Mrs María Paula Terrel > Mitrani Caballero & Ruiz Moreno Abogados > Buenos Aires, Argentina > Lawyer Profile

Mitrani Caballero & Ruiz Moreno Abogados
BOUCHARD 680, 12TH FLOOR
C1106ABJ, BUENOS AIRES
Argentina

Work Department

Energy and Natural Resources / Mergers & Acquisitions / Banking and Finance

Position

Senior Counsel

Career

María Paula Terrel specializes in corporate, finance and mining law. She regularly advises clients in their day-to-day operations and in the analysis, acquisition and development of projects and assets in Argentina, acting for both sellers and buyers, including the development and financing of projects. She has vast experience assisting clients in the set-up of companies in the country, and in the execution of shareholders agreements, exploration, option and operation agreements, among others.

In the mining sector, she advises clients on all phases of mining projects, from exploration, development, financing, construction, exploitation and commercialization, and day-to-day operations and in the acquisition, development, financing, expansion and sale of projects and assets.  She has intervened in several M&A transactions. She has vast experience advising in the lithium sector, in the acquisition and development of several projects in the country.  She has advised clients in public tenders for the acquisition of tenements from provincial entities and in the negotiation of related agreements. She has participated in international financing of projects for the exploitation of natural resources in Argentina, and assisted several clients in cross-border financial deals of the mining sector, including equity financing and public takeovers.

Prior to joining the Firm in 2017, Ms. Terrel was a partner at HOLT Abogados (2008-2017).  Previously, she was a junior partner at Estudio Beccar Varela (2000-2008).

 

Languages

Spanish, English and French

Memberships

Bar admissions: Buenos Aires, 2001

Education

Université Panthéon-Assas, France, School of Law (LL.M in French, European and International Business Law, 2013)
Universidad del CEMA, School of Law (Master in Finance, 2007)
Universidad de Buenos Aires,School of Law (Abogada, with honors, 2000)

Lawyer Rankings

Argentina > Energy and natural resources > Mining

(Leading individuals)

María Paula Terrel – Mitrani Caballero & Ruiz Moreno Abogados

Mitrani Caballero & Ruiz Moreno Abogados’s fast-growing mining practice has carved out a strong presence in the lithium segment and has also been active advising on mining development and construction mandates. Other areas covered by the multidisciplinary team include cross-border investments, M&A and project finance. Transactional and projects lawyer Matías Olcese is active across a range of regulatory, finance and M&A matters in the sector; he co-leads the team alongside experienced corporate and finance lawyer María Paula Terrel, who has returned to Buenos Aires after a spell in Chile and advises mining clients on their day-to-day operations, and on the acquisition, development, financing and sale of projects and assets.