About

Made up of a multi-disciplinary team of lawyers, paralegals and engineers, the Techint legal group has recently worked to transition from a function that previously outsourced to external counsel to a department that aims to solely work internally. Over the years the team has gained the trust of management and the company owners and it is to this end that the team directly influence the business strategy by making informed decisions for the business. The tightening of the internal structure is attributed to the teams’ previous work for a major deal involving the project financing of four hospitals worth €400m. Faced with challenges of the engineering industry such as volatile oil prices, the team has had to work through both commercial and operational challenges, reducing the impact is has on the legal processes. Techint Group is an Italian-Argentine conglomerate founded in Milan, composed of six main companies with an international reach in the areas of construction, steel, mining, oil and gas, industrial plants and healthcare. Operating in these sectors the team has dealt with the higher volume of claims and significantly prevented the litigation the market situation brings, acting as a testament to the team’s value to the business.