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ECIJA Argentina > Firm Profile

The firm: ECIJA is a European law firm with headquarters in Spain and offices in Portugal, Chile, Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Dominican Republic, Guatemala and El Salvador. ECIJA has a multidisciplinary team of over 800 professionals, with exceptional experience in their areas of specialization, enabled to work in different jurisdictions, with extensive knowledge of the different industries and international markets. ECIJA is a client-focused law firm with the agility and personal service of a high-end boutique firm and the multidisciplinary experience of a large firm. ECIJA is a full-service firm with significant experience and specialized in the practice areas required by international clients to invest and operate globally.

ECIJA’s international capacity is outstanding, the firm offers integrated cross-border advice. Since 2019, ECIJA has merged with 16 law firms and has become the largest Spanish law firm in Latin America. Nowadays, ECIJA has 29 offices in 16 countries. Furthermore, in 2019 ECIJA signed the biggest strategic agreement with the 4th largest firm in China (Grandall Law). The agreement brought together 3,500 lawyers and 54 offices in Iberia, Latin America and Asia. “To put that in perspective, that is comparable with CMS and Norton Rose Fulbright, some of the biggest firms in the world by headcount.” Law.com

ECIJA Argentina: ECIJA, after its integration with the corporate firm ELZEN Abogados, inaugurated in March 2021 its office in Argentina.

ECIJA Argentina with more than 20 years of experience is considered one of the best multidisciplinary, full services and independent law firms in Argentina. We offer comprehensive legal counsel to companies, businesses and private clients. ECIJA Argentina has a team composed of seven partners and 30 highly qualified lawyers with experience in national and international law.

We are committed to offering dynamic and professional services with the focus on our clients.

The dedication and experience of our firm provide us the ability to adapt to the needs of the client in a responsible way and to design creative and successful solutions, continuously adding value to our clients’ challenges. Our aim is to create long term dynamics and relationships, based on the premises of client satisfaction and services rendered with professional excellence.

Integrity and coherence are the values that drive us. We seek cross-cutting innovation and sustainability to guide our professional services.

We have a committed team with broad experience in each area of the legal services offered.

In working with ECIJA Argentina, you rely on work teams specialized in providing services in different languages (German, English, Italian and Portuguese). Furthermore, you can count on professionals who understand the market, your culture and your business. Our professionals have worked and/or studied abroad and they have a sound proficient experience. We believe that knowledge on diverse business cultures is essential in order to serve your needs. We fluently interact with our international offices and attend professional training programs so as to ensure an ongoing updating for your benefit.

We are a full-service law firm that provides comprehensive counsel to its clients in different legal areas.

Our office is located in Buenos Aires, but we work with correspondent lawyers of our network throughout the Argentine territory.

Main areas of practice
Corporate: the firm provide corporate and M&A services for both local and international clients. The practice in M&A is multi-jurisdictional, focused on transactions with a regional component in Latin American markets. The team’s knowledge in legal project management adds value to our clients to control the time and cost of any transaction

Banking and finance: the team includes prestigious attorneys who have assisted important international and local banks with sophisticated transactions. The firm’s services involve many aspects of the complex regulatory financial world, including syndicated credit facilities, project finance and banking products such as leasing, factoring, confirming, mortgages, pledges and credit cards.

Dispute resolution: ECIJA has a strong practice for dispute resolution both in local courts and arbitration. The disputes include commercial, civil, investment and public. Regarding arbitration, the firm has a regional practice of several partners with strong experience and skills in international arbitration.

Technology and data privacy (TMT): ECIJA is considered one of the leading firms in Latin America for telecommunications, technology and media, including data privacy practices. The TMT team is focused on the technology industry for complex transactions, digital economy companies, cross-border legal advice to startups, venture capital transactions and media related local and international transactions or developments.

Labour law: the firm has a strong practice in employment matters from the employer perspective. The services include litigation, company restructuring, immigration and compliance.

Administrative and infrastructure: the services provided range from managing regulatory aspects of the relationship from the regulatory point of view between the client and the government throughout the execution of agreements with public entities. Furthermore the team provides services related to PPPs

Energy: ECIJA is one of the most recognized and acknowledged law firms in the structuring and development of energy and renewable energy projects in the Latin America region because of its vast experience in the field and clientele. The services include regulatory aspects related to obtaining licenses and authorizations.

Oil and gas: ECIJA is a recognized and acknowledged law firm in the structuring and development of oil and gas projects in Central America, Caribbean and in Argentina. ECIJA has participated in the development and execution of the main projects in the and oil and gas sector in the region.

Trusts: the firm has advised regional and foreign clients in connection with the incorporation of trust companies, the opening of internal trust departments and the design of business transactions which employ trust structures, including philanthropic, administration, guaranty, and real estate development trusts. Likewise, ECIJA have advised local banks in connection with the implementation of trust operations that include financing structures.

Foreign investment: ECIJA has a regional legal team that is prepared to advise foreign investors on how to structure their investment in any country of the region, including tax incentive regimes and dealing with customs issues that come up when importing or exporting goods and services.

Real estate: ECIJA is a well-known player in the real estate market in Latin America.  The team has developed special capacities in the developing of multi-purpose projects, including housing, commercial, offices and leisure spaces.  ECIJA provides its services to developers of projects up to individual investors willing to have a second home or retirement place.  ECIJA advises developers from the acquisition of the land through the permit process until a final product is delivered to the customers, acting as a business partner of its clients with the tools of legal project management.

Tax: ECIJA is a team of strongly committed professionals reputed to thoroughly address their clients’ needs involving taxation.  ECIJA provides insightful advice on local and international tax issues pertaining to businesses endeavors and personal concerns.  In addition, they are effective litigators and have obtained significant awards on tax claims and suits, on behalf of their clients.

Lawyer Profiles

Photo	Name	Position	Profile
	Cecilia Amieva	Partner	View Profile
	Angeles Bernachea	Partner of Corporate/M&A, Fintech and Financial Law, and Distribution and Consumer Law at…	View Profile
	Cristian Elbert	Managing Partner at ECIJA Argentina	View Profile
	Diego Martinotti	Partner of Compliance y Public Policy, Corporate/M&A, Dispute Resolution, Financial and banking at ECIJA Argentina	View Profile
	Santiago Viglierchio	Partner in the Dispute Resolution areas: Litigation and arbitration, Consumer protection, Public…	View Profile
	Federico Villarino	Partner in the Labour, Public and regulatory, Immigration, Dispute Resolution areas: Litigation…	View Profile
	Octavio Zenarruza	Partner in the areas of Corporate/M&A, Energy, Infrastructure and Oil & Gas,…	View Profile

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