Avv. Milagros ROMERO ESPÍRITU

PERSONAL SKILLS:

High sense of responsibility, initiative, proactivity and ethical solvency. Analytical skills, good oral and written communication. Management of English and Italian languages.

 

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND:

University of Salamanca and Public University of Navarra, Spain

Master´s Degree in Private Law, 2021-2022

Grade: 10, Magna Cum Laude

 

Esan Graduate School of Business

Specialization Diploma in State Contracting, 2019

 

University of Salamanca, Spain

Specialization Course in Civil Procedure, Arbitration and Mediation, 2018

 

Pontificia Universidad Católica of Peru

Lawyer, 2017

Admitted to the Lima Bar Association, CAL N° 74888

 

WORK EXPERIENCE:

24/01/2022 – present

International Center of Arbitration–Chamber of Belgium and Luxembourg in Peru

Arbitrator

 

16/05/2022 – present

Arbitration Center & Dispute Board of the Zambrano

Adjudicator

 

01/02/2020 – 30/01/2022

Hace Infraestructura S.A.C.

Legal Counsel

– Contractual administration of construction projects and private and public infrastructure.

– Advice on arbitration proceedings in the Lima Chamber of Commerce, the Center for Arbitration and Dispute Resolution of the PUCP, the Directorate of Administrative Arbitration of the OSCE and the College of Engineers of Peru.

– Preparation of legal documents and arbitration writs, claims, counterclaims, pleadings and award annulments.

– Acquittal of legal queries related to Civil Law and State Procurement.

 

01/07/2019 – 31/12/2019

ZÚÑIGA & CÍA Lawyers and Infrastructure

Lawyer

– Preparation of arbitration follow-up briefs and drafting of claims, counterclaims, arguments and annulment of the arbitration award.

– Preparation of presentations and attendance at institutional and Ad-hoc arbitration hearings.

– Answering queries on civil issues, civil procedure and arbitration.

– Preparation of writs of demand, response, appeal, cassation and writs of procedural impulse, in civil proceedings and arbitrations.

 

15/08/2018 – 31/12/2018

Private Competitiveness Council  

Legal Analyst

– Legal advice for the preparation of regulatory proposals for the business environment and the reform of the Justice System in Peru.

– Part of the team that prepared the 2019 Competitiveness Report. Link:

https://www.compite.pe/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/informe-de-competitividad-2019.pdf

– Analysis and review of the regulations on Arbitration, State Procurement and Public-Private Partnerships.

 

28/11/2016 – 29/12/2017

Ministerio de Economía y Finanzas

Regulatory Department

Lawyer

– Application of public investment regulations through the National Public Investment System in the powers corresponding to the MEF and participation in the development of Invierte.pe.

– Review and analysis of the State Procurement regulations in relation to public investment regulations.

– Preparation of Memoranda, Letters and Official Letters on the situational status of Public Investment Projects (PIP) at the national, regional and local levels.

– Preparation of Reports on Draft Laws and Draft Supreme Decrees, presented by the Congress of the Republic and by the Executive Branch.

 

01/03/2015 – 30/06/2016

Indecopi

Bankruptcy Procedures Commission

Legal Assistant

– Analysis of applications for recognition of credits.

– Analysis of appeal and reconsideration resources, verification of compliance with admissibility and provenance requirements.

– Preparation of administrative resolutions based on the General Law of the Bankruptcy System, Law No. 27444, Law of General Administrative Procedure and the Civil Code.

 

02/06/ 2014 – 27/02/2015

Ghersi Law Firm

Civil Procedure and Arbitration Internship

– Drafting of various types of contracts, such as sale, rental, supply, location of services and addenda.

– Review and analysis of civil processes, administrative disputes and arbitrations.

– Drafting of conciliation requests, lawsuits, counterclaims, allegations, exceptions.

– Preparation of monthly reports and memory aids on the status of processes.

 

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE:

2017 – 2021 TEACHING ASSISTANT

Pontificia Universidad Católica of Peru

Course: Theory of Evidence (2017-1)

Course: Process Postulation (2017- 2021)

Professor: Dante Ludwig Apolín Meza.

15/11/ 2019 SPEAKER

Second Summit of Women in the World of Arbitration, organized by the Arbitration Circle with the State – CAE

10/08/2020 SPEAKER

“I Virtual Congress of Arbitration, Procurement and Construction” – Zambrano Association

30/04/2021 PROFESSOR

“International Specialization course on Typical Clauses in Private Contracts” – Ius Et Veritas

11/2021 SPEAKER

Fourth Summit of Women in the World of Arbitration organized by the Arbitration Circle with the State – CAE

11/2021 SPEAKER

Course on Construction and Dispute Resolution trough DRBs, DABs, Conciliation, Mediation and Abitration – OLAGED y Zambrano Association 2022 SPEAKER

Curso de formación de árbitros y adjudicadores en Controversias de Construcción

OLAGED and Zambrano Association

2022 SPEAKER

Curso de formación de árbitros y adjudicadores en Controversias de Construcción

OLAGED and Zambrano Association

2022 SPEAKER

Webinar: Arbitration agreement and pathological clauses

Youth Arbitration Circle – CIJA

 

PUBLICATIONS:

– Recognition of expenses derived from the suspension of the execution period of the work caused by events not attributable to the parties and their treatment in arbitration.

PROMETHEUS Web Portal. Posted on July 02, 2021.

– Circumstances and consequences regarding the «Toll Law» repercussion in contractual and arbitration matters.

PROMETHEUS Web Portal. Posted on May 04, 2020.

– The so-called Reverse Mortgage in Peru, as a result of the enactment of Law No. 30741.

Web Portal Approach Law. Posted on May 7, 2018.

– Book: Civil Process, Mediation and Arbitration in Latin America and Spain.

Collective work of students from the University of Salamanca (USAL), published in the city of Salamanca – Spain, by Editorial Ratio Legis.

 

MEMBERSHIPS

– Extraordinary Member: Circle of Administrative Law – Specialized Magazine of the Faculty of Law of the PUCP.

– Associate Member of Arbitral Women Association in Peru.

– Member of the Consultative Council of the Juvenile Arbitration Circle (CIJA)

 

COURSES:

– Specialized Course in STANDARD INTERNATIONAL CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS, 2021

Peruvian University of Applied Sciences – UPC

– PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS IN PERU: EXPERIENCES, REGULATIONS AND GUIDELINES TO PROMOTE THEIR DEVELOPMENT (2ND EDITION), 2019

– Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF)

– Diploma of Specialization in Public Investment Management under the Invierte.pe System

– National University of San Marcos (UNMSM) and the Peruvian Institute of Public Affairs, Politics and Government (IPAPPG)

 

LANGUAGES:

Spanish – Native

English – Advanced

PUCP Language Center

Italian – Intermediate

 

INFORMATIC SKILLS:

Microsoft Office: MS Word, MS Excel, MS Power Point

 

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