Peruvian firm Hernandez & Co. strengthened its oil and gas offering by hiring a partner from local boutique LQG Energy & Mining Consulting. Gonzalo Raffo, a lawyer with more than 20 years of experience, joins the firm with the aim of strengthening projects in this area.
In addition to supervising the environmental fronts of transnational companies, he has held international management roles and led business structuring, mergers and acquisitions, corporate financing, project development, and arbitration.
Before joining the firm, Raffo was a partner and executive manager at LQAmbiental, where he directed the commercial management of the hydrocarbons and environmental area. Previously, he served as corporate legal manager at Pluspetrol, leading international arbitration and legal matters for operations in Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, Suriname, Uruguay, and Angola.