Sebastián Luegmayer > O'Farrell > Buenos Aires, Argentina > Lawyer Profile
O'Farrell Offices
French 3155
CP 1425AWM, CABA
Buenos Aires
Argentina
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Sebastián Luegmayer
Work Department
Banking and Finance - Capital Markets
Position
Sebastian Luegmayer has been a Partner of the firm since 2014. His practice areas are Corporate Law, Finance Law and Capital Markets.
He focuses on corporate finance, domestic and international debt, equity offerings, derivatives and structured products, project finance, exchange control regulation and general corporate law.
Career
He advised YPF S.A., Argentina’s largest oil and gas company, on numerous debt issues both in domestic and international capital markets. In addition, he advised John Deere Credit Compañía Financiera S.A. on the creation of a $ 900,000,000 notes program and on the issue of debt securities in the Argentine capital markets. Moreover, Mr. Luegmayer gave legal advice on financial matters to Wells Fargo, Standard Chartered Bank, Societé Generale, ING Bank and Deutsche Bank AG.
Since 2006, he has counseled the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) on matters related to financial derivatives in Argentina. He is author of a legal opinion on netting for derivatives and repos, published by ISDA in April 2019.
During 2008, he acted as international associate at the New York office of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, participating in capital market, M&A, and financial derivatives transactions.
He is a post-graduate course professor at Universidad Católica Argentina and Universidad Austral.
Languages
Spanish and English
Memberships
Education
He is a lawyer graduated from the Law and Social Sciences School of Universidad de Belgrano, and he holds a Master’s Degree in Finance from Universidad del CEMA.
Lawyer Rankings
Argentina > Banking and finance
O’Farrell is best known for its banking and finance work in the energy and agribusiness sectors, where long-standing clients YPF and John Deere consistently call on the firm for guidance on banking matters and capital raisings, including green and sustainability-linked bond issuance. Name partner and veteran energy lawyer Uriel F. O’Farrell
co-leads the team alongside Sebastián Luegmayer, who advises corporations and financial entities on a wide range of capital markets transactions, loans, financial trusts, derivatives and complex financial transactions.
Argentina > Corporate and M&A
O’Farrell represents clients in high value, complex M&A transactions as well as supporting a long-standing, loyal roster of multinational clients with comprehensive advice on all aspects of business law. The firm’s long track record and deep expertise in energy and electricity make these key sectors for the practice, although it also has a strong presence in automotive, healthcare, construction, real estate, entertainment, agribusiness, food-and-drink and TMT. Outstanding energy lawyer Uriel F. O’Farrell co-leads the practice with banking and finance specialist Sebastián Luegmayer and versatile corporate lawyer Ernesto Genco, whose practice covers foreign investments, start ups, joint ventures, reorganisations, M&A, corporate conflicts and general corporate advice. The practice has seen the departure of Juan Pablo Fratantoni , who has taken up an in-house role at YPF.