Banking and finance
Hall of Fame
The lawyers at the very top of the profession, widely known and respected by peers and clients for their longstanding involvement in market-leading work.
Hall of fameMarval O’Farrell Mairal
Santiago Carregal is the Head of the Banking and Finance Department and Chairman of the firm. He specializes in corporate finance and has represented companies and investment banks in public offerings, private placements and tender and exchange offers, structured and project financings and mortgage securitization involving a variety of equity, debt and hybrid instruments. Santiago is also very active in M&As handling a number of notable transactions, and has extensive experience in restructuring and workouts.
Hall of fameBeccar Varela
Roberto A. Fortunati is a partner at Beccar Varela and a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. He heads the firm’s Natural Resources Department and co-heads the M&A and Banking & Financial Institutions departments. His main practice areas are mergers & acquisitions, banking & financial institutions, and project finance. He is a recognized expert in the mining, energy and oil & gas industries. He has also acted as a consultant to The World Bank on insolvency matters.
Rising stars
Rising stars with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.
Zang, Bergel & Viñes Abogados
Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Beccar Varela
Daniel Levi is a partner at Beccar Varela, where he co-heads the firm's Fintech department.
Marval O’Farrell Mairal
Partner since 2021, Sergio specializes in capital markets and corporate finance. He has extensive experience in syndicated and bilateral loans and other financings, public offering of negotiable obligations and financial trusts. In recent years, he has participated in more than 20 transactions, including among others, syndicated loans granted by prestigious international and local financial institutions. He also has experience in trusts and has recently advised in the creation of several financial trusts, mainly trusts with digital assets.
Baker McKenzie LLP
Leading individuals
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
Beccar Varela
Luciana Denegri is a partner at Beccar Varela, having joined the firm in 1998. Her practice areas include capital markets, corporate law and banking & financial institutions. She has led numerous local and international capital market transactions, advising the different parties involved. These include bond offerings, equity issues, IPOs, takeover bids (OPAs), debt restructuring, mutual funds (open and closed), structuring of different types of trusts (public and private, financial, among others), mergers and acquisitions (M&A), and proceedings initiated against issuers by the Comisión Nacional de Valores (local SEC) such as disciplinary proceedings, among other transactions. She also provides advice on corporate matters to companies under the public offering regime, as well as on regulatory issues. She is a member of the Buenos Aires Bar Association, the Cámara Argentina de Fideicomisos y Fondos de Inversión Directa en Actividades Productivas and the International Bar Association. Luciana teaches Commercial Law at the Universidad de Buenos Aires.
Marval O’Farrell Mairal
She has extensive experience and is highly active in advising banks in connection with their private banking and investment banking businesses, multinational companies and family offices in the creation of investment vehicles, cross-border bank financings, international securities’ transactions and debt restructurings. She also has niche expertise in sensitive regulatory work and complex international banking litigation cases.
Marval O’Farrell Mairal
His areas of specialization include corporate, commercial, finance and capital markets, both local and international. He has also advised in many M&A transactions, advising investment banks, financial entities, strategic partners and private equity funds in international transactions. He has also advised banks and companies on different types of transactions, including debt restructurings and restructuring proceedings under Central Bank supervision. He has advised foreign investors in public bids and joint ventures, and different types of public sector related transactions, including energy.
Allende & Brea
Partner. He advised various financing operations and buyouts in Argentina and Latin America. Companies and banks M&A's, restructurings and transfer of ongoing concerns. Central Bank regulations. Financing transactions, including structured finance, project financing, trade financing, private equity and securization.
Beccar Varela
Pablo Torretta is a partner at Beccar Varela, having joined the firm in 2001. He co-heads the firm’s Banking and Financial Institutions Department.
Salaverri, Burgio & Wetzler Malbran
Salaverri, Burgio & Wetzler Malbran
Zang, Bergel & Viñes Abogados