Gonzalo J. Fontana > Marval O’Farrell Mairal > Buenos Aires, Argentina > Lawyer Profile
Marval O’Farrell Mairal Offices

AV LEANDRO N ALEM 882
C1001AAQ CIUDAD DE BUENOS AIRES
Argentina
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Gonzalo J. Fontana

Work Department
Dispute Resolution.
Position
Gonzalo Fontana specializes in litigation and commercial and corporate law. Within this area of specialization, he advises mainly in judicial and arbitral proceedings and gives general advice in matters related to commercial law. He is also responsible of coordinating Pro Bono work.
Career
He has been a partner of Marval O’Farrell Mairal since February 2000, Before joining the firm he was a member of the firm of Lanfranco & Mariño from 1989 until 2000, becoming a partner of such firm in 1998, and before that he was with Alconada Aramburu, Crescia, Spangenberg & Asociados from 1986 to 1989.
Languages
English & Spanish.
Memberships
He is a member of the Colegio Público de Abogados de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires.
Education
He graduated as a lawyer from the Universidad del Salvador in 1988, and attended various post graduate courses, amongst which are the following: Especialización en Concursos y Quiebras in the Universidad Notarial Argentina, 1993-1994; Sociedades Anónimas y su Interpretación Jurisprudencial, Universidad Notarial Argentina, in 1996 and Especialización en Derecho Procesal Civil y Comercial at the Fundación de Estudios Superiores e Investigación in 1997.
Lawyer Rankings
Argentina > Bankruptcy and restructuring
Marval O’Farrell Mairal handles complex in-and-out-of-court bankruptcy and restructuring cases, including international and cross-border proceedings, with the firm able to support clients in New York court hearings from its New York office. Creditor-side mandates are a key source of work, with the practice able to draw on expertise from other teams in the key overlapping practice areas of banking, labour, tax and litigation. Of counsel Martín Campbell has more than 40 years of bankruptcy and restructuring experience and leads a practice that also draws on the vast experience of Julio César Rivera, a veteran insolvency law and dispute resolution expert; disputes and insolvency partner Julio César Rivera (h); and Gonzalo Fontana, an expert in bankruptcy, litigation, commercial and corporate law. Banking and restructuring specialist Roberto Silva Jr has departed to take up a role as the head of the National Securities Commission under the Milei administration.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Bankruptcy and restructuring
- Competition and antitrust
- Consumer law
- Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Environment
- Fintech
- Dispute resolution
- Dispute resolution
- Insurance
- Intellectual property
- International trade and customs
- Labour and employment
- Dispute resolution
- Dispute resolution
- Dispute resolution
- Dispute resolution
- Life sciences and healthcare
- Energy and natural resources > Mining
- Public law
- Tax
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