Band 4
Provided by Máximo Fonrouge
- Public Procurement
- Administrative and Regulatory Law
- Health and Pharmaceutical Law
- Urban, Real Estate, and Construction Law
- Energy, Mining, and Natural Resources
- Infrastructure and Project Finance
- Litigation and Arbitration
From 1979 to 1985, Máximo served in the National Judiciary, where he began specializing in Administrative Law. From 1986 to 1988, he practiced independently. Between 1988 and 1991, he worked as a senior associate at Alchouron, Brady Alet & Cardini. He joined Cassagne & Associates in 1991, which later became Cárdenas, Cassagne & Associates, where he served as an associate until 1996 and then became
partner until May 2005, when the firm split and Cassagne Abogados was formed.
Máximo has maintained an active academic career since 1988. He served as an Adjunct Professor in the subject “Elements of Administrative Law” at the Faculty of Law, University of Buenos Aires. From 1995 to 2000, he taught Administrative Law at the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina and has been a professor in its postgraduate specialization program in Economic Administrative Law since 1996.
He also teaches in the Master's program in Administrative Law and the Postgraduate Program in Economic Regulation Law at Universidad Austral, where he coordinates the Electricity Sector since 1998. He frequently appears as a speaker in courses, seminars, and conferences on general Administrative Law and public services regulation.
- Member of the Administrative Law Institute of the National Academy of Law and Social Sciences
- Member and Chair of the Administrative Law Commission at the Bar Association of the City of Buenos Aires (Director: 2004–2008, 2011–2015; President: 2012–2015, 2019–2021)
- Member of the Argentine Association of Administrative Law
- Member of the Argentine Energy, Hydrocarbons, and Mining Law Journal’s Academic Council (RADEHM) since 2014
- Director of Ocean Club Mar del Plata
- Board Member of OSDE
- Member of the Disciplinary Subcommittee of the Argentine Polo Association
- Member of SERA JUSTICIA Lawyers group
- Member of the Executive Committee of the Argentine Federation of Bar Associations (FACA)
- Board member of the Argentine Polo Association
Máximo is the author of numerous works, some notable ones include:
- “Emergency Economic Promotion Projects” (co-author), El Cronista Comercial, Tax Supplement (25.08.89)
- “State Obligations in Industrial Promotion: ‘A Mere Expectation Right’”, Administrative Law Journal, Depalma (1991)
- “Public Hearings”, Administrative Law Journal (1998)
- “Compensation in the Revocation of Administrative Contracts for Public Interest”, Contratos Administrativos, Universidad Austral (2000)
- “Legal Framework of Electricity”, Servicio Público, Universidad Austral (2004)
- “Administrative Procedure before Regulatory Agencies”, Jornadas Universidad Austral (2006)
- “Conflicts in the Argentine Electricity Market”, Administrative Law Journal, LexisNexis (2006)
- “Renegotiation of Concession Contracts in the Argentine Electricity Sector”, Jurisprudencia Argentina (2007)
- “Reconsideration Remedy”, Procedimiento Administrativo, Abeledo Perrot (2009)
- “Current State of the Electricity Sector – Returning to Normality…”, Buenos Aires Bar Journal (2017)
- “New Opportunities to Transform the Judicial System through Audit of the Federal Justice System”, Buenos Aires Bar Journal (2018) (co-authored)
Provided by Chambers
Co-head of department Máximo Fonrouge continues to be recognised by clients for his adept handling of bidding processes and his representation in administrative litigation in Argentina.
Provided by Chambers
Máximo Fonrouge is distinguished by his keen understanding of our concerns and his ability to ask insightful, targeted questions.
Máximo Fonrouge is distinguished by his keen understanding of our concerns and his ability to ask insightful, targeted questions.