Affinitas appoints Marcelo Armas as new Chair
September 27, 2023 · 2 min read
On 1 October, prominent lawyer Marcelo Armas will take over as Secretary General of the Affinitas alliance, comprising the law firms Barros & Errázuriz of Chile; Gómez-Pinzón of Colombia; Mijares, Angoitia, Cortes y Fuentes of Mexico; and Miranda y Amado of Peru.
Marcelo Armas replaces Juan Luis Avendaño, one of the senior partners of Miranda & Amado in Peru who served for 4 years in this role.
With this appointment, the Affinitas Management Committee takes a further step towards the consolidation of the alliance as a key player in the provision of legal services in the region, especially focused on the Pacific Rim.
Marcelo Armas has more than 30 years of experience in the legal field, focusing his professional practice on banking, financial and capital markets law. He has been repeatedly recognised among the best lawyers in Latin America in leading legal rankings such as Chambers & Partners and Legal 500. Prior to assuming this new role, Armas worked for 33 years at Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría, where he also served as Regional Co-Chair from 2018 to 2020.
Armas said it was an honour to lead the Affinitas alliance. He highlighted the solid working approach that has united these four leading law firms in their respective markets for almost 20 years and that has allowed them to offer legal advice with the same level of excellence and in an efficient and collaborative manner to their clients, being this, in his opinion, the hallmark of Affinitas.
The Affinitas alliance, established in 2004, has more than 473 lawyers, providing advice in most areas of law, and has been consistently ranked in legal rankings as one of the leading regional networks of lawyers in Latin America and the one with the greatest potential considering the geographical area it covers.
Read the full article by “El Mercurio” here.
