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Claudia Pacora

Claudia Pacora Rodriguez

Associate
Estudio Echecopar

Biography

Claudia has experience in M&A transactions, especially for mining companies and those that hold natural resources projects. As part of such transactions, she leads legal due diligence processes and elaborates the relevant agreements and ancillary documents.

Additionally, Claudia gives legal advice on regulatory matters to companies focused on the mining business and counsels them in respect with their corporate maintenance.

Representative Legal Matters

  • Advised Citibank, as lender, on a medium-term loan of up to USD 70 million to Volcan Compania Minera S.A.A. (Volcan). Carried out an exhaustive legal due diligence of Volcan, holder of 272 mining concessions located in Junin and Huancavelica, Peru, and of its subsidiaries.
  • Advised Anglo Pacific Group PLC (in respect of Peruvian law matters) on the execution of an agreement with Entree Resources Ltd. to acquire an existing 0.5% Net Smelter Return mining royalty over "Canariaco" copper project, located in Peru.
  • Advised Credicorp on an exhaustive legal due diligence of Gold Fields La Cima S.A., local subsidiary of Gold Fields (South Africa), holder of "Cerro Corona" project, located Cajamarca, Peru, in order for Credicorp to decide the granting of a revolving-door credit facility worth USD 150 million, secured by security interest agreements under Peruvian and English law.
  • Advised Trevali Mining Corporation in obtaining a USD 160 million senior secured term loan and a USD 30 million senior secured revolving working capital loan granted by The Bank of Nova Scotia and SG Americas Securities LLC.
  • Advised Kaizen Discovery Inc. in the acquisition of 100% of shares issued by Canper Exploraciones S.A.C., holder of "Pinaya" gold and copper mining project.
  • Advised Inversiones Capital Global S.A., subsidiary of Santander Global Banking & Markets, on the subscription of shares representing the 49.78% of the capital stock of Generación Andina S.A.C.
  • Advised CCB International, CICC, and a British multinational banking and financial services holding company as bookrunners in the initial public offering in Hong Kong and Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of 1,764,913,000 ordinary shares of Chinalco Mining Corporation International.

Professional Associations and Memberships

  • Asociación Civil THEMIS (nonprofit organization responsible for the publication of THEMIS Law Review)

Admissions

  • Peru (2015)

Education

  • University College London (LL.M. Corporate Law) (2019)
  • Center for American and International Law (2017)
  • ESAN Graduate School of Business (Business Specialization Program: Accounting and Finance) (2016)
  • Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (Lawyer, cum laude) (2014)
  • Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (Bachelor of Laws) (2013)
  • La Sociedad Nacional de Minería, Petróleo y Energía (V Specialization Program in Mining and Law) (2013)

Languages

  • English
  • Spanish
Estudio Echecopar is a member firm of Baker & McKenzie International, a Swiss Verein