The Charter

What is Excalijus?

Excalijus connects independent lawyers who share a standard: verifiable professional standing, genuine international experience, and a commitment to how legal work is carried out, not merely how it is marketed.

Membership is small by design. Excalijus does not measure the network by its size, but by the professional standing and individual credibility of the lawyers who participate in it.

It isA select circle of independent legal professionals across jurisdictions.
It isA professional point of connection across borders.
It is notA single international law firm or a mass referral platform.
It is notA mass directory that admits anyone who applies.
Independent Professional Status

Excalijus is an international network of independent lawyers. It is not a law firm and does not provide legal services directly. Each member remains professionally independent and responsible for their own legal services under the rules of their jurisdiction. Membership creates no partnership, employment, agency, automatic representation, or shared professional liability among its members.

The Network

Independent lawyers, across jurisdictions.

Excalijus is a deliberately selective international network of independent lawyers whose identity, professional standing, jurisdiction and credentials can be independently reviewed and verified.

Peru · Founder
Dr. Alberto Miranda, founder of Excalijus and Peruvian Law Expert.

Dr. Alberto Miranda

Founder · Peru-qualified attorney

Private International Law · Peruvian Family Law · Cross-Border Civil Matters

Peruvian lawyer advising foreign nationals, Peruvians abroad, and international law firms on legal matters connected to Peru. Founder of Excalijus and Peruvian Law Expert.

Jurisdiction: Peru Credential: Lima Bar — CAL No. 39450 Languages: Spanish · English
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Founding Member
Christian Martínez Laurent, founding member of Excalijus in Spain

Christian Martínez Laurent

Founding Member · Lawyer admitted to practice in Spain

Criminal Law · Labor Law · Civil Law

Lawyer based in Tarragona, Spain, advising clients in criminal, labor and civil law matters. Registered with the Ilustre Colegio de la Abogacía de Tarragona (ICAT), Bar No. 2913, and a member of the initial founding circle of Excalijus.

Jurisdiction: Tarragona, Spain Professional credential: ICAT · Bar No. 2913 Languages: Spanish · Catalan · French
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Founding Member
Miguel Ignacio Mardoñez Barrero, founding member of Excalijus and lawyer admitted to practice in Bolivia

Miguel Ignacio Mardoñez Barrero

Founding Member · Lawyer admitted to practice in Bolivia

Commercial Law · International Trade · Administrative Law

Bolivian lawyer and Director of Ratio Legis, with a professional practice focused on commercial law, international trade and administrative law, including cross-border business matters.

Jurisdiction: Bolivia Professional credential: RPA No. 362xxx76MIMB Law firm: Ratio Legis Languages: Spanish · English
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Founding Member
Prakash Kumar Sinha, Indian lawyer and Partner at FINJURIS LLP, Founding Member of Excalijus.

Prakash Kumar Sinha

Founding Member · Advocate enrolled in India

International Taxation & Transfer Pricing · Economic Laws, Anti-Money Laundering & White-Collar Crime · International Commercial Arbitration & Cross-Border Matters

Indian lawyer, Chartered Accountant and Partner at FINJURIS LLP, with a practice focused on international taxation, economic laws, international commercial arbitration and cross-border matters.

Jurisdiction: India Credential: Bar Council of Delhi — D/4304/2022 Languages: English
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Founding Member
Gabriele Dressler, German attorney and founding member of Excalijus

Gabriele Dressler

Founding Member · Lawyer admitted to practice in Germany

International Family Law · Succession Matters · Cross-Border Legal Matters

Gabriele Dressler is a German attorney at DRESSLER LAW with an international legal practice. Her work includes family and succession matters with cross-border connections, including matters involving Europe and South America. She previously served as Honorary Consul of Germany in Grenoble.

Jurisdiction: Germany Professional credential: Rechtsanwältin · Attorney at Law Languages: German · English · French · Spanish · Italian
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The Founding Circle

A selective international circle built across jurisdictions.

Excalijus currently publishes verified founding profiles connected to Peru, Spain, Bolivia and India. Additional profiles are added only after the lawyer's identity, professional standing, jurisdiction and consent to publication have been reviewed.

Peru Spain Bolivia India Selective Membership

Founded by Dr. Alberto Miranda. Selective by design. International in outlook.

Across Jurisdictions

How does Excalijus connect lawyers across borders?

Excalijus is designed as a professional point of connection when a matter involves more than one jurisdiction. The network does not replace the independent judgment of each member; it gives visibility to lawyers whose identity, professional standing and jurisdiction can be reviewed and verified.

Each member remains professionally independent, responsible under the rules of their own jurisdiction, and free to accept or decline any matter according to conflict checks, competence, availability, and local professional rules.

Local knowledge

Cross-border matters may require counsel who understands the law, institutions, documents and professional practice of a specific jurisdiction.

Professional coordination

The network supports informed professional connections and cross-border coordination without suggesting that all members operate as a single law firm.

Verified standing

Published members must be real, identifiable and consenting legal professionals with professional credentials and public information that can be reviewed.

Dr. Alberto Miranda, founder of Excalijus and Peruvian Law Expert.

Dr. Alberto Miranda

Founder · Peruvian Law Expert

The Founder

Who founded Excalijus?

Excalijus was founded by Dr. Alberto Miranda, a Peru-qualified attorney and Peruvian Law Expert with more than twenty years of professional legal experience. His current practice includes private international law and cross-border matters connected to Peru. Through Excalijus, he advances a selective international platform built around verifiable professional standing, independent legal practice and credible cross-border connections.

  • Attorney admitted to the Lima Bar — CAL No. 39450.
  • Accredited extrajudicial conciliator — MINJUS No. 18991.
  • Member of the Association of European Attorneys (AEA).
  • Published legal author at the Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA).
  • Holder of the registered mark ALBERTO MIRANDA®, registered with INDECOPI in Class 45.
  • Court-appointed expert on Peruvian family law before the High Court of Justice, Family Division, England & Wales, in proceedings under the 1980 Hague Convention.

“Excalijus brings together independent lawyers of verifiable professional standing under a shared commitment to professional integrity, cross-border cooperation and independent judgment — without operating as a single law firm.”

Principles

Independent across jurisdictions. United by professional integrity.

Independence

Each member practices under the rules of their own jurisdiction. There are no shared clients by default and no automatic shared liability.

Verifiable standing

Membership is based on genuine professional credentials and a professional identity that can be independently reviewed.

Discretion

Matters with an international dimension call for professional judgment and restraint. The network is built accordingly.

Selectivity

The value of the network lies in its standard of entry. Growth is deliberate rather than driven by volume.

Frequently Asked Questions

Essential facts about Excalijus

Clear answers about the network, its independent status, published members and membership process.

What is Excalijus?
Excalijus is a selective international network of independent lawyers across jurisdictions, founded by Dr. Alberto Miranda in Lima, Peru. It connects identifiable legal professionals whose professional standing, jurisdiction and public profile can be reviewed.
Is Excalijus an international law firm?
No. Excalijus is not a law firm and its members do not operate as one collective legal practice. Each lawyer remains professionally independent and responsible under the rules of the jurisdiction in which that lawyer practices.
Does Excalijus provide legal services directly?
No. Excalijus does not accept clients or provide legal services directly. A person or law firm interested in a published member's services should review and contact that lawyer through the professional profile or website linked from the member card.
How are Excalijus members selected?
Membership is by invitation and evaluation, not automatic admission. Before a profile is published, Excalijus reviews the lawyer's identity, professional standing, jurisdiction, public professional information and consent to publication.
Does membership create a partnership, agency or shared liability?
No. Membership creates no partnership, employment, agency, automatic representation, shared client relationship or shared professional liability among Excalijus members.
Which jurisdictions are represented by the published founding profiles?
The founding profiles currently published on this page are connected to Peru, Spain, Bolivia and India. Publication of a member does not imply collective coverage, guaranteed availability or a shared engagement by other members.
Who founded Excalijus?
Excalijus was founded by Dr. Alberto Miranda, a Peru-qualified attorney, founder of Alberto Miranda Abogados and Peruvian Law Expert based in Lima. His professional credentials and external profiles are linked in the founder section of this page.
How can a lawyer ask about Excalijus membership?
A practicing lawyer may write to info@excalijus.com to ask about the membership criteria. An inquiry does not create any right to admission; membership remains subject to invitation, evaluation and confirmation.
Membership

How does membership in Excalijus work?

Excalijus considers practicing lawyers of verifiable professional standing whose experience, jurisdiction and professional principles align with the network. Membership is by invitation and evaluation, not by automatic or unrestricted admission.

Learn about membership criteria Independent professionals admitted in their own jurisdictions. Membership creates no partnership, employment, agency or shared liability.
Matters connected to Peru

Do you have a legal matter connected to Peru?

Dr. Alberto Miranda, founder of Excalijus and a Peru-qualified attorney, advises foreign nationals, Peruvians abroad and international law firms on private international law and cross-border legal matters connected to Peru through 100% remote legal services from Lima, Peru.

Clarification on practice areas

Excalijus does not have collective practice areas and does not provide legal services directly. Each member practices independently within their own jurisdiction. Any Peru-related legal services referenced on this page are provided independently by Dr. Alberto Miranda through Alberto Miranda Abogados, not by Excalijus or its members collectively.