Jorge Muratorio > O'Farrell > Buenos Aires, Argentina > Lawyer Profile

O’Farrell’s significant experience in highly-regulated sectors such as electricity and telecoms has seen the firm develop strong expertise across a broad array of public law matters, including public works, infrastructure, public procurement, tariff regimes, and dredging and maritime law. In addition, the firm is strong in contentious matters, representing clients in judicial proceedings at all levels. Jorge Muratorio leads the practice and advises clients on litigation in heavily regulated markets and public services. Specialist public law and regulation partner Agustina Fanelli Evans is another key senior name, with associate Ana Belén Micciarelli fronting the second line.

Clients in the automotive, airline, transport, retail and personal loans industries call on O’Farrell for support in the negotiation of claims and investigation of procedures related to consumer law, fair trade, advertising law and e-commerce matters. Drawing on the firm’s wider public law expertise, the team is well-known for handling work at the intersection of consumer law and public services regulation. The practice also takes on class action and administrative proceeding engagements, and is comfortable drafting the legal bases of promotions and contests’ terms-and-conditions. Jorge Muratorio, an administrative law expert, leads the team with consumer specialist Lorena Quiroz providing key support. The practice also draws on the expertise of public law partner Agustina Fanelli Evans.

O’Farrell combines expertise from its corporate, public law and dispute resolution teams to provide clients in the energy, manufacturing, mining and food industries -among others- with a multi-disciplinary compliance offering. The team advises on the implementation and monitoring of compliance and anti-corruption programmes, as well as handling due diligence and internal investigations. Well-known litigation lawyer Jorge Muratorio co-leads the practice in conjunction with experienced public law practitioner Agustina Fanelli Evans. Energy sector expert Agustin Siboldi provides further partner-level input. Juan Pablo Fratantoni moved in house at Pan American Energy in November 2022.

O’Farrell draws on expertise from its public law, energy and litigation practices to advise clients in the extractive industries and heavily regulated power and telecoms sectors on a broad range of environmental law matters, including land remediation, visual contamination and renewable energy project development. The team also handles contentious environmental matters at the local, provincial and federal levels. Public law and economic regulation expert Jorge Muratorio leads the team, with the experienced regulatory practitioner Agustina Fanelli Evans and energy-focused Agustin Siboldi providing additional senior level support.

Telecommunications regulation is a key focus area for O’Farrell, which played a key role in the privatisation and related licensing of the Argentine telecoms industry in the 1990s. The practice is known for the depth of its expertise in telecoms taxation, securing municipal authorisations and related litigation, with commercial matters also covered. Practice head Agustin Siboldi has vast telecoms regulatory experience and was an influential figure in the wave of telecoms’ privatisations of the 1990s. Public law and litigation experts Jorge Muratorio and Agustina Fanelli Evans are other key contacts.

A key legal adviser to policymakers and investors through the privatisation of the electricity industry in the early 2000s, O’Farrell has built up a bank of deep expertise in both the renewable and traditional power generation industries. Combining extensive public law, dispute resolution, financing, M&A and antitrust capabilities, the team provides clients in the sector with an integrated, holistic service that covers the length and breadth of the entire power generation value chain, ranging from project financing and development through to transportation and distribution. A reference in the industry, the renowned Uriel F. O’Farrell is called on for advice on all energy-related corporate matters as well as the full gamut of regulatory, public policy and disputes work. He co-leads the team with regulatory, antitrust and disputes veteran Agustin Siboldi, a trusted adviser to the country’s largest energy companies; and Agustina Fanelli Evans, who is well-versed in energy sector public law, regulatory and litigation matters. Public law and litigation partner Jorge Muratorio provides further senior-level input, with public utilities, public contracts and litigation associate María Fortuna leading the second line.