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Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima (IRSA) is the leading real estate development firm in Argentina – the company’s diverse operations cover the acquisition, development, administration and operation of commercial centres and office buildings. IRSA’s mission statement is to generate sustainable growth in the flow of funds and increase the value of the company’s real estate assets in the long-term, and crucial to the long-lasting success is the corporate legal head Gaston Lernoud, who has earned an excellent reputation in the Argentinian legal market via a long tenure advising the company. Lernoud first started his career at an external law firm that was advising IRSA and related companies in 1997; he remained with the firm until joining IRSA in 2002. Lernoud’s cites the formation of a ‘perfectly assembled and consolidated working group’ at IRSA as the biggest highlight of his career to date – growing the legal department based on specific results and short, medium and long term objectives. Working within the sometimes capricious Argentinian economic, social and political context, Lernoud has developed an ability to cope with various externalities and the results he has achieved for a business he has been working ‘side by side’ with for more than 15 years embody this skill. As well as leading IRSA´s legal team, Lernoud oversees the insurance, security, governmental affairs and environmental departments – meaning that he has more than 1,500 people under his remit between independent contractors and professional and non-professional employees. Lernoud is also an executive officer, director, and president of the board of some of IRSA´s related companies, giving him the opportunity to display his commercial acumen.