Sergio Barboza

Co-Managing Partner
US-LatAm Practice Group Regional Co-Leader, Fintech
Sergio Barboza is a wise lawyer who provides us with personalized service and helps us solve complex issues in a practical way.
— Chambers Latin America, 2025
Lima
About

Sergio Barboza brings a wealth of experience in a diverse range of transactional and banking regulatory matters. His expertise includes the formation and acquisition of financial institutions, the issuance of debt and equity securities, and strategic advice on all facets of banking supervision.

Sergio is a trusted advisor for financial institutions and corporate borrowers in lending transactions and loan restructurings. He represents a distinguished roster of clients and facilitates impactful financing initiatives.

In addition to his legal practice, Sergio holds board positions in several companies, particularly financial entities under the oversight of Peruvian banking authorities. He is also committed to the advancement of knowledge in the field, serving as a professor in Banking Law at the Universidad de Lima, where he participated in the Master’s in Corporate Law program and at other esteemed institutions.

Areas of FocusFinancial ServicesInsuranceTechnologyDebt Capital MarketsFinance
Bar admissionsPeru

EXPERIENCE

  • Represented a leading financial institution as collateral agent in the first green bond issuance in Peru
  • Advised a syndicate of lenders in a USD 143 million refinancing transaction
  • Represented a lender in a USD 319 million credit facility for the acquisition of remaining equity in Peruvian energy assets
  • Advised a multilateral institution on an equity investment in a telecommunications infrastructure company in Peru
  • Represented a regional bank in the sale of a fiduciary services company to a global corporate services provider
  • Advised a regional insurance holding company on the acquisition of a local insurance company
  • Acted for an international bank in the acquisition of assets from a local leasing company
  • Counsel to a global IT company in its cross-border acquisition of an information technology outsourcing business
  • Represented a financial services group in the acquisition of mutual and pension fund operations in Peru
  • Advised various international clients on the incorporation and regulatory compliance of new financial entities in Peru, including banks, insurers, express couriers, and investment firms
     
Languages
  • Spanish
  • English

Awards

Chambers Latin America

  • Band 2, Peru Banking & Finance, (2025 – 2026)
  • Band 3, Peru Insurance, (2023 – 2026)
  • Band 3, Peru Banking & Finance, (2023 – 2024)
  • Band 4, Peru Banking & Finance, (2019 – 2022)
  • Band 2, Peru Banking & Finance: Regulatory, (2018)

Chambers Fintech

  • Band 1, Peru FinTech Legal, (2023 – 2024) 

Chambers Global

  • Band 2, Peru Banking & Finance, (2025)
  • Band 3, Peru Banking & Finance, (2023 – 2024)
  • Band 4, Peru Banking & Finance, (2019 – 2022)

The Legal 500 Latin America

  • Leading Lawyer, Peru Banking and Finance, (2023 – 2026)
  • Recommended, Peru Banking and Finance, (2017 – 2019, 2021 – 2022)
  • Recommended, Latin America: International Firms Capital Markets, (2021)
  • Recommended, Latin America: International Firms Banking & Finance, (2023 – 2024)
  • Recommended, Latin America: International Firms Projects and Energy, (2023)
  • Recommended, Peru Capital Markets, (2019 – 2022)
  • Recommended, Corporate and M&A, (2018, 2021)
  • Recommended, Latin America: International Firms Corporate and M&A, (2019)
Other recognitions

  • IFLR 1000: "Highly Regarded Lawyer" in Banking, M&A, Project Finance, (2018 – 2022) and Capital Markets, (2018 – 2023)
  • LACCA: "Approved" in Banking & Finance, (2018 – 2021)
  • Latin Lawyer 250
    • Key Partner, Peru, Banking and Finance, (2023 – 2024)
    • International Counsel, Banking and Finance and Project Finance & Infrastructure, (2023 – 2024)
Education
  • LL.M., International Legal Studies, Georgetown University Law Center, 2008
  • Corporate Finance Program, Universidad ESAN, 2003
  • J.D., Universidad de Lima, 2001

Media Mentions

  • Quoted, DLA Piper: "Vemos mucho dinamismo por parte de Sunat[…] y eso solamente se va a agudizar"., Semana Económica, 2025
  • Mentioned, Luis Vargas y Sergio Barboza, nuevos Socios Codirectores de la oficina de Perú de DLA Piper, Semana Económica, 2025  
  • Mentioned, DLA Piper refreshes management and adds tax partner in Peru, Latin Lawyer, 2025
  • Mentioned, DLA Piper Appoints New Co-Managing Partners for Peru Office, Law.com, 2025
  • Mentioned, DLA Piper Peru names news co-managing partners, Leaders League, 2025
  • Mentioned, DLA Piper nombra socios codirectores en Perú y fortalece la práctica tributaria, Leaders League, 2025
  • Mentioned, Peru’s BanBif secures investment in first green bond issuance, Latin Lawyer
  • Mentioned, DLA Piper Peru names new managing partners, The Latin American Lawyer, 2025
  • Mentioned, Los Andes adquiere Empresa de Crédito Alternativa en Perú, LexLatin, 2025
  • Quoted, Nuevo retiro de las AFP, qué consecuencias se esperan para el financiamiento peruano?, LexLatin, 2024
  • Quoted, Estudios de abogados: así se adaptan a una creciente demanda de especialización fintech, Semana Económica, 2024
  • Quoted, Infraestructura en Perú: Planificación estratégica y optimización de tiempos para inversores son la mayor necesidad, El Comercio, 2024 
  • Quoted, DLA Piper: "Nuestra facturación crecerá por el mayor dinamismo en M&A, Semana Económica, 2024
  • Quoted, El auge de la industria fintech impulsa nuevas áreas de negocio en los estudios de abogados, Gestión, 2024 
  • Quoted, Sergio Barboza: "Frusta que el Congreso impulse medidas populistas", Perú 21, 2024
  • Quoted, Seguro de desgravamen: cambios en normativa afectarían ingresos de bancos y aseguradoras, Semana Económica, 2024 
 

Memberships And Affiliations

  • Georgetown Club Perú
  • Arbitrator registered in the Superintendence of the Securities Market
  • Arbitrator registered with the Arbitration Center of Lima’s Chamber of Commerce 
  • Arbitrator registered with the Arbitration Center of the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
     

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