Mr Sebastián P. Vedoya > Bruchou & Funes de Rioja > Buenos Aires, Argentina > Lawyer Profile
Bruchou & Funes de Rioja Offices
ING. ENRIQUE BUTTY 275, FLOOR 12
C1001 AFA BUENOS AIRES
Argentina
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Mr Sebastián P. Vedoya
Work Department
Energy and Natural Resources / Mining / Environmental Law.
Position
Partner.
Career
Mr. Vedoya, together with Mr. Arbeleche, is in charge of the Mining and Environmental areas of practice at the law Firm and coordinates our legal platform for Climate Action and Sustainable Businesses. In addition, he leads the Aviation, Space & Airport Law area of practice.
Sebastián advises local and foreign companies on mining and environmental issues, including the analysis and counseling on any legal issue in connection with the mining industry and also with matters related to contracts, environmental, foreign exchange, foreign trade, financing, application for and grant of permits and other issues specifically related to the development of mining projects, whether at exploration, construction and operation stages. He has participated in several acquisitions of mining projects, joint ventures created for the development of this type of projects and in assignments of mining properties, including due diligence and title assessment, draft and analysis of contracts, assistance in the preparation of Feasibility Studies, counseling to binational Argentine-Chilean projects, among others. He has also actively participated in the design and preparation of rules and regulations related to the mining activity, and in the protection and defense of the rights of clients under promotional systems specifically applied to their business. He is also a specialist in Aviation, Space & Airport Law and coordinates the Area providing a first level service integrated with the other areas of the Firm, to render an integral legal service to the companies of those sectors.
Before becoming a partner of the Firm, he was a member, for more than sixteen years, and as partner between 2008 and 2014, together with Mr. Arbeleche, of Natural Resources and Environmental Departments of prestigious law firms specialized in such areas of practice. He has provided legal counseling services to local and foreign companies in mining, oil & gas, environmental, contract, financing and foreign exchange law-related aspects, among others.
He has been a university professor of Natural Resources and Environmental at Universidad del Museo Social Argentino for almost seven years. He is lecturer of the “Master of Mining Business Management” at the Universidad Católica de Cuyo and a professor in the “Specialization in Environmental Law“ at the Universidad Católica Argentina.
Mr. Vedoya graduated from the School of Law at Universidad Católica Argentina in 1996. He was admitted to local Bar in 1997. Among other courses and specializations, he took a Program on U.S. Business Law at the University of California in 2000, a Specialization in Environmental Law at Universidad Católica Argentina in 2016/2017, and a Specialization in Aviation, Space and Airport Law at the Instituto Nacional de Derecho Aeronáutico y Espacial, Universidad de la Defensa Nacional (2019/2020).
Languages
Spanish and English.
Education
– Law School of the Universidad Católica Argentina.
– U.S. Business Law Program, University of California.
Lawyer Rankings
Argentina > Energy and natural resources > Mining
(Leading individuals)Bruchou & Funes de Rioja provides specialised expertise across all mining-related legal and environmental matters at national, provincial and municipal levels. The team advises mining corporations across the full mining lifecycle, covering acquisitions, permits, financing, project development and commercialisation, as well as incident management and audits. The team is co-led by highly-respected mining practitioners Sergio Arbeleche and Sebastián Vedoya, who have been active in the space for more than 25 years and boast extensive mining contacts at corporate, federal and provincial level. Arbeleche’s expertise is focused on contractual matters and administrative, constitutional and international public law. Vedoya advises local and foreign companies on various mining, hydrocarbon and environmental topics. Environmental and mining law associate Dolores Cattaneo provides key support to the senior team.
Argentina > Environment
Bruchou & Funes de Rioja provides clients with support on the environmental aspects of corporate transactions; preventive environmental advice and the management of environmental conflicts and litigation. Environmental audits; project development and impact assessments are also areas of activity. Sebastián Vedoya, an expert in environmental issues arising on mining and hydrocarbon projects, co-leads the practice alongside Sergio Arbeleche, who handles environmental matters related to contracts, administrative regulation, and constitutional and international public international law. At associate level, senior Pablo Crimer -who focuses on environmental law and natural resources- is the contact of note. Additional partner-level expertise regarding Administrative and public law specialist Juan Zocca provides additional partner-level expertise regarding regulatory matters as required. Since publication, Crimer has been promoted to practice head and ‘expert consultant’.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals Argentina > Energy and natural resources > Mining
- Mining Argentina > Energy and natural resources
- Environment Argentina
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