Oscar Benavides specializes in mining law, project finance and mergers and acquisitions related to the mining industry.
With over 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.
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 conventions, the most important mining convention in the world.
Oscar has taught mining law at the most important law schools in Lima and has been a lecturer at several conferences in America and Europe.
He 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).
- University of Denver, USA – Master in Natural Resources and Environmental Law (2006) – Jan M. and Marjorie G. Laitos Scholarship in Natural Resources
- Universidad de Lima – Lawyer summa cum laude (2000)
- Lima Bar Association
- The Foundation for Natural Resources and Energy Law
- Instituto de Derecho de Minería, Petróleo y Energía
