Mr Santiago Daireaux > Pérez Alati, Grondona, Benites & Arntsen > Buenos Aires, Argentina > Lawyer Profile

Pérez Alati, Grondona, Benites & Arntsen handles complex, cross-border deals for corporate and private equity clients across a wide range of sectors, leveraging its office network in Chile and New York to cover pan-regional and domestic Argentine transactions . Energy and agribusiness have been particularly active areas of work during the last 12 months, with the team also prominent on fintech and healthcare matters. In addition to its strong M&A capability, the practice provides extensive corporate advisory coverage, supporting clients on day-to-day corporate, tax, antitrust, environmental and regulatory issues. The team continues to draw on the vast experience of veteran transactional lawyer Jorge L. Pérez Alati, who co-leads the practice alongside respected M&A lawyer (and “go-to” name for private equity clients), Santiago Daireaux; and Eugenio Aramburu, an experienced M&A practitioner who has worked on multiple buyouts and cross-border deals. Transaction-focused Tomás Pérez Alati is another key name, taking up senior roles on the practice’s most important deals following his promotion to partner in 2022. The firm strengthened its second line with the June 2022 hire of Nicano Berola (from Zang, Bergel & Viñes Abogados) as a senior associate; he focus on corporate matters, M&A, venture capital, and mining and natural resources.

Pérez Alati, Grondona, Benites & Arntsen has a strong track record in residential real estate, and industrial and urbanisation projects in the greater Buenos Aires area, with gated community developments and power generation sites two areas of notable expertise. The team handles all aspects of real estate law, from assisting clients with the drafting of preliminary sales contracts and obtaining of permits and approvals from national, provincial and municipal authorities, to construction agreements, financing, lease contracts and sales. Leasing and property management have been particularly active areas during the last 18 months. Guillermo Quiñoa is an authority on real estate and construction law and co-leads the practice alongside M&A and financing partner Santiago Daireaux; and Eugenio Aramburu, who advises on M&A, private equity, venture capital, corporate law, and project and corporate finance. The team was strengthened at associate level with the April 2022 hire of real estate and construction-focused senior, Rosario Stoppani.