SONIA QUEIJA
senior Associate
Practice areas
- Litigation
- Arbitration
Education
- Lawyer by Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (2017)
Experience
- Member of the team that advised an international company in charge of a major Sewerage Project, in the negotiations stage, the design of the legal strategy and the international arbitration.
- Member of the team that advised an international hydrocarbons company, in two international arbitrations regarding the breach of contractual obligations and the termination of the contract.
- Representation of an aeronautical infrastructure concessionaire in two arbitrations regarding the recognition of additional work and the reception of works.
- Representation of a road infrastructure concessionaire in two arbitrations regarding the allocation of contractual risks and the breach of contractual obligations.
- Representation of one of the main energy companies in an arbitration regarding the breach of contractual obligations and the termination of the contract.
- Representation of a mining concessionaire in an arbitration regarding the payment of royalties.
- Representation of a technology company in an arbitration under the Law of State Contracts, regarding the breach of contractual obligations and the application of penalties for delay.
- Representation of a hydrocarbons company in judicial proceedings against the State, regarding environmental matters.
- Representation of a telecommunications company in judicial proceedings against the State, regarding the fulfillment of the sector regulation.
- Representation of a technology company in judicial proceedings against the State regarding the fulfillment of the consumer protection’s regulation.
contact
T: (511) 442 5100
sonia.queija@rebaza-alcazar.com
secretary
Irma Noriega
T: (511) 4425100 A: 277
irma.noriega@rebaza-alcazar.com
Sonia Queija is a member of the litigation and arbitration practice. She specializes in the advisory, the design of strategies and defense in national and international commercial arbitrations and arbitrations under the Law of State Contracts, regarding civil-contractual, construction, energy, technology and mining matters, under the rules of several institutions such as the Internacional Chamber of Commerce, the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes, the Lima Chamber of Commerce, among others.
She also specializes in judicial proceedings regarding civil-contractual, consumer protection’s regulation, telecommunications and energy matters, as well as proceedings regarding the annulment and enforcement of arbitration awards, among others.
Sonia Queija is a lawyer by the Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, top of her class.
She has been adjunct professor of the Commercial Arbitration course at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú and teaching assistant of the Arbitration course at Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas.
Sonia Queija is the current Director of Lima Very Young Arbitration Practitioners and a former Director of Arbitraje Alumni.
She was a member of the Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas’ team that obtained the first place in the VIII International Arbitration Competition organized by Universidad Carlos Tercero de Madrid and the VIII International Arbitration Competition organized by Universidad de Buenos Aires, in which she obtained the award for best speaker.
Sonia Queija has participated in the publication “Nuevo Comentario del Código Civil Peruano” coordinated by Juan Espinoza Espinoza and has published several articles about arbitration and contracts.