Practices and Sectors

• Corporate - Mergers & Acquisitions
• Infrastructure Projects
• Litigation and Arbitration
• Private Wealth
• Public Procurement

Profile

José Daniel Amado specialises in corporate law, infrastructure projects and international arbitration, having been involved in some of the most significant local and international corporate disputes and the most important transactions relating to Peru in recent decades.

Studies:

• Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, University of Cambridge (Visiting Fellow, 2013 and 2015); Centre of Latin American Studies (Visiting Scholar, 2013).
• Master of Laws (LL.M.), Harvard University (Recipient of the Laylin Prize in International Law).
• Lawyer, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (summa cum laude).

He speaks Spanish and English.

Experience

His experience includes participation in some of the most significant disputes and transactions related to Peru in recent decades. He also has an outstanding international career in Washington, D.C. and London, and has held public office as Chief of Staff of the Advisory Cabinet to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers. He has also served in leading global institutions, including the ICC, the IBA, AMCHAM-Peru, CACCL, CIAM-CIAR, Delos Dispute Resolution, and the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC). In addition, he has served on the boards of directors of several publicly listed companies in Peru, Bolivia, and Chile.

Academic and Publishing Collaborations

Professor of International Economic Law, Corporate Law, and Arbitration at various law schools in Peru, at both undergraduate and graduate levels.

Publications

• Investors’ International Law (Studies in International Trade and Investment Law), Jean Ho & Mavluda Sattorova (Eds.), Hart Publishing (2021).
• Arbitrating the Conduct of International Investors, Cambridge University Press (2018).
• Global Public Interests in International Investment Law, Proceedings of the 109th Annual Meeting of the American Society of International Law (2015).
• Arbitration in Privatization Processes, Papers of the IV International Arbitration Congress, Volume 20, Palestra Editores (2012).
• When the End Does Justify the Means: Arbitrators’ Duty to Promote an Amicable Settlement Between the Parties in the Context of an Arbitration Agreement, Instituto Peruano de Arbitraje (2011).
• Collective Commentary on the Peruvian Arbitration Law, Instituto Peruano de Arbitraje (ed.) (2011).
• Regulating the Abuse of Legal Proceedings in Competition Law – Economic Regulation of Public Services: Two Decades of Public Services Regulation in Ibero-America, Ara Editores (2010).
• Roundtable Discussion: Is Our Public Procurement System Effective?, Derecho y Sociedad No. 29 (2007).
• Collective Tribute Volume to Professor Fernando de Trazegnies, Editorial PUCP (2009).
• Collective Tribute Volume to Professor Felipe Osterling, Palestra Editores (2008).
• Collective Tribute Volume to Professor Jorge Avendaño, Editorial PUCP (2004).
• Collective Book Doing Business in Peru/Invirtiendo en el Peru, Editorial Apoyo, edited by Beatriz Boza (1994).
• Industrial Free Trade Zones: Investment, Trade and Development in the New International Division of Labor, Fondo Editorial de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (1990).
• Legal Certainty in Government Contracting: The Stability Agreement (Contrato Ley), Themis No. 33 (1996).
• Various articles published in legal journals of the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Virginia, the University of Miami, and the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú.
• Several chapters on Arbitration in Peru published in collective works edited by Global Arbitration Review, International Financial Law Review, Latin Finance, Latin Lawyer, and ICLG.
• Speaker at numerous international conferences organized by the American Society of International Law, International Chamber of Commerce, Club Español de Arbitraje, Cámara de Comercio de Lima, AmCham Peru, among others.

Professional Organisations

• President of the Arbitration Commission of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC).
• President of International Chamber of Commerce Peru (ICC Peru).
• International Bar Association (IBA).
• Lima Bar Association (CAL).

 Awards and recognitions

• Chambers Latin America 2026, Dispute Resolution: Arbitration.
• Leading Partner, Legal 500 Latin America 2026, Dispute Resolution: Arbitration.
• International Arbitration, The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Litigators.
• Law Firm Leader of the Year, Latin Lawyer, 2009.