01 Sep 2026
Pérez-Llorca appoints five partners in Lima and Lisbon
"Pérez-Llorca appoints five partners in Lima and Lisbon to bolster its Tax practice in Peru and to lead Emerging Companies & Venture Capital and Tax litigation in its Lisbon office."
In Peru, Arturo Tuesta, Paola Saavedra and Ronald Vargas have been appointed Tax partners. Arturo Tuesta brings 34 years of experience advising companies in Peru on M&A and wealth management matters and previously led the tax practice at a Big Four firm in the country. Paola Saavedra focuses on wealth management clients and tax compliance and audit procedures for companies in the infrastructure and energy sectors; she was previously a partner at a Big Four firm in Peru. Ronald Vargas advises companies in the financial, real estate and agro-industrial sectors and has experience in international taxation and tax litigation and audit processes; he also joins from a Big Four firm in the country. The three partners join a team of 13 professionals, including lawyers and accounting and tax specialists, and their appointments are the first partner hires in Peru since the integration of Miranda & Amado and Pérez-Llorca. They join Pablo Sotomayor, Tax Partner, who has 25 years of professional experience, 21 of them at the firm, forming what Pérez-Llorca describes as one of the larger tax practices in Peru.
In Lisbon, Luís Roquette Geraldes and Martim Teixeira have been named partners. Luís Roquette Geraldes will lead Pérez-Llorca’s new Emerging Companies and Venture Capital (ECVC) practice in Lisbon; he previously served as a Corporate and M&A partner and head of the startups and venture capital team at a Portuguese firm, where he also coordinated the private equity area. His practice focuses on technology and life sciences companies, and he has led financing rounds across more than 20 jurisdictions, advising high-growth companies and international and local funds on cross-border transactions. Martim Teixeira joins as a Tax partner with 15 years of experience advising foreign investors and multinational groups on domestic and international investment operations, as well as on tax structuring of M&A, private equity and complex financial transactions; he also has experience in tax litigation, representing clients before the Portuguese Tax Authority and courts.