Martínez de Hoz & Rueda handles the full spectrum of environmental and natural resources matters. The practice is driven by a capable trio comprising Juan Cruz Azzarri, who leads on administrative disputes, judicial proceedings and the application of environmental frameworks; Pablo Rueda, who advises on complex environmental litigation and the design of compliance strategies for public utilities and public-private partnership projects; and Tomás Lanardonne, who possesses strong acumen regarding permitting processes and regulatory negotiations, particularly in the oil-and-gas and mining sectors.
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Key clients
Equinor
Total Austral
YPF
Patagonia Energy
Phoenix Global Resources
President Petroleum
Chevron Argentina
Cross Capital
Wintershall DEA Argentina
Oleoducto Trasandino Argentina
Santa Graciela
Entertag
Work highlights
Defending Equinor in collective actions brought by NGOs and public authorities seeking to halt offshore seismic and drilling activities on the Argentine Continental Shelf, successfully securing key favourable rulings, including the lifting of an injunction, while continuing to advise on the regulatory and litigation strategy.
Representing Total Austral (operator of the offshore Fénix block together with Pan American Energy and Wintershall DEA), and defending litigation brought by an NGO seeking to stop construction of a platform and related facilities. The trial court rejected the request for injunctive relief, allowing the project to proceed on schedule.
Defending Equino in an environmental collective action in Neuquén Province concerning the Bajo del Toro Este block, where Equinor was implicated as a third party, challenging the third-party citation on procedural and standing grounds. Continuing to seek its dismissal while preserving all substantive defences.
Practice head
Juan Cruz Azzarri; Pablo Rueda; Tomas Lanardonne