Javier E. Patrón > Marval O’Farrell Mairal > Buenos Aires, Argentina > Lawyer Profile

Marval O’Farrell Mairal
AV LEANDRO N ALEM 882
C1001AAQ CIUDAD DE BUENOS AIRES
Argentina
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Work Department

Labour & Employment

Position

He leads the employment litigation sector and specializes in providing legal support to international clients doing business in Argentina. He has a strong background in dealing with unions and rightsizing processes.

Career

He joined Marval O’Farrell Mairal in 1992 and has been a partner since 1997. He currently chairs the firm’s labor and employment law department and has been managing partner since 2015. Prior to joining the firm, he worked in the Tribunal del Trabajo No. 1 of the Departamento Judicial de San Isidro, in the province of Buenos Aires, between 1987 and 1992 and at the Tribunal de Menores No. 3 of the Departamento Judicial de San Isidro during 1986 and 1987. Between 1983 and 1986 he worked as a trainee in business, commercial and corporate labor law.

Languages

English and Spanish

Education

He graduated as a lawyer from the Museo Social Argentino University in 1988.

Lawyer Rankings

Argentina > Labour and employment

(Hall of Fame)

Javier PatrónMarval O’Farrell Mairal

Marval O’Farrell Mairal specialises in complex, sensitive labour matters for international corporates and embassies, among others. The practice is well-known for its labour litigation work, representing clients before all levels of the courts, and has developed proprietary software that helps to predict the outcomes of labour lawsuits to assist clients in planning defences. The team is equally adept taking on union negotiations, immigration matters, foreign currency salary payments, the winding down of Argentine subsidiaries and advising on the labour aspects of M&A transactions. One of Argentina’s most experienced labour litigators, Javier Patrón, leads the team; he is flanked by well-connected employment specialist Enrique Stile, and Diego Kelly, whose areas of expertise include compensation and union issues. Both provide significant senior-level support. Other key names include international labour and M&A expert Rodrigo Sola Torino; labour litigation veteran José María Llano; and Guillermo Osorio, whose practice is focused on representing high net worth individuals in complex labour litigations. The practice recently strengthened its ranks with the hire of five associates, including Luciana Abadin and Mariela Raczekowski who arrived from Bruchou & Funes de Rioja in November 2022.