Mr Fermín Caride > Bomchil > Buenos Aires, Argentina > Lawyer Profile

Bomchil is known for structuring innovative refinancing and liability management structures that help borrowers extend maturities and lower financing costs. In recent years, the firm has complemented its established borrower-side practice with a growing roster of lender-side clients and is also sought out for its regulatory, fintech, cryptocurrency, and direct lending credentials. Fermín Caride is sought out for his forex and complex transactions expertise and leads the team, with key senior support coming from fintech, forex and banking expert María Victoria Funes, capital markets and M&A lawyer Patricio Martin, and María Victoria Tuculet, who was raised to the partnership in 2024 and leads on ESG and sustainable finance matters.

Bomchil‘s real estate practice advises clients on project finance, trusts, project development and construction, zoning, environmental issues and the negotiation of operating agreements. Turnkey projects, new developments, and real estate transactions are all covered, with the firm active in projects spanning cold-storage rooms, warehouses, factories and waste treatment plants, as well as hotels, residential sites and resort complexes. The team has also taken a strategic decision build up expertise in structured finance across its real estate practice. To this end, the practice is co-led by capital markets and financing lawyer Fermín Caride and corporate all-rounder Francisco Zappa, who was raised to the partnership at the start of 2024.

Bomchil‘s team of banking, financial, IP, tax and corporate law specialists provide fintech clients with a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary service that runs the full gamut of transactional and operational work. The practice advises P2P lenders, e-payment platforms, factoring platforms, crowd funders and cryptocurrency exchanges, offering support on regulatory, structuring, investment, financing and day-to-day matters. Banking regulatory expert María Victoria Funes leads the team and is well-known for her expertise in the design and development of e-payment platforms and peer-to-peer credit platforms, as well as crowdfunding, and tokenisation regulations. Experienced banking and finance partner Fermín Caride is the other key senior name, with newly incorporated corporate and contractual-focused partner Francisco Zappa also called on to support the team. Senior María Victoria Tuculet (corporate finance, capital markets and financial regulation) is the main contact at the associate level.

Following its 2020 tie-up with leading oil-and-gas and energy boutique Alliani & Bruzzon, Bomchil has consolidated its position as one of the most accomplished legal teams in the sector. The firm covers all stages of the oil-and-gas supply chain, including exploration, production, transportation and refining, and handles a mix of dispute resolution, regulatory and transactional work for clients active in the industry. Practice head Pablo Alliani has more than three decades’ industry experience and is an influential voice in international oil-and-gas industry bodies. Fernando Brunelli brings additional heavyweight industry experience and is sought out for assistance on oil-and-gas bidding rounds, transactions and contractual matters. Energy disputes and regulation partner Cristian Galansky adds further heft to the senior line-up. The practice also benefits from Bomchil’s full-service offering, and is able to draw on the expertise of banking partner Fermín Caride, and dispute resolution and public-law focused María Inés Corrá when required.