative Law; Natural Resources and Environmental; Foreign Investment.
 
Admitted: Lima Bar Association (2006).

Education:  University of Lima (B.A. 2005), (Magna Cum Laude in Law 2006); Peruvian University of Applied Sciences (Diploma on Mining and Environmental Law 2007).

Honors:
Magna Cum Laude in Law 2006, University of Lima.

Formerly with: Estudio Grau (Lima, 2003 – 2005) Glencore International AG (Minera Los Quenuales S.A., Perubar S.A., AYSSA – Lima,  2005 -2006).

Teaching Experience:
Assistant Professor of Corporate Law, San Ignacio de Loyola University (2005).

Publications:
“To sign or not to sign: Intellectual Property in the Andean FTA Negotiations”, Ius et Veritas Magazine N°31 (2005).

Languages:  Spanish and English.

Memberships: Lima Bar Association (2006);
Former President and member of the Process Law Society (CIDEPRO), University of Lima.

Practice Areas:  International Public Law; Corporate; Mining; Environmental; Internet Law; Exports.

Education:  Peruvian Catholic University (Bachelor, 2002); Lima Chamber of Commerce (Diploma on Administration, 2003).

Honors:
President of the International Law Team of the Law Workshop, Lima (2001-2002).

Formerly with: International Chamber of Commerce, ICC Perú (2001-2004); Foreign Affairs Ministry, Department of Special Affairs and Environment (1988-2000).

Publications:
“Arbitration at the International Chamber of Commerce”, El Peruano, Jurídica, N° 59 (2005).

Languages:  Spanish, English and French.

Memberships: Institute for Studies on Integration and Development of the Southern Countries;
Instituto Riva Agüero – Lima;