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Allende & Brea

Latin America Guide 2025

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Allende & Brea

Allende & Brea

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+54 11 4318 9900

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Managing Partner: Diego Botana

Chairman: Valeriano Guevara Lynch

Number of partners worldwide: 18

Number of other lawyers worldwide: 70

Firm Overview:

Allende & Brea is one of Argentina’s leading law firms. Founded in 1957, it has long enjoyed a strong reputation for superior legal work. We are a full-service law firm primarily focused on sophisticated international and local transactional practice, advising large, medium-sized, and small companies on an ongoing basis or acting as special counsel in various commercial transactions carried out in Argentina or abroad. Our main practice areas include:

Antitrust: The firm advises clients on matters relating to merger control filings, antitrust litigation, joint ventures, and distribution agreements.

Banking: The firm advises financial institutions on matters ranging from commercial or syndicated loans to capital market transactions, reorganisations, collections, and debt-to-equity conversions, among others.

Compliance and Investigations: The firm advises clients locally and regionally on general and specific risk factors related to their activities, anti-corruption regulations, and all types of investigations tied to their operations.

Energy and Natural Resources: The firm represents major and junior companies in the extractive industries, assisting with agreements, permitting, and government relations.

ESG and Sustainability: The firm advises a broad range of companies across various industries on compliance with Argentine environmental regulations, as well as on social, business, and human rights issues, anti-corruption and corporate governance matters, social licence to operate, and climate change-related aspects.

Corporate: The firm’s services include designing corporate structures with tax-efficient mechanisms, incorporating companies, and representing clients in a broad range of corporate activities.

Life Sciences and Healthcare: The specialist team advises life sciences and healthcare companies on a daily basis, including regulatory M&A, joint ventures, licences, and distribution agreements.

High Technology, Internet, and E-commerce: Allende & Brea is a pioneer in advising clients in this field. Services cover all aspects of the industry.

Intellectual Property: The team’s primary goal is to develop and implement strategies to protect and manage these intangible yet highly valuable assets.

Insurance and Reinsurance: The firm represents clients in a variety of insurance and reinsurance matters, including regulatory issues, M&A, and claims in both judicial and arbitration courts.

Labour: Allende & Brea provides specialist labour law advice to prevent disputes, and if a dispute arises, the firm represents clients throughout all stages of the proceedings, both administrative and judicial.

Litigation and Arbitration: The firm’s highly specialised litigation practice handles a wide range of civil, commercial, administrative, and family law cases, in both judicial and administrative courts at the federal and provincial levels.

Mergers and Acquisitions: Allende & Brea has broad-based expertise in acquisitions and divestitures across various industries, including highly regulated sectors.

Regulatory: The firm actively advises clients in regulated markets and industries, participating in public procurement, tenders, negotiating concessions, public works, permits, and all types of administrative proceedings.

Restructuring and Bankruptcy: Allende & Brea’s team of experts frequently represents both creditors and debtors in significant reorganisation proceedings in Argentina.

Tax and Customs: The firm advises clients on tax-efficient structures, tax planning, and tax litigation.

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Argentina - Head office

Contributions

Latest contributions provided by Allende & Brea

Global Practice Guide
Ariana Urba
Caterina D. Macek
Mercedes Elaskar
Pablo A. Palazzi
Authored by
Ariana Urba, Caterina D. Macek, Mercedes Elaskar, Pablo A. Palazzi
Article • May 2024
Global Practice Guide
Fernando Martinez Zuviria
Luciana Gonzalez
Maria Morena del Rio
Authored by
Fernando Martinez Zuviria, Luciana Gonzalez, Maria Morena del Rio
Article • Feb 2024
Global Practice Guide
Luciana Gonzalez
Maria Morena del Rio
Fernando Martinez Zuviria
Vanesa Fernandez
Authored by
Luciana Gonzalez, Maria Morena del Rio, Fernando Martinez Zuviria, Vanesa Fernandez
Article • Feb 2024

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Investing In... 2024 | Argentina | Law and Practice
Authored by: Valeriano Guevara Lynch, Tomás Di Ció
Global Practice Guide Dec 2023 Article

Allende & Brea rankings

Latin America Guide 2025
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Argentina
Banking & Finance
1 Department
2 Ranked Lawyers
Department
Banking & Finance
3
Banking & Finance
3
Band 3
Lawyers
Jorge Ignacio Mayora
3
Jorge Ignacio Mayora
Head of Banking & Finance
3
Band 3
Carlos María Melhem
4
Carlos María Melhem
Head of Banking & Finance
4
Band 4
Bankruptcy/Restructuring
1 Ranked Lawyer
Lawyers
Enrique Cristián Fox
3
Enrique Cristián Fox
3
Band 3
Competition/Antitrust
1 Department
2 Ranked Lawyers
Department
Competition/Antitrust
2
Competition/Antitrust
2
Band 2
Lawyers
Julián Peña
1
Julián Peña
Head of Competition/Antitrust
1
Band 1
Federico Rossi
2
Federico Rossi
2
Band 2
Compliance
1 Department
1 Ranked Lawyer
Department
Compliance
2
Compliance
2
Band 2
Lawyers
David Gurfinkel
2
David Gurfinkel
Head of Compliance
2
Band 2
Corporate/M&A
1 Department
3 Ranked Lawyers
Department
Corporate/M&A
2
Corporate/M&A
2
Band 2
Lawyers
Valeriano Guevara Lynch
2
Valeriano Guevara Lynch
2
Band 2
Santiago Sturla
3
Santiago Sturla
3
Band 3
Tomás Di Ció
5
Tomás Di Ció
5
Band 5
Dispute Resolution
1 Department
2 Ranked Lawyers
Department
Dispute Resolution
3
Dispute Resolution
3
Band 3
Lawyers
David Gurfinkel
2
David Gurfinkel
Head of Dispute Resolution
2
Band 2
Enrique Cristián Fox
4
Enrique Cristián Fox
Head of Dispute Resolution
4
Band 4
Energy & Natural Resources: Mining
1 Department
2 Ranked Lawyers
Department
Energy & Natural Resources: Mining
1
Energy & Natural Resources: Mining
1
Band 1
Lawyers
Florencia Heredia
1
Florencia Heredia
Head of Energy & Natural Resources: Mining
1
Band 1
Agostina L. Martínez
Agostina L. Martínez
Star Associates
Intellectual Property
1 Ranked Lawyer
Lawyers
Pablo Andrés Palazzi
4
Pablo Andrés Palazzi
Head of Intellectual Property
4
Band 4
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