Author: Natalia Chu

Affinitas’ member Firm in Peru, Miranda & Amado, has promoted two of its most promising lawyers, Isabel Lira and Carlos Cadillo, to the partnership. These appointments, effective January 1, 2021, bolster the Natural Resources & Infrastructure Projects and Labor practices of the firm, and our regional capacity as an alliance.

Both lawyers boast a long history in the firm; Isabel Lira became an associate in 2008 and Carlos Cadillo has worked as an associate since 2008 and counsel since 2019. Their promotion is in line with the firm’s goal of strengthening its practice areas and supporting the professional growth of its most talented team members.

Now counting more than 100 lawyers and 25 partners, Miranda & Amado confirms its position as market leader in Peru, and is more than ever committed to offering top-notch legal advice to its clients through first class professionals in all areas of business advisory services.

Busy days for MootComp, a contest in the field of antitrust and competition organized by our Mexican member firm Mijares, Angoitia, Cortés y Fuentes S.C. MootComp, now in its fourth edition, seeks to provide law and economy students with a learning experience that is based on simulated a court hearings, case studies and interdisciplinary work.

The contest drew over 3oo participants in 65 groups this year, and can count on the participation of 89 coaches -all respected competition law experts- and the support of countless university and institutions.

Increasingly, there is an international dimension to MootComp, and Affinitas is delighted to see active participation of our member firms in Chile (Luis Eduardo Toro and Francisco Bórquez of Barros & Errázuriz), Colombia (Mauricio Jaramillo and Germán Cálvano of Gómez-Pinzón), and Peru (Enrique Felices, Omar Alvarado and Fiorella Zumaeta of Miranda & Amado).

The Competition and Antitrust team of Mijares is the driving force behind MootComp, ad we congratulate it leading partners Horacio de Uriarte, Pilar Mata, Francisco Fuentes and Carlos Orcí for their commitment and dedication to such a worthy initiative.

More information on MootComp and this year’s edition is available (in Spanish) on this website.

Affinitas’ member firms Barros & Errázuriz and Miranda & Amado advised Grupo Gloria on the acquisition of the shares of Cementos Bío-Bío. With this cross-border investment, carried out through its Chilean subsidiary Yura Chile SpA, Grupo Gloria is gaining a foothold in the Chilean cement market.

Investment firm Picton advised on the transaction, in which Grupo Gloria acquired  the 19.05% participation of Inversiones ALB (grouping the interests of family members of the founders of the company), valued at US$ 45 million.

Partners Pablo Guerrero and Bernardo Simian and associates Francisco Bórquez and José Miguel Poblete from Chile, and partner José Daniel Amado from Peru advised Grupo Gloria. Inversiones ALB was represented by Bofill Mir & Álvarez Jana Abogados.

The Gloria Group is an industrial conglomerate of Peruvian capital with businesses in Peru, as well as in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Argentina and Puerto Rico. Its activities are carried out in the dairy and food sectors, in cement, paper, agro-industry, transport and services.

Cementos Bío Bío is one of the largest cement producer in Chile, producing and commercializing building materials for construction and mining projects. Based in Concepción, and founded in 1957, its operations are focused on cement and ceramics.

 

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