Allende & Brea

Allende & Brea was founded in 1957 and has become a leading full-service law firm with specialists in all branches of law, qualified to provide its clients with practical business solutions that are viable, innovative and always cost effective.

Areas of practice
Anticorruption: A team of professionals is specialised in the training and application of good corporate practices and ethics. The firm also advises its clients, both locally and regionally, in investigations and anticorruption litigation.

Antitrust: Allende & Brea has one of Argentina’s most recognised antitrust practices. The firm advises many clients in a variety of matters in connection with merger control filings, antitrust litigation, joint ventures, distribution agreements, , licensing and franchising agreements.

Banking and finance: The firm advises financial institutions on matters ranging from commercial or syndicated loans to capital markets transactions, direct investments, reorganizations, collections, financial leasing, trade financing, and letters of credit, among others.

Bankruptcy reorganisation: Allende & Brea’s team of experts in bankruptcy, reorganisation and debt restructuring are frequently involved representing both creditors and debtors, in some of the most important reorganisation proceedings in Argentina.

 Corporate: Allende & Brea’s general corporate practice group deals with all types of matters, from routine ones to the most complex transactions. The firm’s services include designing corporate structures and tax mechanisms, incorporating companies and representing clients in a broad range of corporate activities.

Employment: Allende & Brea works to prevent legal disputes by giving preventive advice and, where the dispute has already arisen, the firm works on the defence throughout all the administrative and court stages of the proceedings.

Energy and natural resources: The firm has actively participated in the development of the energy and natural resources industry for more than 50 years providing legal advice to clients in the oil, gas, power and mining industries.

The firm advises its clients during the whole life span of the project, including its structuring, the obtainment of permits, licenses and financing, the construction, operation and maintenance and eventual transfer of the assets involved.

Environmental: The firm advises a broad range of companies in different industries on their compliance with Argentine environmental regulations. The firm also assists companies in conducting environmental audits and due diligence reviews and represents clients in various environment-related claims.

Forestry: Allende & Brea advises and represents clients in all aspects of the forestry industry. The firm has a deep understanding of forestry business and of the different regulations applicable to the sector, and over the years has acquired extensive experience in acquisition and dispositions of forestry lands, plants and wood-related companies.

Intellectual property: In this age of information technology and knowledge management, patents, trade-marks, industrial secrets, know-how, domain names, copyright and other intellectual rights have all become negotiable assets whose value often surpasses those of traditional physical assets. To handle this fast-developing business, Allende & Brea has set up its Intellectual and Industrial Property Department, which focuses exclusively on this area.

Insurance and reinsurance: Allende & Brea has been recognised as a leading insurance and reinsurance law firm over the years. The firm represents clients in a variety of insurance and reinsurance related matters, such as regulatory, M&A and claims issues in both judicial and arbitration tribunals.

Infrastructure: The infrastructure practice works on both public works and private investments on infrastructure assets, including financing, regulatory matters, tax, environment and arbitration and litigation on construction projects.

 Life sciences and healthcare: Allende & Brea advises companies in the industry in their daily operations and in local and cross-border M&A transactions, including joint ventures, divestitures, reorganizations, manufacturing and license and distribution agreements, among others. The firm advises its clients in all regulatory aspects of the industry, including healthcare, drugs, medical devices, cosmetics and food, and in their dealings with the Argentine regulatory authorities.

 Litigation and arbitration: The firm’s litigation attorneys handle a wide range of civil, commercial, administrative and family law cases, in judicial and administrative courts, at both the federal and provincial levels. The firm is experienced in handling complex cases which require managing multiple participants and large volumes of documentation.

Mergers and acquisitions: Allende & Brea has a broad-based acquisition and divestiture expertise, which includes regulated industries. Transactions of this type often involve complex antitrust, intellectual property, labour, securities, tax and environmental issues. Whenever appropriate, a multidisciplinary team is assembled to ensure that all aspects of the transaction are thoroughly covered.

Real estate: The firm’s services include acquisitions, cross-border joint ventures, financing, investment, structuring, commercial leasing, and purchases, land development and planning, condominium and residential/vacation developments, hotel management.

Regulatory: Allende & Brea actively participates in a wide range of regulated markets and industries, advising its clients in public procurement, public tenders, public offerings,  negotiating concessions, public works, permits and all types of procedures.

Tax: Allende & Brea’s tax experts know that their job is to minimise tax liabilities while strictly ensuring compliance with the law. The firm advises clients on the implementation of tax-efficient structures and tax planning.

 Technology: Allende & Brea is a pioneer in counselling clients in this field. Services cover all aspects of the industry.