Lucía earned her LL.M. from the University of Michigan, United States, and her LL.B. from Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP). Lucía’s experience spans competition law and policies, regulation of network industries (energy, telecommunications and transportation infrastructure), as well as concessions law and administrative law. She is fluent in English.
Professional experience
Partner at Bullard Falla Ezcurra + since 2021. Prior to that, Lucía served as an attorney specializing in Regulation and Competition at the World Bank Group in Washington, D.C., as a senior associate in the Energy and Network Industries practice area at Santiváñez Abogados, and as a legal analyst in the area of competition policies and dispute resolution between companies of the Supervisory Agency for Private Investment in Telecommunications (OSIPTEL).
Academic Activity
Lucía taught the Public Utilities Regulation course at Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. She also taught in the Master of Economic Administrative Law program at Universidad del Pacífico, and worked as a teaching assistant in the Competition Law course at PUCP and Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas.
She has given training courses on Regulatory and Competition Law to government authorities in Mexico, Honduras, El Salvador, Kenya and Zambia. Lucía has also taught university extension courses organized by OSIPTEL and the Supervisory Agency for Investment in Energy and Mining (OSINERGMIN).
Acknowledgments
Chambers & Partners
- Rated as “Associate to watch” in the category of Energy in 2012 and 2013.
- Rated as “Up and coming” in Competition/Antitrust in 2021 and 2022.
- Rated as (Band 3) in Competition/Antitrust since 2023.
Leaders League
- Leading Lawyer in Competition/Antitrust since 2022.
Legal 500
- Next Generation Partner in Competition/Antitrust and TMT (Technology, Media and Telecoms) since 2021.
World Bank
- World Bank’s Award of Excellence for the implementation of the national reform program to remove regulatory barriers to competition in Mexico.
University of Michigan
- Recipient of a scholarship to study a master’s degree in law at the University of Michigan.
Publications
- Lucía Villarán, Alejandro Falla and Eduardo Quintana. “Cartels Law and Practice in Peru”. En: Chambers & Partners, (2020 and 2021).
- Lucía Villarán Alejandro Falla, Eduardo Quintana and Andrea Cadenas. “Merger Control Law and Practice in Peru”. En: Chambers & Partners, (2020 and 2021).
- Lucía Villarán and Martha Martínez y Tanja Goodwin. “Trends and Developments in Competition Advocacy in Latin America”. En: Competition Law and Policy in Latin America: Recent Developments. Wolters Kuwler, (2017).
- Lucía Villarán and Eduardo Quintana. “Regulación de entrada: experiencia peruana sobre prohibiciones y restricciones para el acceso al mercado”. Ius et Veritas° 53, (2016).
- Lucía Villarán and Eduardo Quintana. (2011). “El procedimiento de renovación de concesiones de telecomunicaciones desde la perspectiva del balance entre persuasión y castigo”. Revista de Derecho Administrativo° 10, (2011).
- Lucía Villarán. “Sobre la prohibición de abuso de posición de dominio sin necesidad de probar relación de competencia”. Revista Derecho & Sociedad° 31, (2008).