Geraldine Yglesias

I’m a passionate legal professional, with a special interest in business law. I have experience in civil (mainly), criminal and constitutional law. I have a high capacity for teamwork, pressure management and efficiency in overcoming obstacles. My goal is to strengthen my skills and knowledge by challenging myself every day.

Since I was studying at the university I realized that knowledge is not the most important part for the development of a professional, it is the work experience, so I decided to start learning in a different way: practicing. I worked in a business group as a legal assistant, taking care of the private contracts with the clients, which allowed me to improve my skills in the private law sector. Then, I worked in a legal firm for one year that used to take care mostly of consumer protection procedures at INDECOPI; there I learned a lot about the public law, but on the defense side. I have always been in the top 10 of my class, thanks to what I was admitted in the “SECIGRA” program, an internship specialized in the training of the students in the public sector. I did my internship for one year in a public institution called “Poder Judicial”, where I was in charge of the analysis of the civil, criminal and constitutional files. I can say that I have been on both sides of the litigation, and I learned how these works. Also, I used to be very proactive with my teachers, helping them with the writing of academic articles, or with tasks of their firms. I had all this experience before I graduated from the university, and now that I'm ready for the labor world, I want to keep myself in constant learning, and as I said, there is no better way to learn than to challenge your knowledge by practicing.

I studied for six years in the law school. I have a bachelor in Law and Political Science by the Universidad Privada Antenor Orrego. I also took some courses in private law, like business, corporative and compliance law.