Bryan Cillóniz

Specialist in litigation & controversies. With experience in national and international arbitration, highly complex disputes, linked to Civil Law, Commercial, Energy, Oil & Gas, regulatory disputes, contracting with the State, construction and strategic negotiation.

Rankings: Recommended by Leaders League 2020 (Arbitration).

Education

• Specialist in Construction Law from the Peruvian University of Applied Sciences (2021).
• Specialist in Arbitration from ESAN University (2020).
• Lawyer from the Federico Villarreal National University (2020).
• Specialist in State Contracting from ESAN University (2019).
• Specialist in National and International Commercial Arbitration by the Inter-American Commercial Arbitration Commission and the Arbitration Center of the Lima Chamber of Commerce (2018).
• Scholarship holder of the XIX University Extension Course in Competition and Intellectual Property Policies of the National Institute for the Defense of Competition and the Protection of Intellectual Property – INDECOPI (2017).

Professional Experience

• Associate at Santiváñez Abogados (2021 to date).
• Lawyer and Legal Support in the Arbitration Sub-Management of Essalud (2020-2021).

Participation in the defense of arbitrations – Regulatory arbitration (energy, oil & gas)

• Representation of an industrial and electric generation company against a natural gas transportation company in a commercial arbitration under the rules of the CCL, with respect to the avoidance of a natural gas transportation contract.
• Representation of a public electric generation company against a natural gas distribution and marketing company in an arbitration under the rules of the CCL, in connection with higher costs for fixed electricity distribution charges.
• Representation of a public electricity distribution company against a generation company, in an arbitration administered by the CCLoreto, in relation to the termination of an electricity supply contract (PPA).
• Representation of a public power generation company against a mining company, in an arbitration under the rules of the CCL, in connection with additional costs for power outage events.
• Representation of two wind power generation companies against the electricity system operator in Peru, in an ad hoc arbitration, regarding the nullity of agreements on cancellation of commercial commissioning (POC).
• Representation of an industrial and power generation company against the electricity system operator in Peru, in an ad hoc arbitration.
• Representation of a public power generation company against a mining company, in an arbitration under the rules of the CCL, with respect to the application of a readjustment procedure for payment of energy supply.
• Representation of an electricity generation company against the electricity system operator in Peru, in an ad hoc arbitration, with respect to settlements of valuations of power transfers and compensations to the Main and Guaranteed Electric Transmission System.

Participation in the defence of arbitrations – Arbitration in works and public procurement

• Representation of a public electric distribution company against a construction company, in an arbitration under the rules of the CCL, in connection with errors in the technical construction record, penalties, damages and execution of letters of guarantee.
• Representation of a public electricity distribution company against a construction consortium, under the rules of the CCL, regarding the termination of the work contract and liquidation of the work.
• Representation of a construction company against an executing consortium, in an ad hoc arbitration, on payment of services performed and termination of contract.
• Representation of a construction company against a construction company, in an arbitration under the rules of the CCL, regarding payment of increased overheads, indemnification and termination of contract.

At the judicial level, participation in numerous administrative, civil, commercial litigation processes, on the enforcement and annulment of arbitration awards.

Academic Career

• Participation in the book: “Arbitration from another perspective”, Palestra Editores, by Alfredo Bullard G., with the article “Annulment and due motivation: the referral of the award to the arbitrators themselves as an alternative to evaluate” co-authored with Pablo Mori, Juan Lapeyre and Aaron Espinoza.
• Publication of various specialized articles for Young Arbitration Magazine, CIAR Global, Spain Arbitration Review, PUCP Arbitration Magazine, among other national and international legal journals and portals.

Affiliations and/or Memberships

• Member of the Lima Bar Association.
• Co-founder of the academic association Law and Arbitration Forum (LAF).