Mr Francisco Abeal > Marval O’Farrell Mairal > Buenos Aires, Argentina > Lawyer Profile
Marval O’Farrell Mairal Offices
AV LEANDRO N ALEM 882
C1001AAQ CIUDAD DE BUENOS AIRES
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Mr Francisco Abeal
Work Department
Banking & Finance / Foreign Exchange and Capital Controls
Position
Partner
Career
Francisco Abeal joined Marval O’Farrell Mairal in 2004 and has been a member of its Banking and Finance Department and Foreign Exchange and Capital Controls since 2008. In 2022, he was appointed partner.
His professional practice focuses on advising companies on a wide variety of commercial and financial transactions and regulatory matters, both locally and internationally. He has participated in numerous bilateral and syndicated loans, financings, debt restructuring processes, guarantees, trust structuring, banking, foreign exchange, regulations for money laundering prevention, bank and other business acquisitions (M&A), and a wide variety of commercial contracts.
Francisco has stood out as a specialist in exchange control and has successfully carried out dozens of foreign exchange summaries. He also specializes in summaries before the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU).
Among other awards, he was distinguished by Legal 500 Latin America 2017 Banking and Finance (Argentina) as “Next Generation Lawyer“, “Rising Star”, and “Associate to watch” in the 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021 editions of the same publication.
Before joining the Firm, he worked at the First Instance National Commercial Court No. 7, Secretary No. 13.
He graduated as lawyer from the Argentine Catholic University in 2006, and later completed the Deepening Program in Business Problems at the Austral University. In 2013, he completed an LLM at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law in Chicago.
During 2013 and 2014, he was a foreign associate at Bingham McCutchen LLP (currently Morgan, Lewis & Bockius) in New York.
He has participated as panelist in different conferences in Argentina on exchange controls, published several articles and papers including his collaboration in the writing of the book Argentine Law on Mining.
Languages
Spanish - English
Education
He is currently a member of the Public Bar Association of the City of Buenos Aires (CPACF) and the Argentine Banking Lawyers Committee.
Lawyer Rankings
Argentina > Banking and finance
(Next Generation Partners)Marval O’Farrell Mairal’s large banking and finance practice draws on the experience of 42 dedicated lawyers, including 11 partners, to provide banks and corporates with a full service offering covering all aspects of banking and finance law. The firm stands out for its deep expertise in bank M&A matters and has carved out a unique market position in Central Bank-related litigation, where it handles numerous forex, banking regulation and money laundering cases. The firm is also known for its formidable capital markets practice, which supports local and international clients across a range of complex cross-border and domestic securitisations, bond issuances and IPOs, as well as project and structured finance mandates. Respected banking lawyer and firm chairman Santiago Carregal
leads the team alongside veteran banking specialist Gabriel Matarasso, who is sought out for advice on complex regulatory, anti-money laundering and forex matters. Other key senior names include Roberto Silva Jr , one of Argentina’s most active capital markets lawyers; Cecilia Mairal, a trusted counsel on highly complex and sensitive non-transactional banking matters; experienced capital markets partner Juan Diehl Moreno; and financing specialist Hernán Slemenson. The team’s next tier is led by recently promoted partners Sergio Talamo, who handles syndicated and bilateral loans among other financings; and Francisco Abeal, who takes on a range of regulatory and transactional work but it best known for specialist expertise in forex matters. The firm’s high quality training and talent pool has seen a number of associates take up roles with international banks and law firms during last 24 months, but the practice still boasts a capable second line, with experienced senior associate Manuela Lava and Pablo Lapiduz the main contacts at associate level. Since publication, Silva has been appointed head of the National Securities Commission by the incoming Millei administration – effective as of Janauary 2024.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Bankruptcy and restructuring
- Competition and antitrust
- Consumer law
- Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Environment
- Insurance
- Intellectual property
- International trade and customs
- Labour and employment
- Life sciences and healthcare
- Energy and natural resources > Mining
- Public law
- Tax
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