Percy Samaniego

Specialist in Competition Law, Personal Data Protection and promotion of private investment, public-private partnerships in infrastructure and project development. He has extensive experience in merger control procedures. He has represented clients in sanctioning proceedings on free competition, unfair competition and consumer protection. He also advises on the development of compliance programs.

Rankings: Highly Recommended (Competition & Antitrust) – Leaders League.

Education

• Master’s degree in Economics and Regulation of Public Services from the University of Barcelona (2007).
• Lawyer from the Peruvian University of Applied Sciences (UPC) (2003).

Professional Experience

• Senior Associate at Santiváñez Abogados (2016 to date).
• Legal and Regulatory Manager, EEBIS Peru S.A.C. – Grupo de Energía de Bogotá – Lima, Peru.
• Legal Advisor at CONTUGAS S.A.C. – Grupo de Energía de Bogotá – Lima, Peru.

Main procedures – Merger authorisations

• For the incorporation of a joint company between CELEPSA and ATN.
• For the acquisition of Termochilca by CELEPSA.
• On the sale of Dunas Energía, PPC Holdings and Cantalloc Peru Holdings to Grupo Energía de Bogotá
• In the acquisition of T-Solar by I Squared.
• On the acquisition of Duke Energy International’s Latin American assets (excluding Brazil) by I Squared Capital.
• In the usufruct contracts of the El Pedregal and Luren distributed generation units between Electro Dunas and Peru Power Company.
• In the usufruct contracts of the Tablazo and Tallanca distributed generation units between SDE Piura and Electronoroeste.

Other Procedures – Free and Fair Competition

• Legal defense of companies denounced for abuse of dominant position (ENSA and SEAL).
• Defense of companies involved in unfair competition proceedings (ENSA, SEAL, ELECTRODUNAS).
• Implementation of antitrust compliance programs for distribution companies (ENSA and ENOSA).

Academic Career

• He has been a professor of the Civil Liability course at the Peruvian University of Applied Sciences.
• Author of several articles on free competition, unfair competition and consumer protection.

Affiliations and/or Memberships

• Member of the Lima Bar Association.