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Augusto Astorga

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Augusto Astorga

Partner

CMS Grau
Av. Santa María 110
Miraflores, L18
Lima
Peru
Languages Spanish, English, French

Augusto is partner of the Energy, Oil & Gas CMS Grau practice area. Augusto has extensive experience in the hydrocarbon sector in Peru, providing advice to companies in all phases of this activity in the country, since the signing of contracts for exploration, implementation and modifications of such contracts, agreements for the transfer of contractual position, commercial viability announcement, development of the operation and exploitation of them as well as to the trading activities of the oil or natural gas production.

Augusto joined as a partner of CMS Grau in 2016. Before CMS Grau, he began his career as an external legal advisor to important foreign companies, first at Estudio Gálvez Abogados and then at Estudio Muñíz, Ramirez, Peres-Taiman & Olaya, having also been Deputy Legal Manager at Hunt Oil Exploration and Production Company of Peru LLC.

His significant experience in the taxation regime, labor standards and environmental standards applicable to oil and natural gas activities, including fiscal stability regimes and the regime for expatriate workers, is proved by the successful advice he has provided to important local and international clients.

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Augusto Astorga Philippon receives considerable praise from interviewees, who suggest that he is a "transactional lawyer with a strong regulatory profile." Others assert that he "deserves recognition due to his ability and activity within this sector." He has experience assisting clients with all stages of oil and gas projects in Peru.

Chambers Latin America 2018

CMS Grau made a significant hire into its oil and gas team: Augusto Astorga joined as partner from Muñiz, Ramírez, Pérez-Taiman & Olaya Abogados, and now co-heads the team with Carlos Hamann. The group handles a good mix of upper, mid and downstream matters. Highlights included advising Enagás International on the complex termination of the $4.3bn concession contract in relation to the Peruvian Southern Gas Pipeline; and assisting Petroperú with the transfer of 75% of its stake in the license agreement for the exploration and exploitation of hydrocarbons in Block 64 to Geopark Perú. Recent client wins include Baker Hughes, Pluspetrol, Perenco and Schlumberger. Jesús Abanto too, is highly regarded for all hydrocarbons-related regulatory and technical matters.

Legal 500 Latin America 2017

CMS Grau has experience advising power companies on the development of conventional and renewable energy projects, and also regularly assists with public energy tenders and transactions. The firm advises Latin American development bank, CAF, on the $80m financing for the construction of La Virgen Hydroelectric Power Plant and its associated transmission line. It also assisted French capital company Neoen with its bidding process for the construction of a $75m solar plant within the framework of Osinergmin’s fourth renewable energy auction. Other active clients include Colbún, Alvac and Fenix Power. Carlos Hamann and Augusto Astorga are the key contacts.

Legal 500 Latin America 2017

Augusto Astorga Philippon receives considerable praise from interviewees, who suggest that he is a "transactional lawyer with a strong regulatory profile." Others assert that he "deserves recognition due to his ability and activity within this sector." He has experience assisting clients with all stages of oil and gas projects in Peru.

Chambers Latin America 2018

CMS Grau made a significant hire into its oil and gas team: Augusto Astorga joined as partner from Muñiz, Ramírez, Pérez-Taiman & Olaya Abogados, and now co-heads the team with Carlos Hamann. The group handles a good mix of upper, mid and downstream matters. Highlights included advising Enagás International on the complex termination of the $4.3bn concession contract in relation to the Peruvian Southern Gas Pipeline; and assisting Petroperú with the transfer of 75% of its stake in the license agreement for the exploration and exploitation of hydrocarbons in Block 64 to Geopark Perú. Recent client wins include Baker Hughes, Pluspetrol, Perenco and Schlumberger. Jesús Abanto too, is highly regarded for all hydrocarbons-related regulatory and technical matters.

Legal 500 Latin America 2017

CMS Grau has experience advising power companies on the development of conventional and renewable energy projects, and also regularly assists with public energy tenders and transactions. The firm advises Latin American development bank, CAF, on the $80m financing for the construction of La Virgen Hydroelectric Power Plant and its associated transmission line. It also assisted French capital company Neoen with its bidding process for the construction of a $75m solar plant within the framework of Osinergmin’s fourth renewable energy auction. Other active clients include Colbún, Alvac and Fenix Power. Carlos Hamann and Augusto Astorga are the key contacts.

Legal 500 Latin America 2017

Relevant experience

  • KNOC and SK Innovation, legal advice on the acquisition of Block 8 from PETROPERU
  • Oiltanking GmbH, legal advice on the acquisition of tenders by Consorcio Terminales
  • Transportadora de Gas de Perú S.A., legal advice for the implementation of its natural gas transmission business
  • SK Innovation, legal advice to in the assignment of participating interest in Block Z-46 offshore Peru to Moche Energy S.A.C.
  • SNC Lavalin Constructors, legal advice on the building of the Fenix Power Plant
  • Posco Engineering & Construction, legal advice on the construction of the combined cycle for Kallpa Power Plant
  • Perenco S.A., legal advice on the assignment of certain participating interest to PetroVietnam Exploration & Production Corporation in Block 67.
  • Total S.A., legal advice on the opening of a lubricants distribution business.
  • Hunt Oil, legal advice on the assignment of a certain participating interest to Pluspetrol Peru Corporation S.A. in Block 76
  • CNPC, legal advice on the definition of alternatives for the development of natural gas fields in Block 58
  • Grupo Energía de Bogotá, legal advice on the prospective acquisition of a stake in Transportadora de Gas del Perú S.A.
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Memberships & Roles

  • Lima Bar Association (CAL)
  • Mining, Oil and Energy National Society - Member of the Hydrocarbons Legal Committee
  • International Petroleum Negotiators Association – AIPN – Member
  • Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation - Member
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Education

  • 2013 – International Arbitration and Investments Diploma, Universidad del Pacífico Postgraduate School.
  • 1993 – Law Dregree, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
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Expertise

07 February 2018
CMS Grau ad­vises Tul­low Oil on the per­cent­age ac­quis­i­tion of oil block...
CMS Grau has helped UK ex­trac­tion com­pany Tul­low Oil ac­quire a 35% share in an off­shore oil block in Peru’s Tumbes Basin. The agree­ment in­cludes the fin­an­cing of 43.75% of the total cost of the first...
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On Ju­ly 18th, 2020, the Draft of the “Su­preme De­cree that ap­proves the Reg­u­la­tions for the Qual­i­fic­a­tion of In­ter­ested parties to carry out Hy­dro­car­bon Ex­plor­a­tion and Ex­ploit­a­tion or Ex­ploit­a­tion activ­it­ies”...
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Julio 2019
Reg­u­la­tion of En­vir­on­ment­al Pro­tec­tion in the Elec­tric activ­it­ies
On Ju­ly 7, 2019, Su­preme De­cree No. 014-2019-EM was pub­lished in the of­fi­cial news­pa­per "El Peru­ano", which ap­proves the Reg­u­la­tion for En­vir­on­ment­al Pro­tec­tion in Elec­tric­al Activ­it­ies and re­peals Su­preme...
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15 May 2019
Min­istry of En­ergy and Mines stand­ard­izes the Cri­ter­ia for cases on which...
On May 10th, 2019 Vice-min­is­teri­al Res­ol­u­tion N° 007-2019-MEM/VMH was pub­lished in the Of­fi­cial Gaz­ette “El Peru­ano”, ap­prov­ing the “Cri­ter­ia for the ap­plic­a­tion of sec­tion 42-A of the Reg­u­la­tions...
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17 January 2019
NEW REG­U­LA­TION FOR CIT­IZENS PAR­TI­CIP­A­TION IN THE EX­E­CU­TION OF HY­DRO­CAR­BON...
On Janu­ary the 5th was pub­lished in the of­fi­cial gaz­ette "El Peru­ano" the Su­preme De­cree N° 002-2019-EM, which ap­proved the Reg­u­la­tions for Cit­izens Par­ti­cip­a­tion in the ex­e­cu­tion of Hy­dro­car­bon Activ­it­ies...
Publication Energy & Climate Change
12 September 2018
New En­vir­on­ment­al Reg­u­la­tion for Hy­dro­car­bon Activ­it­ies
As part of a big­ger le­gis­lat­ive pack­age that in­cludes the re­vamp­ing of the Hy­dro­car­bon Law- ex­pec­ted to be ap­proved in the Per­uvi­an Con­gress in the next weeks - on Septem­ber 7th, was pub­lished the Su­preme...
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02 August 2018
Elec­tric vehicle reg­u­la­tion and law in Peru
Peru cur­rently has no spe­cif­ic le­gis­la­tion on EVs, in­cent­ive schemes pro­mot­ing their use and the as­so­ci­ated in­fra­struc­ture re­quired for char­ging EVs. However, Per­uvi­an au­thor­it­ies are seek­ing to en­cour­age...
Expert Guide Energy & Climate Change
07 February 2018
CMS Grau ad­vises Tul­low Oil on the per­cent­age ac­quis­i­tion of oil block...
CMS Grau has helped UK ex­trac­tion com­pany Tul­low Oil ac­quire a 35% share in an off­shore oil block in Peru’s Tumbes Basin. The agree­ment in­cludes the fin­an­cing of 43.75% of the total cost of the first...
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22 May 2017
CMS Lat­in Amer­ica - Cor­por­ate/M&A, En­ergy, Min­ing & Pro­jects Bro­chure
CMS has stead­ily grown its pres­ence in Lat­in Amer­ica over the past dec­ade. In Janu­ary 2017 we ad­ded to our well-es­tab­lished of­fices in Brazil and Mex­ico three new CMS mem­ber firms in Chile, Colom­bia and...
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20/04/2017
CMS in Lat­in Amer­ica En­ergy, Min­ing & Pro­jects
CMS has stead­ily grown its pres­ence in Lat­in Amer­ica over the past ten years. In 2017 we ad­ded to our well-es­tab­lished of­fices in Rio de Janeiro and Mex­ico three new CMS mem­ber firms in Chile, Colom­bia...
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