Vania Cruz
Counsel
Vania is Counsel of the firm, specializing in competition law, merger control, economic regulation, and public law.
Prior to joining the firm, she was the first Head of the Merger Control Unit at the Commission for the Defense of Free Competition at INDECOPI, where she was responsible for launching Peru’s pre-merger control system for business concentration operations, leading the specialized unit during its critical early years of implementation (2021–2023). She also served as legal advisor at the Environmental Assessment and Enforcement Agency (OEFA).
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Education
- Master’s in International Business Law, ESADE Law School, Ramon Llull University (Barcelona, Spain), 2016
- Diploma in Oil & Gas Law, Sociedad Nacional de Minería, Petróleo y Energía, 2014
- Diploma in Economics and Finance, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 2012
- Diploma in Market Law, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, 2010
- Licensed in Law, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, 2009
Bar Admission
- Lima, 2025
Academics
- Professor of the “Competition Law” course for the Master’s in Business Law program, University of Lima
- Speaker at various seminars and international courses on competition law