Tomás Araya

Practice Areas

Tomás M. Araya is a partner in the Financial and Capital Markets, M & A and Restructuring areas.

Career

He has specialized in financial restructuring operations, having represented debtors and creditors, including domestic and foreign banks, in various debt restructuring processes, including the restructuring of several local banks. He has also actively participated in complex litigation, some of them involving cross-border insolvency claims. In recent years, he has actively participated in local and international issues of debt securities and shares. He has extensive experience in financing and securitization of banks, as well as debt restructuring.

In addition, he has led our teams in several cases of corporate purchases and mergers and acquisitions in industries such as renewable energy, oil and gas, food and retail, among others. Tomás is a Fulbright Scholar and an officer of the Insolvency Section of the International Bar Association (IBA).

He holds a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from New York University (NYU) and is admitted by the New York State Bar. He is a professor at several universities and regularly lectures on issues of financial law, corporate law and debt restructuring.

Professional Memberships

Tomás is a Fulbright Scholar and an officer of the Insolvency Section of the International Bar Association (IBA).

Publications

Argentina's debt burden: a new chapter in the same saga, 2019, Latin Lawyer - Argentina's debt burden: a new chapter in the same saga

A Decade of Sovereign Debt Litigation: Lessons from the NML v Argentina Case and the Road Ahead, 2016, ProQuest - A Decade of Sovereign Debt Litigation: Lessons from the NML v Argentina Case and the Road Ahead

Article “Recent Financial Restructuring Developments in the Region: Argentina”, 2022, published in The Guide to Restructuring (2nd Edition), LatinLawyer.

Article “Legal Remedies for Multinational Creditors Facing Default from Argentine Debtors”, 2009, Latin American Law & Business Report

Personal

Tomás M. Araya has been a partner of the firm since 2008. He has specialized in financial restructuring transactions, having represented debtors and creditors –both domestic and foreign– in several debt restructuring proceedings, as the restructuring process of the Credit Agricole S.A.’s local banks in Argentina. He has also actively worked on complex litigation cases, some of them involving cross border insolvency claims.