Sheilah Vargas

Partner

Education

  • Master in Procedural Law – Postgraduate Unit of the Universidad (2021 to date).
  • Società Italiana Organizzazione Internazionale (SIOI)- Master in International Relations and International Protection of Human Rights, Rome (2008).
  • ADR Center – Conflict Management & Resolution of Disputes – Internship within the Master’s program, Rome (2008).
  • Center for Conflict Analysis and Resolution (CARC-PUCP) – Practical Specialization Course in State Contracting (2020).
  • Graduate School of the Peruvian University of Applied Sciences.- Diploma in Construction Law (2012).
  • Cambridge International Consulting – Negotiation Workshop (2010).
  • Center for Continuing Education of the Pontificia Universidad Católica Perú – Post-Degree in Constitutional Procedural Law (2006).
  • Pontifical Catholic University of Peru – Law Degree (2001). Bachelor’s Degree, Faculty of Law (2001).

Career

  • Hernández & Cía. (2023 to date).
  • Echecopar Law Firm (2006 – 2023).
  • Javier De Belaunde Abogados Law Firm (2005 – 2006).
  • Member of the Panel of Arbitrators of the International Centre for Arbitration and Dispute Boards (2022).
  • Member of the Panel of Arbitrators of the International Arbitration Center of the Belgian and Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce in Peru (2021 to date).
  • Member of the Panel of Arbitrators of the Arbitration Center of the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) (2020 to date).
  • Member of the Panel of Arbitrators of the Conflict Resolution Analysis Center of the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (2017 to date).
  • Member of the Panel of Arbitrators of the Arbitration Center of the Lima Chamber of Commerce (2011 to date).
  • Vargas & Soto Abogados Law Firm (2002- 2005).

Teaching

  • Professor of the Module “Arbitral Award”, in the Diploma of Specialization in Arbitration. Escuela de Postgrado de la Universidad ESAN (2019).
  • Professor of the course “Administrative challenges and the judicial challenge of administrative decisions”. Fourth promotion. Diploma of Specialization in Administrative Law of the Specialized Program in Training of Arbitrators in State Contracting 2014-I. Escuela Superior de Administración de Negocios – ESAN (2014).
  • Professor of the Module “The civil process in the collection” in the Coactive Collection Course offered to officials of the Superintendencia Nacional de Administración Tributaria – SUNAT (2014).
  • Professor in the “Annual Course of Probative Technique”, dictated by the Graduate School of the Law School of Universidad San Martín de Porres. Subjects “The Evidence” and “The Document” (July – August 2011).
  • Professor of the Civil Procedure Law Seminar Course at the Law School of the Peruvian University of Applied Sciences – UPC. Cycle 2013 – II.
  • Professor of the Course on Civil Procedure Law Topics at the Law School of the Peruvian University of Applied Sciences – UPC. Cycle 2011 – I.
  • Adjunct Professor in the Civil Procedure Law Course at the Law School of Universidad Pacifico. Cycle 2010 – II and 2011 – II.
  • Professor of Civil Procedure Law Course 2 at the Law School of the Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas – UPC. Cycle 2009 – II and Civil Procedure Law Course 1, in Cycles 2007 – I and 2007 – II.

Memberships

  • WIP (Women in the Profession), Perú (2018 to date).
  • Lima Bar Association (2002).
  • “Sheilah Vargas continues to elicit significant praise from clients and peers alike.”

    Chambers 2023

  • “She is a brilliant professional and an excellent person.”

    Client – Chambers 2023

  • “She is an incredibly good lawyer who has been litigating her whole career.”

    Client – Chambers 2023