Javier de Belaunde López de Romaña

Education

• Program on Legal Education, University of Wisconsin, U.S.A. 1971-1972.
• Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, master’s degree, 2006.
• Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, lawyer, 1973.

Career

• Hernández & Cía. (2023 to date).
• Echecopar Law Firm (2006-2023).
• Javier de Belaunde Abogados Law Firm (1977-2006).
• Member of the committee of experts appointed by the Supreme Court to prepare a preliminary draft of the chapter on Judicial Power of the Constitution (1992).
• Member of the Study Commission of Bases for the Constitutional Reform appointed by the Ministry of Justice (2001).
• Ad-hoc Judge of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (2002-2003 and 2005-2006).
• Consultant lawyer of the Board of Directors of the Central Reserve Bank of Peru-BCRP (2003-2004 and 2005-2006).
• Arbitrator in multiple institutional and ad-hoc arbitrations (since 1996).
• Member of the Arbitral Tribunal in the Luchetti case (2003).
• Member appointed by civil society to the Special Commission for the Integral Reform of the Administration of Justice-CERIAJUS (2003-2004).
• Member appointed by the Ombudsman’s Office to the Working Group Initiative for Justice-IJU (2005).
• Member of the Faculty Council and president of the Curriculum Commission of the Law School of the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (2005-2008).
• Member of the Pro Bono Declaration Drafting Committee for the American Continent of the Cyrus Vance Center of the New York Bar Association (2006-2007).
• Member of the University Assembly of the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú representing senior professors (2011-2022).
• Vice President of the Peruvian Academy of Law (2020-2023).

Teaching

• Professor at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú Law School for over 50 years. Declared professor emeritus (2023).

Acknowledgments

• Included annually by the most prestigious international publications (Chambers & Partners, Legal 500, Latin Lawyer, and Leaders League) as one of Peru’s most outstanding dispute resolution lawyers.
• Javier de Belaunde has been recognized among the top Arbitration lawyers in Latin America in the guide guía “Private Practice Powerlist 2023 – Arbitration Latin America” by The Legal 500.

Memberships

• Lima Bar Association.
• Full member of the Peruvian Academy of Law (2008 to date).
• Arbitrator of the International Arbitration Center of the American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM).
• Arbitrator of the Arbitration Center of the Lima Chamber of Commerce.
• Arbitrator of the Center for Conflict Analysis and Resolution of the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú.
• Advisory Committee of the law journals Ius Et Veritas, Themis, Aequitas, Folio Real, and Scribas.