Bruchou & Funes de Rioja‘s dedicated compliance team is known for its expertise in the areas of white-collar crime, internal investigations and associated litigation. The practice is also sought out to assist with the design and implementation of tailored compliance programmes, and its advice on regulatory risk mitigation is highly valued. Other areas of expertise include asset tracing and recovery, corporate governance, and anti-bribery and anti-money laundering strategy. Practice head Guillermo Jorge is an authority in the areas of anti-corruption and asset recovery and works closely with criminal law and anti-bribery partner Fernando Basch. At the associate level, Lucía Falú, who is focused on compliance, internal investigations and business crime, and Tomás Fernández Bouzo, who advises clients on corporate criminal risk mitigation, are the main contacts. Manú Hersch García joined Mercado Libre in 2023, while Guido Valeriani now holds a role with Sqope Intelligence.
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‘The compliance, investigations and business criminal law practice of Bruchou & Funes de Rioja is currently the most reputable in the Argentine market. The team has been growing steadily and has the ability to handle sophisticated, complex multi-jurisdictional internal investigations and transnational fraud cases.'
‘Guillermo Jorge is an undisputed leader in his practice area and Fernando Basch is a reference on money laundering prevention and sanction. They organise investigations in several countries and provide invaluable advice on how to minimise risks.'
‘Advice and service of exceptional quality. The team is extremely competent and large enough to handle high workloads.'
- 'The lawyers are competent and we feel the team is united and communicative.’
‘An excellent adviser on compliance matters. They are clear, reasonable and expeditious. They always exceed expectations.'
Key clients
- Vicentin’s international financial creditors steering committee
- Mercado Libre
- GridExponential
- Fraud against the estate of K family
- The Maritime Anticorruption Network
- Equinor
- Petrobras’ former independent board members
- Barrick Gold Corporation
- Genneia
- Independent Ship Agents
Work highlights
- Advised members of the steering committee of international lenders to Vicentin on litigation proceedings aimed at improving their position as creditors in the restructuring process.
- Advised Mercado Libre on the mapping and assessment of all anti-corruption, fintech, labour, anti-discrimination, anti-money laundering, political financing, and modern slavery regulations applicable in 17 countries of Latin America.
- Conducted biotech startup developer GridX’s first-ever anti-corruption and anti-money laundering risk assessment, and provided advice on the implementation of its governance, risk and compliance programmes.
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Practice head
Guillermo Jorge