TEAM / LATIN AMERICA
Wilson Guerrero Manchay, Head of Latin America Practice
Heads the Latin America practice at Kovalev & Partners LLC: Latin American companies in Russia and Russian businesses in Latin America. Legal education, in business since 1994, works in Russian and Spanish.
- Position
- Head of Latin America Practice
- Languages
- Russian, Spanish
- Education
- RUDN University, Faculty of Law
Wilson Guerrero Manchay heads the Latin America practice at Kovalev & Partners LLC. The practice works in both directions: it helps companies from Latin American countries set up and run a business in Russia, and helps Russian companies enter markets in the region.
As head of the practice, he conducts negotiations and business correspondence in Spanish and takes part in drafting contracts with Latin American and Russian partners.
Wilson Guerrero Manchay has worked in business since 1994: as a manager and commercial director of Russian companies and as a representative of Latin American companies. He has conducted business correspondence in Spanish and prepared contracts based on Russian and international law.
Experience with Latin America
Oil, gas and industrial construction
He promoted the services of Russian companies in Latin America:
- tenders for the design and construction of facilities in Mexico (2000–2002);
- a gas project in Colombia (2001);
- contracts and the secondment of specialists for pilot enhanced oil recovery operations at oil fields in Venezuela (2005).
Since 2003 he has been the official representative in Russia of the Mexican group GROUP CONSTRUMEX INDUSTRIAL, which comprises 17 companies engaged in the design and construction of industrial facilities, including for the oil and gas industry.
Senior positions in Russian companies
He served as Deputy General Director for Legal Affairs of SGC-Inter LLC (OOO SGC-Inter, a Russian company working in foreign trade, waste processing and water treatment) and as Vice President of Soyuz Avia Servis LLC (OOO Soyuz Avia Servis, a Russian company providing aviation equipment and services to the aviation industry abroad).
Teaching Spanish
He taught Spanish at Mezhdunarodnaya Akademiya Biznesa i Upravleniya (International Academy of Business and Management) in 2006–2008 and at the Department of Foreign Languages of Kutafin Moscow State Law University (MGUA) in 2014–2016. Until 2026 he worked at Gzhelskiy Gosudarstvenny Universitet (Gzhel State University) in the international relations office and as a Spanish teacher.
Education and languages
Higher legal education: Rossiyskiy Universitet Druzhby Narodov (RUDN University, Peoples' Friendship University of Russia), Faculty of Law, major in Public International Law, specialisation in international environmental law.
Professional development: RUDN University, “Methods of Teaching Foreign Languages” (2015).
Fluent in Russian and Spanish.
Services of the Latin America practice
For Latin American companies in Russia
The whole path of a company from the region into Russia as a single project, or individual steps: form of presence and registration, bank account, taxes, contracts with Russian partners, negotiations.
- Entering the Russian market: turnkey support
- Contracts with Russian counterparties and partner checks
- Negotiations on the client's behalf
- Interpreters and accompaniment of company representatives
For Russian companies in Latin America
Entering a country in the region: choice of country and company form, registration through local specialists, banks and sanctions risks, contracts and partner checks.
QUESTIONS
Frequently asked questions: Latin America practice
In which language can we discuss the matter?
In Russian or Spanish: Wilson Guerrero Manchay is fluent in both. Documents for Russian authorities are translated into Russian, and a notary certifies the translation.
How can the practice help a Latin American company in Russia?
With the choice of a form of presence and registration, opening a bank account, taxes, imports, contracts with Russian partners, trademark protection and disputes in Russia. You can order the whole path as a turnkey project or a single service.
Do you work with Russian companies entering Latin America?
Yes. The firm's lawyers handle the Russian side of the work, while registration, local accounting and court matters in the country are handled by a local specialist whom the firm instructs and coordinates. Negotiations and correspondence with partners in Spanish are conducted by the head of the practice.
How do I contact the head of the Latin America practice?
Through Kovalev & Partners LLC: phone +7 (499) 460-63-47 or the form on the site. The consultation is free when an engagement is signed.
NEXT STEP
Discuss a project in Russia or Latin America
The consultation is free of charge when an engagement agreement is signed: on it we say what has to be done and by when.