Álvaro Klauer
Senior associate
Spanish
English
Specialist in energy regulatory issues, bidding processes and public tenders for concessions, and infrastructure and public services.
Álvaro Klauer specializes in energy regulation, particularly for the electricity and infrastructure markets, renewable energy and project development, including handling tariff and operational issues with the electricity system regulator and coordinator.
He handles M&A and financing transactions, and public and private bidding processes, and advises clients on drafting, negotiating and managing all relevant contracts and agreements for those transactions in regulated sectors and infrastructure.
Before joining Cuatrecasas, he worked as a senior associate for a leading Peruvian law firm.
He is a member of the Lima Bar Association.
He was a lecturer of energy law (previously adjunct lecturer) at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. He has also been adjunct lecturer on the Economic Administrative Law and Business Law course at Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas UPC.
He is the author and co-author of several articles and opinions published in law and electricity-sector journals.
Specialties
Education
Specialization course in Contracts on the Free Electricity Market
Universidad ESAN, Lima, 2022Diploma in Wholesale Electricity Market
Universidad ESAN, 2021Master of Laws (Energy Law & Policy, awarded Laszlo Gombos prize for top-ranking LLM student)
Center for Energy, Petroleum & Mineral Law and Policy (CEPMLP), University of Dundee, UK, 2017Diploma in Energy Law
UPC Postgraduate School, Lima, 2013Bachelor of Laws (magna cum laude)
Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, Lima, 2012
Directory Mentions
Reccomended Lawyer
Chambers & Partners, Legal 500 (Latin America and Green Guide) and Best Lawyer in Projects & Infrastructure, Energy and ESG
Publications and News
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October 30, 2025SMBC grants $100 million in financing to Celsia Group
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August 15, 2024Bci and other banks grant sustainable credit to Celepsa
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June 4, 2024Sinersa acquires Empresa de Generación Eléctrica Río Baños from Volcan
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February 2, 2024Portugal. Overview of hydrogen regulations
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February 1, 2024Yinson Renewables acquires 97Mwp Matarani solar project in Peru