Federico Osvaldo Valiño > Abeledo Gottheil Abogados > Buenos Aires, Argentina > Lawyer Profile
Abeledo Gottheil Abogados Offices
AV. EDUARDO MADERO 1020
5TH FLOOR
1106 BUENOS AIRES
Argentina
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Federico Osvaldo Valiño
Position
Partner at Abeledo Gottheil Abogados.
Federico Osvaldo Valiño joined Abeledo Gottheil Abogados in 2006 and has been a partner since 2018.
His practice areas include complex litigation, consumer law, restructuring, insolvency, and bankruptcy. He also has broad experience in arbitration, commercial law and corporate legal advice related to distribution and sales representative contracts.
Career
Graduated from the School of Law of the Universidad de Buenos Aires in 2007 and member of Abeledo Gottheil Abogados since 2006, he has complemented his professional work with different post-graduate studies, among them the Specialization in Contracts and Damages of the Universidad de Salamanca, Spain (2018).
He is mainly devoted to complex litigation and arbitration and provides advice to multinational companies on corporate and contractual issues from an integral viewpoint, especially focused on conflict prevention and dispute resolution. His practice areas include insolvency, bankruptcy and debt restructurings.
His academic background has been completed with different post-graduate studies: a Course on Modern Business Contracts (XXVII), Business Law Legal Concept of the Bar Association of the City of Buenos Aires, 2014; Training Course on the Practice of Business Law, Universidad de Buenos Aires, 2009; Course on Modern Business Contracts (XXVI), Business Law Legal Concept of the Bar Association of the City of Buenos Aires, 2011.
Between 2015 and 2016, he was President of CAMBRAS Joven, young professionals’ area of the Argentine-Brazilian Chamber of Commerce of the Argentine Republic (CAMBRAS).
During the years 2020 and 2021, he contributed to the Global Indicators projects of The World Bank Group, in the respective chapters “Resolving Insolvency”, “Enforcing Contracts”, and “Protecting Minority Investors”, relating to the Argentine Republic.
Areas:
Litigation | Consumer Law & Product Liability | Class actions | Insolvency | Bankruptcy and restructuring | Arbitration | Contracts and Corporate Advice | Probono | Bids, Public Concessions and Privatizations | Construction and Infrastructure Projects Law | Automotive Sector | Railroad Sector
Languages
Spanish (native), English and Italian
Memberships
He is a member of the Bar Association of the City of Buenos Aires (Colegio Público de Abogados de la Capital Federal) and of the Bar Association of the City of San Isidro, Province of Buenos Aires (Colegio de Abogados de San Isidro).
He is currently the sub-editor of the Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution Journal of www.eldial.com, by Editorial Albrematica S.A.
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Lawyer Rankings
Argentina > Consumer law
Abeledo Gottheil Abogados stands out for its expertise in contentious consumer matters and is known for its work in complex product liability cases, product recalls and claims filed before local Consumer Protection Bureaus and the Federal Trade Commission. Outside of its contentious practice, the firm is also called on for advice on product safety, product labelling and advertising and preventative measures to reduce the risk of product liability exposure. The team advises clients in the retail and consumer goods spaces and has a particularly strong portfolio of automotive industry clients. The practice is co-led by Rodrigo Blas Hernández, an experienced litigator with an extensive consumer track record; Federico Osvaldo Valiño, who covers class actions, product recalls, consumer rights and unfair practices; and Natalia Soledad Vannucci, a product liability and complex litigation expert.
Argentina > Dispute resolution
Abeledo Gottheil Abogados has extensive commercial and investment arbitration experience, supporting local and international clients before ICC and ICSID tribunals. Energy and oil and gas matters are particular areas of strength. The practice is also active in domestic litigation, advising on contractual disputes, class actions, torts, shareholder conflicts, mortgage foreclosures and complex evictions. The team is co-led by experienced oil and gas and infrastructure litigation expert Hernán Martín Oriolo, veteran litigation practitioner Rodrigo Blas Hernández and Luis Erize, who handles disputes in the electricity and oil and gas sectors. The firm’s senior bench also includes corporate and shareholder litigation lawyer Leonardo Pablo Cippitelli, Federico Osvaldo Valiño, who advises on business torts and has been active in the automotive industry, and Javier Fernando Gelis, who litigates on a wide range of antitrust and competition issues pertaining to M&A deals. Associate Florencia Buczak assists on complex litigation and arbitration cases.
Argentina > Bankruptcy and restructuring
Abeledo Gottheil Abogados has extensive experience in insolvency cases, settlements, reorganisation agreements and restructurings, representing debtors, creditors and other market participants in both judicial and out-of-court proceedings. The team is regularly called on to participate in steering committees and court-designated creditor committees and has litigated frequently in the Argentine courts. The practice is co-led by Federico Osvaldo Valiño, who handles bankruptcy and insolvency litigation and also advises reorganisations and restructurings, and Leonardo Pablo Cippitelli, who focuses his practice on bankruptcy, insolvency and shareholder litigation, as well as arbitrations. Veteran receivership, bankruptcy and dispute resolution lawyer Hernán Martín Oriolo provides additional senior-level resources, with associate Alfredo Vitolo, who joined from Estudio Alegría, Buey Fernández, Fissore y Montemerlo in 2023, being a key second line contact.