Practices and Sectors

• Banking and Finance
• Capital Markets
• Corporate Finance
• Funds
• Insolvency and Corporate Restructuring
• Project Finance

Profile

Lisbeth Benavides focuses her professional practice primarily on Financial Law and Bankruptcy Law. She has extensive experience advising various companies, on both the debtor and creditor sides, in all types of financing structures at both local and international levels, including syndicated loans, project finance, asset securitization, financial leasing, and acquisition financing, among others. She also has experience advising clients within the framework of reorganization, liquidation, and insolvency proceedings. Likewise, she regularly advises financial technology companies, startups, and payment platforms on regulatory matters, product structuring, licensing before supervisory authorities, and partnerships with financial institutions.

Studies:

• Master of Laws (LL.M.), Harvard Law School (2014).
• Lawyer, Universidad de Lima (2010).

She speaks Spanish and English.

Experience

Her professional experience focuses primarily on Financial Law and Bankruptcy Law. She has extensive experience advising various companies, on both the debtor and creditor sides, in all types of financing structures at both local and international levels, including syndicated loans, project finance, asset securitization, financial leasing, and acquisition financing, among others. She also has experience advising clients within the framework of reorganization, liquidation, and insolvency proceedings. Likewise, she regularly advises financial technology companies, startups, and payment platforms on regulatory matters, product structuring, licensing before supervisory authorities, and partnerships with financial institutions.

Professional Organisations

• Capítulo Peruano del Instituto Iberoamericano de Derecho Concursal.
• International Bar Association (IBA).
• Lima Bar Association (CAL).

 Awards and Recognitions

• Legal 500 Latin America 2026, Bankruptcy & Restructuring.
• IFLR1000, Project Finance, Banking.