WHO WE ARE


Established in the UK in 2014 by a highly driven team of individuals with many years of professional experience across the globe, MC Services Links is part of the M C group of companies. It started its operation in London, United Kingdom, a hub for international and complex businesses and legal transactions.

CONSULTANT TEAM

 

Annabella Matute – Castro

Annabella is a founding consulting partner with over twenty years of experience in civil and common law jurisdictions, with particular remit in commercial law, including ADR, construction law and international development. She holds a master’s degree in Law in Development from the University of Warwick, England, after being awarded the Chevening Scholarship. She is a lawyer with full rights of audience before the Supreme Court of Peru and with studies under the English Legal System at London Metropolitan University and BPP School of Law, England. Annabella regularly conducts country political and legal research, with special focus in the USA and Latin America in the infrastructure/construction and energy sectors, frequently supporting teams of top profile barristers and solicitors in litigation, arbitration, adjudication and other alternative dispute resolution methods, both in the UK and internationally. In addition to that, she also has a robust experience in the charity sector, after having worked for many years overseas and in the UK in international development and human rights. Annabella is fully fluent in English, Spanish and Portuguese. She brings a wealth of competitive local knowledge, languages and a cross-cultural approach to facilitate commercial transactions in complex multicultural and global contexts.

 

Andrew Burr

A barrister, arbitrator and adjudicator, with over thirty-five years of experience, both in the UK and internationally. He specialises in construction, technology and commercial matters and frequently sits as party-appointed arbitrator in complex ICC disputes, representing clients before UNCITRAL and on FIDIC multi-million Pounds disputes for worldwide clients in Europe, Africa, America and Asia. Andrew holds an MA (Law) at Trinity Hall, Cambridge university, UK. He is a member of the Independent Standards Arbitration Commission of the International Mediation Institute, a Beijing Arbitration Commission and Vilnius Court of International Arbitration panel arbitrator and assisted with the recent revision of the ICC Dispute Board Rules. Publishing includes: Construction Law Journal, Delay and Disruption in Construction Contracts, International Contractual and Statutory Adjudication. He is fluent in English and Italian.

 

Charles Coull

Charles has a BA degree in Architecture from the Glasgow School of Arts, Scotland. Charles has a vast experience in design and project management on multi-million-Pound care commercial and community projects, as well as healthcare complex developments in London, UK. He is fluent in English and conversational Spanish.

 

 

 

 

William Davis

Bill specialises in ethics and organisational leadership. He holds a PhD from North Central University, US. He has worked extensively across the American continent from north to south, with government and private organisations, as well as the academia. He is fluent in English and Spanish

 

 

 

 

Lydia Matute – Castro

Lydia holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Biology (BA) from Ricardo Palma university, Peru and another bachelor’s degree in Business (B Hon) from Sunderland university, England, which enables her to deal with both sides of the spectrum when it comes to advise businesses across various sectors, including corporate social responsibility, as well as educational institutions.
She has over twenty years of worldwide experience dealing with the impact industries have in the environment, with special remit in Europe and Latin America, as well as research at leading academic centres in the UK, such as the government STEM programme in London, UK.
Lydia is fully fluent in English, Spanish and Portuguese.

 

 

Claire- Louise Osorio

Claire- Louise holds a Master’s Degree in Spanish and Latin American studies with distinction from Birbeck College, University of London.
She has wide experience working in the charity, educational and legal sectors in the Americas, Europe and the City of London, dealing with high value clients, while carrying out a great deal of public relations.
Claire – Louise is fully fluent in English, Spanish and French.

 

 

 

 

• PERU TEAM

 

Martin Lazo Piccardo

A lawyer an arbitrator and conciliator, expert in construction law, labour law and litigation. Martin holds a LLB degree from Catolica university in Peru and an MA degree from Warwick university, UK. He works with complex legal cases of over $2bn as legal counsel for leading construction firms. He is a founder member of the Peruvian Construction Law Society and of the National List of the Dispute Board of the Dispute Resolution Centre of the PUCP. Martin is fluent in English, French and Spanish.

 

 

Omar Alfaro

Omar has a BsC in Engineering from Pontificia Universidad Catolica, Peru and studies in Virtual Design Construction from Stanford University, US. He has wide experience in public and private infrastructure projects, ie: Lima metro project, shopping centres and university building.

 

 

 

 

Miguel Claudio Romero

Miguel holds a BsC degree in Engineering and a MsC degree both from Ingenieria university in Peru. He has a wealth of experience working in planning, monitoring and supervision and in government infrastructure projects in the highlands and the mining sector. He specialises in hospitals and health infrastructure and public roads, as well as the environment and social impact analysis. Miguel is fluent in Spanish and Quechua

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paulo Macedo de Souza Filho

Paulo holds a Master’s Degree in International Economic Law from the University of Warwick, England, after being awarded  the Chevening Scholarship.
Paulo is also an arbitrator for commercial matters. He is a lawyer dealing with international commercial clients and regularly lectures in the subject and Commercial and Business Law at the Universidade Paulista, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. He is fully fluent in English, Portuguese and Spanish.