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Oscar Benavides specializes in mining law, project finance and mergers and acquisitions related to the mining industry.

With more than 25 years of experience in regulatory and transactional matters related to mining projects, he specializes in project finance transactions, mergers and acquisitions in the mining industry, investment contracts in exploration projects, joint ventures and mining, corporate and contract law.

Oscar has been recognized by international directories such as Legal 500, Chambers & Partners and Latin Lawyer as one of the leading lawyers in the mining sector, thereby placing him among the 30 most recognized mining lawyers worldwide on Lexology’s Global Elite Thought Leader 2023 list (formerly Who’s Who Legal).

He also serves as president of the Canada-Peru Chamber of Commerce and as a member of the board of directors of The Foundation for Natural Resources and Energy Law. Previously, Oscar was vice-president of the Canada-Peru Chamber of Commerce and led the Peruvian delegations to the PDAC 2022 and 2023 congresses, the most important mining fair in the world.

Oscar holds an LLM from the University of Denver, where he was awarded the Jan M. and Marjorie G. Laitos Scholarship in Natural Resources. He has also taught Mining Law at the most prominent law schools in the city of Lima, Peru, and has been a speaker at various conferences in America and Europe.