Nicolas Servente > Baker McKenzie > Buenos Aires, Argentina > Lawyer Profile

Baker McKenzie focuses on commercial dispute resolution and white-collar crime defence and represents clients in civil, commercial, environmental and public law disputes before the Argentine federal, national and local courts. The practice handles a wide range of complex litigation matters, including distributor and service provider claims, consumer and environmental class actions and public law litigation. The practice is also called on for support in domestic and international arbitrations and insolvency and bankruptcy cases, with preventive and post-litigation review services another area of expertise. On the white-collar crime front, the team advises defendants in complex, high-stakes cases and internal investigations. Practice head Luis Dates is well-reviewed by clients and handles a mix of multidisciplinary litigation and arbitration work. Partner Santiago Maqueda focuses on regulatory assessments, complex litigation and arbitrations, while Fernando Goldaracena leads the firm’s white-collar crime offering. Franco Masuchi and Nicolas Servente are the key contacts at the associate level, focusing on civil, commercial and administrative law and white-collar crime respectively.

Baker McKenzie provides a comprehensive compliance offering that includes coverage of internal investigations and associated criminal proceedings, risk assessments around clients’ exposure to fraud and corruption charges under criminal and administrative law, corporate compliance programme design and implementation, and compliance training. Cross-border matters are a particularly active area of work for the practice, which can draw on the expertise of the global network of its parent firm to cover international regulations, such as the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and UK Bribery Act, for Argentine clients. The practice is led by well-known life sciences lawyer Maria Vanina Caniza, who also has a strong record in compliance and investigations work; and criminal law veteran Fernando Goldaracena, an expert in anti-corruption and compliance matters, as well as financial and cybersecurity crime. Nicolas Servente, who focuses on litigation and internal investigations, is the main contact at the associate level.