This edition of Argentine Business Law Watch 1 discusses the enactment of Law No. 25,780. For those involved in Argentine banking activity, this statute provides an encouraging sign that Argentine banking regulatory authorities are implementing lessons learned from the bank failures suffered during the collapse of the Argentine financial system in 2002.

This edition of Argentine Business Law Watch reports on a recent directive released by the Secretariat of Energy. The directive represents the Government’s latest response to the current Argentine energy crisis. In our March issue, we outlined the Government’s plans to curtail exports of natural gas and gas-generated electricity, as well as other measures to reduce domestic consumption, embodied in Decrees 180/04 and 181/04.

This edition of Argentine Business Law Watch reports on a recently enacted federal tax regime designed to encourage Argentina’s burgeoning software industry.

This issue of Argentine Business Law Watch looks at recent Central Bank rules affecting foreign financial institutions. Regulation (and Taxation) Through Representation? examines a significant shift in Central Bank policy toward the authorization of foreign financial institution representatives.

On April 16, 2004 a federal judge in the small, provincial town of San Rafael, Mendoza, loosed his sling and let fly a stone against the designs of two corporate giants.

This article reports on recent government rules responding to the Argentine energy crisis. As winter approaches and natural gas consumption increases, the Government has announced plans to curtail exports of natural gas and gas-generated electricity, as well as other measures to reduce domestic consumption. How can a country rich in gas reserves suffer a shortage? Why are Argentina’s neighbors, particularly Chile, extremely worried?