The Argentine Government has recently issued a set of non-mandatory corporate governance recommendations for companies that offer securities to the public to further improve the corporate governance legal framework.

This article reports on a significant joint resolution issued last week by the Argentine tax and securities regulatory authorities (the "Joint Resolution"). The Joint Resolution endeavors to clarify the meaning of "public offering" and to resolve various uncertainties concerning the issue of tax-exempt debt securities. Unfortunately, the safe harbor spelled out by the Joint Resolution may not prove practical. Read on for a description of the new rules and a brief analysis.

Through two new regulations, the Ministry of Economy and the Central Bank reduced the terms for the liquidation of foreign exchange proceeds from exports.

El 4 de febrero de 2021, el Banco Central de la República Argentina (el "BCRA") emitió las Comunicaciones "A" 7218 y "A" 7217, mediante las cuales se introdujeron novedades referentes a:

On November 29, 2012, the Argentine Congress passed the new "Securities Law", which modifies the public offer regime set forth by Law No.17, 811, as amended.

This article reports on two significant recent developments. The lead story centers on a national appellate court decision holding (we think unfairly) a regional Coca Cola bottler jointly liable for labor claims made against a distributor. Our second story, <B>Shocked Back to Life?</B>, offers some encouraging news to bondholders pursuing claims in bankruptcy.

In December 2001 and after over ten years of economic deregulation, the Central Bank of the Republic of Argentina imposed very tight exchange controls. As from the end of the year 2002, the Central Bank has gradually loosened...

A look at arbitration cases filed by before the ICSID.

El pasado 30 de noviembre de 2016 el Poder Ejecutivo de la Nación promulgó la Ley 27.328 que regula los contratos de Participación Público - Privada (contratos PPP).

El BCRA dispuso que las transferencias "pull" deben reemplazar obligatoriamente a la modalidad de DEBIN recurrente para ingresar fondos desde cuentas propias.

Externalization shall include foreign currency holdings in Argentina and abroad as of April 30, 2013.

Through a general resolution, the Public Registry of Commerce ("IGJ") (i) set forth the companies’ duty to register, previously or simultaneously to the filing before the IGJ of capital increases, the issuance of bonus shares, and (ii) established a series of requirements as regards the manner of execution and treatment of the so-called "irrevocable contributions on account of future share issuances", "irrevocable contributions, "irrevocable advanced payments", "contributions", etc.

The recently enacted Capital Markets Law is the most substantial change to the capital markets regulation since 1968.

On September 1, 2019, Argentina introduced a number of new restrictions on foreign currency transactions, reversing its four-year-old policy that had eliminated such controls

Argentina’s GDP grew from 2003 to 2007 at annual rates higher than 8%, barely declining to around 7% in 2008. However, the global crisis accelerated the end of such impressive growth cycle, and the GDP’s evolution for 2009 is expected to be close to cero.

Security interests in Argentina may be structured through different agreements according to the nature of the assets included as collaterals.