JESSICA MERCADO
Senior Associate
Her professional practice focuses on legal management in banking, securities market, corporate governance, compliance and regulatory matters. She has provided legal advice to factoring companies, brokerage firms, mutual fund management companies and investment fund management companies.
Jessica also has extensive experience in providing legal advice to payment networks, digital wallets, acquiring service providers, payment facilitators, factoring operations and, above all, in the structuring of debt instrument investment funds and in the negotiation of bank financing agreements, syndicated loans, revolving loans, granting of credit lines and development of securities issuance programs in the capital markets.
She has held the position of Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Corruption Compliance Officer in a company belonging to the securities market. She has experience in the preparation of plans for the implementation of anti-money laundering prevention systems, development of matrices, management of interests, preparation of documents required by the UIF -PERU for Obligated Entities, and training for employees and management of Obligated Entities.
She is a lawyer from Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú and has a Master’s Degree in Journalism and Digital Communication from the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, and a Specialization in Securities Market from Universidad ESAN. She teaches at the Centro de Estudios Financieros de la Bolsa de Valores – BURSEN on compliance, corporate governance and securities market issues.
PRACTICE AREAS
- Banking & Finance
- Compliance
- Fintech
- Capital Markets
- Private Equity / Asset Management
INDUSTRIES
- Real Estate
- Financial Institutions
- Mining, Oil and Gas
- Ports and Maritime
- Projects and Infrastructure
- Technology and Communications
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
- Universidad ESAN, Lima, 2019 – Specialization Program for Executives in Corporate Law with specialization in Business and Financial Law
- Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, 2016 – Diploma in International Relations, Diplomacy and Media
- Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Madrid, 2010 – Master’s Degree in Journalism and Digital Communication
- CONASEV / Universidad ESAN, Lima, 2007 – Specialization in Securities Market
- Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, 2006 – Lawyer
LANGUAGES
- Spanish
- English
MEMBERSHIPS
- Lima Bar Association