Profile

Luis Miguel Velarde Saffer focuses his practice on international arbitration.

Prior to joining Dechert, Mr. Velarde Saffer worked as an international legal analyst at a U.S. based firm where he assisted in the initial stages of investment arbitration cases involving Latin American countries. Mr. Velarde Saffer also served as an associate in the corporate and private law departments of a Peru based firm where he provided strategic legal advice in litigation and arbitration proceedings.

Mr. Velarde Saffer's experience also includes teaching as a professor of law at universities in Peru.

Education

• Harvard Law School, LL.M., 2013, Fellow, Foundations of Private Law Research Program
• Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Titulo de Abogado, 2009, 2nd in class of 204