Areas of Expertise

Arbitration

- Resolution of Disputes by Arbitration

Shoschana Zusman’s strong academic foundation - 25 years of academic experience as professor of Civil Law and 3 years of experience in Legal Skills- have contributed to her being recognized as one of the country’s best-recognized arbitrators. She has participated in arbitration proceedings in different sectors, including telecommunications (dominant operator vs. the Government or operating company vs. the Government); mining (company vs. company); electricity (operating company vs. operating company or vs. the Government); finance (financial groups vs. the Government or financial groups vs. financial groups); civil work agreements (by and between private companies, and by and between private companies and the Government); service agreements (by and between private companies, and by and between private companies and the Government); legal stability agreements (by and between the Government and electricity operators and telecommunications operators); commercial agreements; disputes between corporation shareholders and in general disputes involving interpretation of agreements and claims for breach of contract, as well as requests for compensation. The amounts involved in the aforementioned proceedings range between US$ 500,000 and US$ 180 million.

- Comments about Ms Zusman:

“Shoschana ranks between the top two or top three arbitrators in Peru. She is brilliant. She manages an excellent conceptual framework, which combines pure legal analysis with clear understanding of the economic aspects. She is an outstanding researcher and extremely diligent.”

“I have the highest regard for the ethical and intellectual assets of Ms Zusman. She has chaired arbitrations courts in which I have participated as arbiter and her extraordinary quality, knowledge and arbitration skills were evident.”

Owing to her prestige as arbitrator, in July 2005, Ms Zusman became one of the four Peruvian arbitrators of the International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) appointed by the Government of the Republic of Peru.

- Legal Advice and Representation in Arbitral Litigations

During the past few years, Zusman Law Firm has started representing litigants, mainly in the arbitration jurisdiction. Shoschana Zusman’s academic experience in teaching the course “Legal Skills” and the Firm’s holistic approach have enabled her to design “winner” strategies, perform cost-benefit analysis and develop a clear, direct, concise, convincing and ethical style of defense.