Mr Marcos Patrón Costas > Allende & Brea > BUENOS AIRES, Argentina > Lawyer Profile

Allende & Brea is regularly called on by foreign companies for advice on complex transactions and exit strategies from Argentina, including disposals and carve-outs. The firm works across a broad range of industries, with insurance, agribusiness and technology among its areas of particular expertise. Vastly experienced corporate lawyer and firm managing partner Valeriano Lynch heads the team in tandem with Santiago Sturla, who advises clients on a broad range of corporate matters, including M&A, shareholder conflicts, financing and restructuring. Dispute resolution and restructuring expert Diego Botana and Raul Fratantoni, who has a strong tax background and an active portfolio of family-owned company clients, are other key senior names. Corporate all-rounder Tomás de Cío, transactional-focused Marcos Patron Costas, and life sciences specialist Fernando Martínez Zuviría all provide further partner-level expertise.

A formidable player in the mining sector, Allende & Brea has been working on growing its profile in the adjacent oil-and-gas sector, where it can leverage its full service capabilities, especially in the fields of tax, environmental law, contracts, M&A and financing in tightly regulated industries. Florencia Heredia, who is best known for her mining practice but also has experience across energy and the broader natural resources segment, leads the team; cross-border M&A financing partner Marcos Patron Costas, and associate Agostina Martinez (international oil-and-gas law, contracts and negotiations), are the other key contacts.

Allende & Brea advises power industry clients on transactional, regulatory, environmental, tax, financial and litigation matters and is especially active in the design and construction of natural gas, combined cycle and renewable energy power plants; where it advises on EPC contracts and project financing. Stand-out mining practitioner Florencia Heredia leads on all natural resources, environmental and energy related work. Transactional and financing partner Marcos Patron Costas provides key support.