Corporate & M&A - Banking & Finance -  Energy & Natural Resources

O'Farrell’s Senior Partner, Uriel F O'Farrell, focuses his practice on corporate work, M&A, and energy transactions, regulation and disputes. He joined the firm in 1977.

During 1978 Mr. O´Farrell worked in Ford Motor Company Legal Department (Dearborn Michigan, USA).

Mr. O´Farrell advised numerous domestic and foreign companies in corporate matters and in the energy and infrastructure sectors including oil production and exploration; natural gas production and distribution and electricity generation, transmission, marketing and distribution. In the above mentioned areas he has participated in large mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and privatizations transactions, financing, regulatory advice, litigation and arbitration including investment treaty arbitration.

Among others, Mr. O´Farrell has advised Pampa Energía S.A., and its electricity distributors and power generating companies as well as The National Grid Co. Plc, Duke Power, the Uruguay electricity and gas utilities (UTE), EXXON, Gas Natural SDG, Suez, ENI S.p.A. (Italy) and YPF S.A. and Compañía General de Electricidad.

Spanish, English and French.

Member of the International Bar Association in the area of Energy and Natural Resources Law (SEERIL). Member of the City of Buenos Aires Bar Association, where he was a member of its Board of Directors between 1986-1989 and 2016-2019.

He is a lawyer graduated from the Law and Social Sciences School of Universidad de Buenos Aires. He focused his post-graduate studies on legislation related to businesses and economic transactions.

He attended the Academy American and International Law, The Southwestern Legal Foundation (Dallas, Texas, USA) in 1988.