Mr Juan Zocca > Bruchou & Funes de Rioja > Buenos Aires, Argentina > Lawyer Profile

Bruchou & Funes de Rioja advises clients in the pharmaceutical, health, personal hygiene, cosmetics, biotechnology and medical device industries, and covers commercial agreements, strategic partnerships, litigation and M&A, as well as trade mark, patent and other IP matters. The practice is co-led by respected corporate and M&A partner Estanislao Olmos, who focuses on M&A and commercial agreements in the sector, and IP lawyer Dámaso Pardo, who has extensive experience in filing and prosecuting patent applications for pharmaceutical, medical device and biotechnology companies. Administrative law and regulatory expert Juan Zocca works on regulatory matters related to medicinal cannabis, drugs, healthcare and health technologies, and regularly supports clients in the registration of products and companies before ANMAT, and with the application of the chemical precursors regime to pharmaceutical companies.

Bruchou & Funes de Rioja is well known for its expertise in highly regulated industries, where it supports private companies and government authorities with advice on concessions, expropriations, public procurement, tenders and litigation before administrative authorities, courts and arbitral tribunals. The firm is particularly active in the oil-and-gas and utilities sectors, and brings in support from its banking and dispute resolution teams to provide clients with comprehensive, multidisciplinary coverage of public law matters. The team is led by the highly-respected dispute resolution and public law expert Ignacio Minorini Lima, who is recognised for his impressive track record in complex, high-profile regulatory disputes. Public procurement and administrative law expert Juan Zocca provides further partner-level support, with the practice also able to call on vastly experienced regulatory law of counsel Carlos de Kemmeter. Senior associate Maria Laura Rozan is focused on regulatory law and also works across various arbitration proceedings.

Bruchou & Funes de Rioja handles a broad mix of telecom, broadcasting, IP, data protection and technology matters, supporting clients with submissions for authorisations, permits and licenses for the provision of broadcasting and telecoms services. The team also takes on work involving radio electric spectrum regulation, the installation of telecoms equipment and infrastructure, and IP and data protection; with litigation and transactional matters in the TMT space also covered. A multi-disciplinary team is co-headed by Santiago Balbi, who has led the launch of a new advisory service to support new technology start-ups and their investors; Dámaso Pardo Correa, who handles conflicts regarding trade marks, patents, advertising and marketing law, as well as privacy and internet law; and young partner Juan Zocca, who has a strong background in administrative law and primarily works with clients in highly-regulated sectors. Data privacy and new-technologies partner Alejandro Barrientos is another key name, as is public law veteran Ignacio Minorini Lima.

Bruchou & Funes de Rioja‘s dedicated environmental law team works closely with partners in other related practice areas, including mining, energy, capital markets, administrative law and litigation, to provide comprehensive advice on environmental conflicts and litigation, environmental regulation and compliance, permitting, the environmental aspects of M&A and green financing deals. The practice is now led by senior associate and ‘expert consultant’ Pablo Crimer, who also leads the firm’s recently launched ESG platform for climate action and sustainable businesses. He can draw on an array of partner level support, including Sergio Arbeleche, whose mining background has seen him develop extensive experience handling environmental law matters; Sebastian Vedoya, also a specialist in environmental matters related to the mining sector, along with hydrocarbon projects; and administrative and public law partner Juan Zocca. Since publication, Crimer has been raised to the partnership – effective as of April 2025.