Mr Javier Rodríguez Galli > Bruchou & Funes de Rioja > Buenos Aires, Argentina > Lawyer Profile
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Mr Javier Rodríguez Galli
Work Department
Energy and Natural Resources / Oil & Gas / Corporate / Mergers & Acquisitions.
Position
Partner.
Career
Javier Rodríguez Galli is a partner in the General Corporate and M&A Department of the Firm, leads the Firm’s Oil and Gas Department and coordinates our legal platform for Climate Action and Sustainable Businesses.
His practice focuses primarily on the oil and gas industry, having been involved in the last few years in several international transactions in connection with the growing development of unconventional oil and gas resources, primarily in Vaca Muerta. Mr.Rodriguez Galli is currently representing some of the big players in the global energy industry in several domestic and international negotiations regarding acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures and strategic alliance transactions as well as representing them before the local federal and provincial authorities.
More recently, following the needs of our clients of the oil and gas industry to reduce their carbon footprint in line with the Paris Agreement, Mr. Rodriguez Galli has become increasingly more involved in the legal and regulatory matters related to energy transition.
Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Rodríguez Galli acted for 6 years as General Counsel to Molinos Rio de la Plata, the Argentine leading food company. From 1993 to 1999, he had served as in-house counsel to the international business development business unit of YPF S.A., where he started his career in the oil and gas industry.
He is member of the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN), the Argentine Institute for Oil and Gas (IAPG) and other related energy institutions and represents the Firm before the International Bar Association (IBA), together with Estanislao Olmos.
Mr. Rodriguez Galli received his law degree, with honours, from the Law School of the Universidad de Buenos Aires in 1990. Mr. Rodríguez Galli also obtained a master’s degree from London School of Economics in 1993 and a diploma degree from the College of Petroleum and Energy Studies at Oxford in 1996. He is currently teaching oil and gas law at the Universidad Di Tella (UTDT) and Universidad Católica Argentina (UCA).
Languages
Spanish, English, French and Portuguese.
Memberships
International Bar Association (IBA).
Education
– Law School of the University of Buenos Aires.
– Master degree from London School of Economics.
– Diploma degree from the College of Petroleum and Energy Studies at Oxford.
Lawyer Rankings
Argentina > Energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
(Leading individuals)Bruchou & Funes de Rioja’s regulatory and commercial oil-and-gas expertise sees it regularly called on to advise multinational and domestic industry players on big-ticket transactions in the sector. In addition to M&A and regulatory work, the team is also prominent in exploration and production, and has played a key role supporting large upstream operators on the development of the Vaca Muerta shale oil and gas formation. Unconventional hydrocarbon development, liquefied natural gas infrastructure project work and energy transition are other active areas. Javier Galli, ‘one of the lawyers with the most knowledge and experience in the sector’, leads the practice and is recognised for his exceptional transactional and operational record. Corporate law and M&A-focused partner Santiago Balbi also has extensive industry experience, with senior associate Nicolás Dulce providing the next line of support. Since publication, Dulce has been raised to the partnership – effective as of March 2024.
Argentina > Corporate and M&A
Bruchou & Funes de Rioja advises local and international clients on large, complex domestic and cross-border transactions across a wide range of sectors, including energy, industrials, financial services and agribusiness. The team’s deep bench of talent is also regularly called on for day-to-day support on corporate matters. Veteran transactional lawyer Mariano Luchetti, who also has a notable energy practice, co-leads the department alongside respected oil-and-gas specialist Javier Galli and María Winschel, who focuses on corporate law and governance matters. Firm founder and chairman Enrique Bruchou
continues to support the leadership team, drawing on more than three-decades’ worth of high level experience. ‘Sharp and creative’ M&A lawyer Estanislao Olmos and real estate expert Exequiel Buenaventura bring further senior level expertise to the table, with an ambitious cohort of younger partners, including Santiago Balbi and Florencia Angélico (who was raised to the partnership in 2022) also prominent. While Pablo Falabella left the firm to move in house at YPF, a high quality cadre of senior associates provide ample back-up, with Nicolás Dulce and Hernán Alal among the key names. Since publication, Dulce has been raised to the partnership – effective as of March 2024.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals Argentina > Energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Corporate and M&A Argentina
- Oil and gas Argentina > Energy and natural resources
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