Lorena Cecilia Ramírez Otero

Dr. Ramirez is a professor in the Academic Department of Law, and a member of the Research Center at the Universidad del Pacífico. She holds a PhD in Law from the Universidade da Coruña (Spain), as well as Licentiate and Bachelors degrees in Law from the Universidad de Piura (Peru).
A fellow of the Mapfre Estudios Foundation, Dr. Ramirez has served as a committee member and president of the Piura branch of INDECOPI, Peru's intellectual property protection body, with powers over consumer matters, elimination of barriers to market access, unfair advertising, and bankruptcy proceedings. She has been a member of the Institute of Cooperative Law Studies at the Universidad Santiago de Compostela (Spain) and editor of the Revista de Derecho published by the Universidad de Piura.
Dr. Ramirez was among the experts called by the Association Internationale de Droit des Assurances–
Spanish Section (SEAIDA), the universities of Valencia and Politécnica de Valencia, and the Clifford Chance International Insurance Study to comment on the Private Insurance Supervision Bill passing through Spain's Congress of Deputies for incorporation of the EU Solvency II Directive. She has led the legal areas of the Pichincha Group companies in Peru—Crecer Seguros S.A. Compañía de Seguros, Diners Club, and Diners Travel (Peru)—as well as the CARSA retail companies. Her publications include the likes of Grupos de Entidades Aseguradoras (2011), while she has edited collective works such as Estudios sobre la Ley de Contrato de Seguro (2018) and Temas Actuales de Derecho de la Empresa (2006).

Areas of specialization:
Company law, private-contractual and regulatory insurance, consumer law, bankruptcy law, and commercial contracts.