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About

Provided by Nicolás Perkins

Latin America

Practice Areas

Agribusiness

Corporate/M&A

Energy & Natural Resources: Mining, Oil & Gas and Power

Career

Partner of Nicholson y Cano since 2001.

Former partner of Cárdenas, Di Ció, Romero, Tarsitano y Lucero law firm (2007-2011).

Worked at the Linklaters law firm office in New York. In-house counsel for Latinstocks.com, AntFactory América Latina, y Schlumberger. Former director and member of the Audit Committee of Petrobras Energía S.A. (2004-2007).

Present director of Sociedad Anónima Importadora y Exportadora de la Patagonia (La Anónima) (2016 – date), among other companies.

Professional Memberships

Member of the Buenos Aires City Bar Association.

Member of PRODECI – Association for the Promotion of Civil Rights.

Member of the International Bar Association.

Publications

“New Hydrocarbons Act: Right Options and Requirements to Attract Investments,” Apertura, October 7, 2014.

“Renewable Energy, State Policies and Investments,” El Cronista Comercial, April 26, 2016.

Personal

Extensive experience in the Energy and Natural Resources area.

Languages Spoken

Spanish

English

Portuguese

Industry Sector Expertise

Advised Qatar Energy on the acquisition of an interest in ExxonMobil's subsidiary in Argentina.

Advised Qatar Energy on the Round 1 offshore bidding process in Argentina.

Advised Riverstone on the structuring and investment of the Alpeh midstream project.

Advised Riverstone on the unwinding of the Aleph investment.

Advised YPF on its agreements with Chevron for the development of Loma Campana oil and gas. +1,500MM (Vaca Muerta - Neuquén).

Advised YPF on its agreements with Dow Chemichal for the development of the El Orejando oil and gas field. +250MM (Vaca Muerta - Neuquén).

Advisor to Santa Juana Limited. Agricultural land investment project in the region (Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil and Paraguay).

Advisor to the sponsor in the financing of the Minera Alumbrera project (Catamarca). +US$650 MM.

Advised Rio Tinto on the sale of the Rio Colorado project to Vale.

Education

Lawyer

Argentine Catholic University

1995

Master in Comparative Jurisprudence

New York University School of Law

1998

IAE Business School

Executive MBA Candidate

2017

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