Criminal Law

• Founding Partner BV&U.
• He has been Ad-Hoc Public Prosecutor in several corruption cases in Peru: Fujimori - Montesinos (2000-2002), INABIF (1997), Zanatti (1993-1994), CLAE (1994).
• He has been President of PROETICA, a civil society organization for the fight against corruption.
• He has been an individual member of the board of directors of Transparency International.
• He has been president of Transparency International.
• He is a member of the boards of Transparency International Brazil and Ukraine.
• He has been Senior Officer of the Office of Institutional Integrity of the World Bank (2004-2006).
• He has been a consultant to the World Bank.
• He has been External Consultant for the Dutch organizations HIVOS and NOVIB for evaluation missions on Human Rights in Costa Rica and Sri Lanka (1990 - 1991).
• He has been Human Rights Officer of the United Nations Peace Mission for El Salvador (ONUSAL) (1992).
• He has been a Member of the United Nations Electoral Observers Mission for El Salvador (1993).
• He has been a member of several Commissions on the Reform of the Administration of Justice, Criminal Procedure Code and Penitentiary Policy.
• He was a Member of the Peruvian Delegation convened to the Discussion Session of the American Convention on mechanisms of the Organization of American States against corruption (Buenos Aires, 2001).
• He has co-authored the Law against Torture.

• Lawyer - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú - (1984).
• Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, The Netherlands (1990); Specialization in Human Rights - University of Salamanca, Spain (1995).

• Lima Bar Association, 1984.
• Member of the Advisory Board of the legal journal IUS ET VERITAS.
• Member of the Instituto Prensa y Sociedad.
• Member of PROETICA, Peruvian Chapter of Transparency International.
• Chairman of Transparency International.
• Member of the Board of the Law School of the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú.

• Senior Professor of Criminal Law at the Law School of the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú.
• Member of the Faculty Council of the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú.
• Speaker at different events on corruption and money laundering in: Miami, Washington (United States of America), Prague (Czech Republic), Mexico City, Oaxaca (Mexico), Basel (Switzerland), Alicante, Cadiz, Salamanca (Spain), Ribeirao Preto (Brazil), Santiago de Chile (Chile), Guatemala City (Guatemala), Seoul (Korea), San Pedro de Sula (Honduras), among others.
• Visiting Professor at the Universities of Cadiz and Alicante (Spain), Wisconsin University and Seattle University (USA).

• "Caiga quien caiga", Planeta publishing house, year 2014.
• "Anti-Corruption Regulation in Peru. Getting the Deal Through" (April 2009).
• "Prueba Ilícita y Lucha Anticorrupción" (with José María Asencio Mellado), Grijley (2008).
• "Trial of Fujimori" in Poverty, Inequality and Development in Peru. In Informe Anual 2007 - 2008 (June 2008).
• "Prensa Juzgada", Fondo Editorial UPC. 1999.
• "Derecho Penal Económico" in Invirtiendo en el Perú, editorial Apoyo, 1994.
• "Economic Crimes against Public Administration and Organized Crime."
• "Grand corruption and Human Rights".
• "Corruption and Public Service Crime."

• Attorney-at-law from Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal

• Lima Bar Association and various national and international institutions specialized in corruption and organized crime issues

• Author of several articles and lecturer in various national and international events on topics related to the fight against corruption, crimes perpetrated by criminal organizations.

• He has co-led consultancies and led the defense of important companies in the financial system.
• Former Manager of the Office of Judicial Control of the Judiciary (OCMA) (1997-2000). Consultant Lawyer for the Ad Hoc Prosecutor's Office for the Montesinos and Fujimori Cases (2001-2005). Since 2006 I have been part of the Criminal Law area as an Associate Lawyer and since February 2021 as Partner of the Criminal Law area at Benites, Vargas & Ugaz Abogados.

• Law Degree - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (June 5, 1996).
• Diploma in Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure - CEPEJAC Civil Association and National University of the Peruvian Amazon (December 19, 2003 to April 26, 2004).
• Arbitrator at Law - Peruvian Chamber of Arbitration CAPECA. Resolution of the Technical Secretary of Conciliation 196-2004-JUS/STC (May 17, 2004).

• Senior Lawyer of Benites, Vargas & Ugaz- Abogados (2001 to present), has been Head of the Trujillo and Chimbote Offices (2001-2002) and then worked in the Criminal Area of Benites, De Las Casas, Forno & Ugaz- Abogados in Lima.
• He is currently head of the Trujillo office, and is in charge of defending the interests of important companies in the north of the country. (2008 to present). 
• Current Professor of Criminal Law and Business at Universidad Privada del Norte UPN - Trujillo (2008 to date). He has also taught Forensic Practice: Crimes in Public Management at UPN.
• He has been Tutor Professor of the Economic and Business Criminal Law Course in the Business Law Diploma - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú - Graduate School (2007-2009).
• He has been a Teaching Assistant at the Seminar on Integration of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú - School of Law (2006-2007).

• Lawyer by the Universidad Nacional de Trujillo (2001).
• Master's Degree in Law with mention in Criminal Sciences at Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (2006).

• Bachelor's Degree - Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (2009).
• Lawyer - Universidad Mayor de San Marcos (2011). Master in Criminal Sciences - Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (2013).
• Graduated with a master's degree in criminal sciences from Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos in 2014.

• Teaching assistant (2008-present) of the course: "Criminal Law 2: Special Part", taught by Professor Mario Pablo Rodríguez Hurtado, at Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos.
• Teaching assistant (2009-present) of the course: "Civil Law 1: Law of Persons", taught by Professor Juan Espinoza, at Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos.
• "Imputation to the victim: an approach to its dogmatic content". In: Jus Doctrina & Práctica. Number 5. Lima: Grijley, May 2007.

• He was an intern at the law firm Estudio Azabache Caracciolo Abogados from 2010 to 2012, and then worked there as an assistant in 2013, always in the field of criminal law.
• He worked alongside investigator Wilson Hernandez on a consulting project for the Ombudsman's Office to determine the reason for the dismissal of complaints alleging collusion and embezzlement, until 2014.
• In 2014, he began working as an attorney at Centro Liber and, at the same time, as an attorney at Estudio Pereira & Asociados, where he remained until 2016.
• In 2017, he served as a consultant at the law firm Azabache Caracciolo Abogados, and later as a consultant and attorney.
• Professor of Criminal Law at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru
• In 2018, he joined the law firm Benites, Vargas & Ugaz as a senior attorney.

• He received his law degree from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru in 2013.
• Member of the Bar (2014)
• Master of Laws from the University of Minnesota Law School in 2017.
• Master of Laws in Criminal Law from the Graduate School of the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru in 2019.

• Founding Member of the Iter Criminis Civil Association (an association composed of students from the PUCP School of Law who specialize in criminal law and criminal procedure).

• Continuing Offense, Maintenance of the Typical Risk, and Interference. In: Research Yearbook of the Center for Legal Research and Training (CICAJ) 2013–2014. Department of Law, Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. Lima, August 2015, pp. 387–418.
• The Rise and Fall of the Right to a Jury Trial in Criminal Cases in the United States. In: Revista Derecho PUCP No. 78. Publishing Office of the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. Lima, June 2017, pp. 129–169.
• A Brief History of a Major Disagreement and Its Expected Outcome: The Burden of Proof in Money Laundering Offenses Before and After Plenary Cassation Ruling No. 1-2017/CJ-433. In: Actualidad Penal No. 41. Instituto Pacífico, Lima, November 2017, pp. 33–51.
• Illicit Enrichment from the Other Side. In: Ius Puniendi No. 8, May–June 2018. Ideas Solución Editorial, Lima, 2018, pp. 121–147.
• The Mysterious Decriminalization of Hoarding and Some Observations on the Proposal to Reintroduce It. In: Diario Gestión, online edition, March 24, 2020.
• The State of (Peruvian) Justice. In: Diario Gestión, online edition, March 25, 2021.

He has worked as an attorney at Ruiz Ávila Abogados and at Muñiz, and served as an assistant public prosecutor at the Public Prosecutor's Office Specializing in Corruption Crimes.

• University of San Martín de Porres – Law Degree (1999)
• Carlos III University of Madrid – Master’s Degree in Fundamental Rights (2006)
• Complutense University of Madrid – Doctoral Program in Criminal Law (2009)

• Lima Bar Association.

• “Unlawful Appropriation and Money Collectors: Notes Based on Cassation Case No. 301-2011-Lambayeque,” article published in *Gaceta Penal & Procesal Penal* No. 47, May 2013, pp. 16–24.
• “Criminal Liability of the Governing Bodies of Legal Entities,” an article published in *Gaceta Penal & Procesal Penal* No. 24, July 2011, pp. 382–403.

• Law degree from the Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo Catholic University. (2014)
• Magister en Derecho Constitucional por la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. (2021)
• Advanced Specialization in Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure at PUCP. (2016)
• Training in oral advocacy skills offered by the “Acceso Capacitación” Center at California Western School of Law – San Diego. (2016)

• Callao Bar Association. (2014)

• “The Principle of Mandatory Indictment and the Plea of Lack of Jurisdiction: Vague charges do not render the defendant’s conduct atypical,” an article published in the book “Analysis and Commentary on Major Cassation Rulings in Criminal and Criminal Procedure Matters—Volume II” by the Technical Secretariat of the Special Commission for the Implementation of the Criminal Procedure Code of the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights, March 2021, pp. 54–62.
• “The Principle of Mandatory Indictment and Pretrial Detention,” an article published in the anthology *Pretrial Detention in the Case Law of the Constitutional Court*, published by Editorial Gaceta Jurídica in December 2019, pp. 207–221.

• “Pretrial Detention and the Certain, Real, and Imminent Risk to the Proceedings,” an article published in the legal journal *Gaceta Constitucional & Procesal Constitucional*, Vol. 116, August 2017, published by Gaceta Jurídica, Peru, pp. 281–290.
• “Compliance with Statutory Deadlines in Cassation Appeals Under the Code of Criminal Procedure: The Time Limit for Filing a Cassation Appeal Begins to Run from the Moment the Judgment Is Fully Served,” an article published in the legal journal *Gaceta Penal & Procesal Penal*, Volume No. 80, February 2016, published by Gaceta Jurídica, Peru, pp. 37–44.
• “The Use of Body Scanners and the Right to Privacy: A Legal Analysis of Their Regulation as a Mechanism That Restricts Fundamental Rights,” an article published in the legal journal *Gaceta Penal & Procesal Penal*, Vol. 76, October 2015, published by Gaceta Jurídica, Peru, pp. 227–242.
• “Pretrial Detention: A Conventional and Constitutional Approach,” an article published in the legal journal *Actualidad Penal*, Volume No. 15, September 2015, published by Instituto Pacífico, Peru, pp. 376–397; and in the legal journal “Gaceta Penal & Procesal Penal,” Volume No. 75, September 2015, published by Gaceta Jurídica, Peru, pp. 307–324.

• Associate Attorney in the Criminal Law Practice Group at Benites, Vargas & Ugaz Abogados. (Since August 2023)
• Associate Attorney at Valverde, Morales & Marticorena. (February 2023 – August 2023)
• Associate in the Litigation Department at Luciano López Flores & Abogados. Litigation attorney specializing in criminal and constitutional matters. (August 2022–January 2023)
• Assistant Prosecutor at the 2nd Superior Corporate Criminal Prosecutor’s Office of Miraflores-Surquillo-San Borja, Public Prosecutor’s Office — Office of the Attorney General. Position obtained through a merit-based open competition (Legislative Decree 728). (November 2020 — July 2022)
• Legal Intern at the Office of Jurisdictional Advisors of the Constitutional Court. Committee on Unconstitutionality and Jurisdictional Conflicts, under the supervision of Dr. Omar Sar Suárez. (September 2019–July 2020)

• Law degree from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. (2020)
• Master's Degree in Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure from Carlos III University of Madrid. (2023)

• Research Group on Process, Law, and Justice (PRODEJUS) at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru.

• Author of the book “Precedents in Earnest: Separation of Powers and Plenary Agreements in Peru.” [Publication submitted for peer review by the Publications Office of the Academic Department of Law at PUCP]. (July 2024)
• Methodology and Evidence in Cases of Sexual Harassment: Critiques of a SERVIR Precedent. Co-authored with Prof. César Higa Silva. Published on the Ventana Jurídica website of the PUCP School of Law. (May 2022)
• Co-author of the book *Annotated Constitutional Procedural Code*. Author of the commentary on Article 116 of the Constitutional Procedural Code. Editor: Francisco Zegarra Valencia. Published by Editorial Jurista Editores E.I.R.L. (February 2021)
• Virtual Proceedings for Appeals to the Supreme Court. Article co-authored with Prof. Renzo Cavani. Published in *Actualidad Civil* No. 76 – Instituto Pacífico: ISSN 2313-4828, pp. 197–210. (February 2021)

Associate in the Criminal Law practice group at Benites, Vargas & Ugaz Abogados since August 2024. Previously, she served as a consultant on anti-corruption projects at the Institute for Democracy and Human Rights (IDEHPUCP) and at UNODC in Peru and Ecuador, where she worked on issues related to corporate liability for acts of corruption. She has also served as a criminal law consultant at the Institute for Press and Society (IPYS) and as a research assistant at the Judiciary’s Commission on Gender Justice, as well as at the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights and the Institute for Democracy and Human Rights on issues related to human trafficking and corruption. Her career includes experience as an associate and intern in the area of corporate criminal law at Hernández & Cía. Abogados, and as an intern at the Special Prosecutor’s Office for Crimes of Corruption by Public Officials and Money Laundering.

• Bachelor of Laws from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. Received an “outstanding” rating for her thesis defense. (November 2023)
• Bachelor of Laws from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. (December 2021)
• Certificate Program in Violence Against Women and Criminal Justice – Center for Research, Training, and Legal Advisory Services (CICAJ). (2024)
• Course on Gender, Human Rights, and Public Policy – IDEHPUCP. (2023)
• Specialization Course on Best Practices in the Application of National and International Standards in the Prosecution and Punishment of Human Trafficking – Center for Research, Training, and Legal Advisory Services (CICAJ). (2023)
• Course on Gender Perspectives and International Law – PUCP Cultural Center. (2023)
• Seminar on Contemporary Perspectives on Legal Research – PUCP. (2023)
• Summer Course on Power and Corruption (scholarship recipient) – Universidad del Rosario, Colombia. (2018)
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• Does Law 30424 Really Establish Administrative Liability for Legal Entities? Thesis published in the PUCP Law Repository. (2024)
• The Crime of Influence Peddling and the Treatment of the “Judicial or Administrative Case” Element. Article published in the PUCP journal *Derecho y Sociedad*. (2021)
• "Tráfico de influencias simuladas: regulación de los ‘mercados paralelos’". Artículo publicado en el Boletín N° 06 2019 de Anticorrupción y Justicia Penal del IDEHPUCP.
• Amicus Curiae Brief in the Landmark Kenji Videos Case. Published by the Anti-Corruption Observatory of the Institute for Democracy and Human Rights (IDEHPUCP). (August 2018)
• The Importance of the Predicate Offense in Money Laundering and How Determining It Based on Reasonable Suspicion Improves Preliminary Investigation Screening and the Filing of Charges. Article published by the IDEHPUCP Anti-Corruption Observatory. (2018)

She worked as an intern in the labor area at Hernández & Cía Abogados (2015 - 2016). Then she moved to Benites, Vargas & Ugaz Abogados (2016) as an intern in the criminal area. Subsequently, he became a paralegal (2018). He is currently an associate lawyer since 2021.

• Law Degree - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (2017).

• "The typical deception and the competence of the victim in the crime of swindling. A propósito del R.N. N° 2504-2015-LIMA". In: Gaceta Penal & Procesal Penal, Volume No. 97.
• "La unidad del título de imputación y la participación del extraneus en los delitos especiales propios: el caso del enriquecimiento ilícito". In: Gaceta Penal & Procesal Penal, Volume No. 102.
• "El peligro de fuga en la medida de prisión preventiva según la Casación N° 1445-2018-NACIONAL". In: Gaceta Penal & Procesal Penal, Volume No. 119.

• Criminal Law Clerk at Benites, Vargas & Ugaz Abogados (January 2020 - December 2021).
• Assistant of the Criminal Law Department of Benites, Vargas & Ugaz Abogados (January 2022 - present).

• Bachelor's Degree in Law from Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú.

• Extraordinary member of the Civil Association THEMIS- Association formed by students and alumni of the Law School of the PUCP.
• Former director of the Human Resources Commission and member of the Board of Directors of the THEMIS Civil Association (2018).

• Member of the Blog "Enfoque Penal" of the Portal de Actualidad Jurídica Enfoque Derecho (2020 - present).
• Co-author of the article "Tenemos derecho a vivir": una mirada a las penas alternativas en el Perú" (We have the right to live: a look at alternative sentences in Peru). Published in Enfoque Derecho (2020).

Egresado de la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad de Lima, ubicado en el quinto superior de su promoción (2018-2021). Cuenta con experiencia en derecho procesal penal y derecho penal económico, adquirida durante su labor como practicante en el área penal en Benites, Vargas & Ugaz (febrero 2022 - diciembre 2024), así como en su rol de asistente de cátedra en el curso de Derecho Penal Económico durante el ciclo 2023-I en la Universidad de Lima.

He has served on the Legal Research Committee of the Criminal Law Studies Circle at the University of Lima (2022–2024) and represented his university in the 2024 Oral Litigation Moot. In addition, he has supplemented his academic training with specialization courses in Economic Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Law at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru and the University of the Pacific.

• Bachelor of Laws from the University of Lima School of Law, ranked in the top 20% of his class (2018–2021)