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Allende & Brea

Corporate/M&A

4 ranked lawyers

Band 2

Argentina

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What the team is known for

Highly regarded firm with a respected corporate advisory and transactional team. Boasts expertise advising both buyers and sellers on complex share and assets transactions, in addition to handling spin-offs and incorporations in the context of corporate reorganisations. Represents national and foreign clients, with noted experience in cross-border transactions. Well equipped to handle varied types of contracts, including distribution, shareholder and licensing agreements.

Notable practitioners

Raúl Fratantoni worked as an associate for six years at Fox Horan & Camerini in New York. He is not only admitted to practice in Argentina, but also New York.

An interviewee appreciates Santiago Sturla 's "permanent availability," as well as "his excellent service that is characterised by his knowledge and commercial awareness." He offers a wealth of experience assisting clients with commercial agreements and corporate transactions.

Up-and-coming practitioner Tomas Di Cio rises in the rankings this year after being promoted to partner and receiving strong feedback from interviewees. An observer highlights his "commitment, knowledge and ability to work with the other parties involved in the agreement."

Managing partner and head of department Valeriano Guevara Lynch advises clients on a full range of corporate matters, dealing with sales and acquisitions, in addition to contractual matters and commercial reorganisations. An interviewee admires "his ability to work on complex matters," while another singles him out for praise for being "pragmatic when analysing our work and practical in his advice."

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Overview

Allende & Brea’s general corporate practice group deals with all types of matters, from day to day bussines matters to the most complex transactions. The firm’s services include designing corporate structures and tax mechanisms, incorporating companies and representing clients in a broad range of corporate activities.

Our Corporate practice includes assistance in:

Providing legal advice to all kinds of companies, including banks, insurance companies, Life Science and Healthcare industry, pharmaceutical companies and high-tech companies, among others.
Preparing and negotiating acquisitions, joint ventures , which includes regulated industries, with special focus on representing foreign companies in acquisitions in Argentina.
Assinting in complex local and international M&A transactions from the structuring through the legal and tax due diligence, drafting of the acquisition agreements, shareholders’ agreements, financing agreements, management and retention agreements and other related acquisition documents.
Structuring commercial agreements, reorganizations, restructurings and financings projects.
Dealing with shareholders’ conflicts, cross-border contracts, debt workouts, entertainment and gaming law, foreign investment and political risk insurance.

We focus on providing all our clients with the highest level of professionalism to achieve the best results working together with the different specialized teams in the firm that relate to the industries we represent.