Yoshie Concha Takeshita
Yoshie is an Associate at MGC Arbitration since June 2023. She has more than 10 years of practice in Administrative Law, Public Law, Public Procurement, Construction Law, Government Control, Civil and Commercial Law, as well as Dispute Prevention and Resolution.
Yoshie has provided strategic advice during the execution of infrastructure and construction projects, provision of services and supply of goods. In Dispute Resolution, she has advised and represented clients in institutional and ad hoc arbitration proceedings, in different jurisdictions and sectors, including construction, energy, supply, and implementation of software and new technologies, among others. She has also acted on behalf of clients in conciliations and negotiations.
Yoshie has worked in multiple cases as administrative secretary and assistant to arbitrators, including emergency arbitrations (ICC, ICSID, CAM, CEA, CCL, PUCP, SNA-OSCE, Ad Hoc).
Yoshie has provided advice to private sector clients for their entry and positioning in the Peruvian market, as well as in public biddings and execution of construction, services, and supply contracts. As part of her services, Yoshie has represented clients before administrative authorities in various sectors. She has also advised Peruvian public entities on government contracts under various legal regimes.
Yoshie was the first intern of MGC Arbitration. Prior to joining our firm, Yoshie was a Mid-Level Associate at Estudio Echecopar (Lima, Peru), member firm of Baker & McKenzie International.
Yoshie holds a law degree from Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú – PUCP (Lima, Peru) and a LL.M. in Transnational Arbitration & Dispute Settlement from Sciences Po Law School (Paris, France).
She is admitted to the Lima Bar and a Consultant Juridique Étranger with the Paris Bar.
Yoshie is bilingual in Spanish and English, and has a working knowledge of French.
Counsel to a U.S. company in a CAM arbitration for damages in design and supply contract.
Applicable law: Spanish law
Seat: Madrid, Spain
Language: Spanish/English
Counsel to a Peruvian company with Spanish capital in a CCL arbitration regarding a public-private partnership contract for a hospital and primary care center (design, construction, operation and maintenance).
Applicable Law: Peruvian Law
Seat: Lima
Language: Spanish
Counsel to a Peruvian company with Spanish capital in a CCL arbitration regarding a public-private partnership contract for a hospital (design, construction, operation and maintenance).
Applicable Law: Peruvian Law
Seat: Lima
Language: Spanish
Counsel to the Peruvian branch of a Spanish company in a CCL arbitration regarding a project for the construction and equipment of a hospital.
Applicable Law: Peruvian Law
Seat: Lima
Language: Spanish
Counsel to a multinational consortium in a CCL arbitration for disputes in a software contract for tax services.
Applicable Law: Peruvian Law
Seat: Lima
Language: Spanish
Counsel to a Peruvian company of Spanish capital in a CCL arbitration regarding hidden defects and warranty obligations in a road infrastructure project.
Applicable Law: Peruvian Law
Seat: Lima
Language: Spanish
Counsel to a multinational consortium in a PUCP arbitration related to a turnkey contract for a hospital.
Applicable Law: Peruvian Law
Seat: Lima
Language: Spanish
Counsel to a multinational consortium in a PUCP arbitration regarding the construction of a potable water and sewage system.
Applicable Law: Peruvian Law
Seat: Lima
Language: Spanish
Counsel to a Peruvian company in a PUCP arbitration regarding extensions of time, penalties and termination of a hospital construction and equipment contract.
Applicable Law: Peruvian Law
Location: Lima
Language: Spanish
Counsel to a multinational consortium in a PUCP arbitration regarding a contract for the development of computer software in the education sector.
Applicable Law: Peruvian Law
Location: Lima
Language: Spanish
Counsel to a multinational consortium in a PUCP arbitration related to a reengineering and automation of administrative procedures project.
Applicable Law: Peruvian Law
Seat: Lima
Language: Spanish
Counsel to a multinational consortium in a PUCP arbitration related to a road infrastructure project.
Applicable Law: Peruvian Law
Seat: Lima
Language: Spanish
Counsel to a multinational consortium in a PUCP arbitration regarding penalties and termination of a road infrastructure contract.
Applicable Law: Peruvian Law
Seat: Lima
Language: Spanish
Counsel to a Peruvian consortium in a PUCP arbitration related to a road infrastructure project.
Applicable Law: Peruvian Law
Seat: Lima
Language: Spanish
Counsel to a Peruvian consortium in a PUCP arbitration related to a road construction contract.
Applicable Law: Peruvian Law
Seat: Lima
Language: Spanish
Counsel to a Peruvian company in an AMCHAM arbitration related to a consultancy contract for the measurement and evaluation of service levels in highway concessions.
Applicable Law: Peruvian Law
Seat: Lima
Language: Spanish
Counsel to a Peruvian consortium in an SNA-OSCE arbitration related to a contract for the manufacture and installation of signage and furniture in public roads.
Applicable Law: Peruvian Law
Seat: Lima
Language: Spanish
Counsel to a Peruvian company in a SNA-OSCE arbitration regarding a school construction project.
Applicable Law: Peruvian Law
Seat: Lima
Language: Spanish
Counsel to a Peruvian company in an ad hoc arbitration regarding a dam and sewage system construction project.
Applicable Law: Peruvian Law
Seat: Lima
Language: Spanish
Compedium of Unicorns: A Global Guide to Women Arbitrators (Member of the editorial and launch team), MUTE OFF Thursdays, 2022.
The unconstitutionality of the impediment of relatives of congressmen to contract with the State. Analysis of the STC Exp. N° 03150-2017-PA/TC (in Spanish), Gaceta Constitucional & Procesal Constitucional, February 2021.
Dispute Boards: Why is it important to incorporate it into all current public works contracts (in Spanish, co-author), Construction and Engineering Guild of the Lima Chamber of Commerce, 2020.
Implications of sanitary measures, by COVID 19, in the execution of Public Works (in Spanish, co-author), Construction and Engineering Guild of the Lima Chamber of Commerce, 2020.
Control of public contracts: mechanisms for providers and citizens to promote the transparency of the rules of bidding procedures (in Spanish, author), Prometheo Portal Legal, 2020.
Chapter Peru in New normality: Resumption of economic activities and health measures in Latin America guide (in Spanish and English, co-author), Baker McKenzie, 2020.
Chapter Peru in Donations to Public Administration in Latin America (in Spanish and English, co-author), Baker McKenzie, 2020.
Contributions to the drafting of various articles on public law and international arbitration.
Contracts for the coronavirus health emergency: are the objectives being met? First Conference on Administrative Law, Circulo de Derecho Administrativo and Peruvian Regulatory Law + (2021).
Financial Relief Measures in Major Projects. Latin America EMI Talks – Energy, Mining, and Infrastructure Podcast Series (2020).
Notes on dispute resolution mechanisms for contracts under the State Contracting Law (Arbitration and Dispute Resolution Boards) and Exceptional rules for the resumption and continuation of public contracts. Seminar on Administrative Law and Contracts with the State”, IDEM (2020).
