Mr Santiago Daireaux > Pérez Alati, Grondona, Benites & Arntsen > Buenos Aires, Argentina > Lawyer Profile
Pérez Alati, Grondona, Benites & Arntsen Offices
SUIPACHA 1111
C1008AAW, BUENOS AIRES
Argentina
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Mr Santiago Daireaux
Work Department
Agribusiness
Corporate Finance
Debt Restructuring
Mergers & Acquisitions
Private Equity & Venture Capital
Project Finance & Infrastructure
Position
Mr. Daireaux has a long-dating experience on Argentine, regional and international Mergers and Acquisitions and financing transactions. He also advises on Private Equity and general corporate practice. This has earned him the recognition of several legal publications, which have named Santiago Daireaux as one of the leading lawyers in Argentina in Corporate Law and M&A.
Santiago Daireaux has advised local and internationa companies in connection with their investments in Argentina and Latin America, in a wide array of aspects within general corporate law.
He is one of the leading Argentine lawyers in the agribusiness industry, where he has actively represented some of the largest companies of the sector in their businesses within the Latin American region.
Career
Mr. Daireaux joined PAGBAM in 1997 and he was named partner in 2003. Prior to joining PAGBAM, Santiago Daireaux was associated with Fornieles & del Carril (Argentina), and he was a foreign associate in the law firm Reboul, MacMurray, Hewittt, Maynard & Kristol (New York, NY).
Languages
Spanish and English
Memberships
Mr. Daireaux is a member of the Bar Association of the City of Buenos Aires and of the Bar Association of the State of New York.
Education
Mr. Daireaux received his law degree in 1992 from the Argentine Catholic University, and his LLM from the Law School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1995.
Lawyer Rankings
Argentina > Corporate and M&A
(Leading individuals)Santiago Daireaux – Pérez Alati, Grondona, Benites & Arntsen
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.
Argentina > Real estate
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.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Competition and antitrust
- Compliance
- Consumer law
- Corporate and M&A
- Fintech
- International trade and customs
- Labour and employment
- Real estate
- Tax
- TMT
- Bankruptcy and restructuring
- Dispute resolution
- Environment
- Insurance
- Intellectual property
- Energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Public law