Adjudicative experience
Since 2018, I have decided, as the final administrative instance, disputes between companies and public bodies: ministries, regulators, ESSALUD, SUNAT, regional and municipal governments.
Independent Arbitrator
Disputes with a regulatory or State dimension: legal rigor, economic insight.
Economist. Member of INDECOPI's Specialized Chamber on the Elimination of Bureaucratic Barriers (SEL) since 2018, reappointed, currently its President.
01 · Value proposition
Since 2018, I have decided, as the final administrative instance, disputes between companies and public bodies: ministries, regulators, ESSALUD, SUNAT, regional and municipal governments.
Costs, benefits and economic effects of measures and contracts. I read and test economic expert evidence.
A role subject to sworn asset and interest disclosures and to the publication of every decision. I disclose broadly and accept only what I can decide with full independence.
02 · Representative decisions
Public SEL resolutions in which I took part as a Chamber member. They show method and the handling of disputes involving the State; they express no preference for any party.
Issued by the Chamber I presided. Upheld the first-instance interim measure and, on its own motion, issued an interim measure of general scope pending the final decision.
Why it mattersAssessment of the likelihood of the right and the risk of delay against a nationwide regulation; a provisional decision, subject to the final ruling.
A differentiated ruling: several claims dismissed, other requirements upheld as lawful, a restriction on the general director position held unlawful, with general effects for all institutes concerned, and a requirement on work-training agreements held unreasonable, with effects only for the complainants, because the Ministry did not show the problem it sought to address or analyze its proportionality.
Why it mattersThe reasonableness test: the authority must prove the problem and the proportionality of the measure (Legislative Decree 1256, art. 18).
Requiring the medical-certificate validation file within 30 working days was held unlawful: an additional condition, not provided for in the Law 26790 economic-benefits regulations, for reimbursing employers for subsidies paid.
Why it mattersHierarchy of norms in labor and social-security matters.
Reversed the first-instance decision and held unlawful the requirement to book an appointment only online to apply for an electronic passport, with general effects. Clarified that online booking may remain if an in-person option is also offered.
Why it mattersThe right of petition and digital channels: online access broadens inclusion but cannot be the only route.
Disregarding an automatically approved license was held unlawful, while expressly preserving the municipality's inspection powers.
Why it mattersLegal certainty and public powers kept in balance.
03 · Profile
For more than 25 years I have worked where economics, regulation and public law meet, in government, business and international cooperation.
SEL member since 2018, reappointed (2024–2029), currently President.
National Coordinator of the Global Quality and Standards Programme (GQSP) in Peru.
Public management and policy, productive development and social management for ministries, international cooperation agencies and companies, with multi-level, multi-stakeholder work in the regions.
Head of Economic Studies.
Trade negotiations in the WTO Doha Round, the FTAA and the Peru-US FTA.
I am pursuing law studies at Universidad Científica del Sur for the sole purpose of exercising the arbitral function fully. I do not practice law or represent clients.
Regulatory impact analysis (RIA): costs and benefits of a rule before its adoption.
Design of an incentive mechanism for national, regional and local public bodies, focused on results-based management.
Design and budget execution of programs such as Cuna Más, Pensión 65, water resources and land transport.
Oversight of providers in service exchanges among SIS, EsSalud and the regional governments of Ayacucho, Apurímac and Huancavelica.
04 · Approach
Economic analysis organizes the evidence; it does not replace the applicable law.
I know how public bodies decide, within which legal limits and on what timelines.
Assumptions, rates and scenarios tested, so the award rests on evidence the tribunal understands.
A limited caseload, handled personally and on time.
05 · Panels, scope and ethics
2026 Roster of Arbitrators.
Specialized Public Procurement Roster (Law 32069), as a specialized member.
While I serve as an INDECOPI Chamber member I do not accept appointments in public procurement arbitrations (Supreme Decree 009-2025-EF, art. 327).
As a non-lawyer, I may be appointed in international arbitration, ex aequo et bono, or domestic arbitration at law when the parties so agree (Legislative Decree 1071, art. 22).
I usually serve as co-arbitrator.
I bring the public-service standard to arbitration: broad disclosure from the first contact, recusal at the Chamber whenever an appointment requires it, and acceptance only of cases I can decide with full independence, from start to finish.
06 · Publications
When two expert reports reach very different figures, the gap usually comes down to a few assumptions. A tribunal that isolates and tests them decides, and reasons, better.
A disciplined method for deciding when a regulatory change alters a contract's economic balance and who should bear that risk.
07 · Contact
For availability and conflict checks: confidential, no-commitment conversation.