Martínez de Hoz & Rueda is the first port of call for banking and finance work in the energy sector and represents an impressive portfolio of blue-chip energy and oil and gas clients in complex, cross-border capital markets and debt financing deals. Local and international banks, development banks and underwriters also seek the firm out for support on sophisticated capital markets transactions, international consent solicitations, and restructuring and liability management work. Outside of the energy sector, agribusiness and sovereign financing matters are also covered, with the firm a consistent presence on sovereign deals and transactions involving the Argentine provinces. The team is co-led by José Martínez De Hoz (n), a dynamic transactional lawyer with extensive cross-border and domestic financing experience, and Martín Lepiane, who covers project and and trade finance, banking regulation and litigation. Additional partner-level expertise is provided by the versatile transactional lawyer Jimena Vega Olmos, who is known for her project and infrastructure finance expertise, and Pablo Schreiber, an accomplished banking and finance lawyer who was raised to the partnership in 2024.
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‘Excellent professionals. They have extensive experience and contact with large companies in the oil and gas and banking sectors. They know their industry very well.’
‘Excellent and highly prepared professionals who show initiative and creativity to find alternative solutions.’
‘The knowledge, thoroughness and professionalism they show in each deal stands out.’
‘Quality and responsiveness to resolve any problem in record time.’
‘The team has great experience, knowledge, closeness and understanding of client needs. They are organised and constantly seek solutions. Exceptional in negotiations.'
‘José Martínez de Hoz (n), Martín Lepiane and Pablo Schreiber combine robust legal knowledge with an understanding of economics and commercial priorities. The mentality is oriented toward creative solutions.’
Key clients
- International Finance Corporation (IFC)
- Bank of America
- Deutsche Bank
- Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF)
- Pan American Energy
- BNP Paribas
- BCP Securities
- Agence Française de Développement
- Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank
- YPF
- UBS
- JP Morgan
- Banco de Galicia
- Santander
- BBVA
- Banco Mariva
- Banco Patagonia
- Banco de Valores
- Industrial and Commercial Bank of China
- China Development Bank
- Puente
- Balanz Capital Valores
- President Petroleum
- YPF Energía Eléctrica
- Trafigura
- Oleoductos del Valle (Oldelval)
- Neoen
- Equinor
Work highlights
- Advised Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF) as Argentine counsel in a US$375 million A/B Loan granted to oil and gas company YPF.
- Advised Pan American Energy's Argentine branch in a $300 million A/B syndicated loan agreement granted by Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF), with other financial institutions acting as participants.
- Advised BCP Securities, as exclusive solicitation agent, in connection with Compañía Latinoamericana de Infraestructura & Servicios’s solicitation of consents to the holders of its $343.45 million step-up senior secured notes due 2027 for the adoption of a proposed amendment to the indenture governing the notes.
Lawyers
Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
José Martínez de Hoz (n), Martín Lepiane