The experienced Bruchou & Funes de Rioja team leverages the firm’s exceptional banking industry track record to secure high-profile creditor side work on the largest, most complex cross-border and domestic bankruptcy and restructuring proceedings. The practice, which also take ons debtor-side mandates, provides comprehensive bankruptcy and restructuring coverage that encompasses complex judicial restructurings, liquidation proceedings, bankruptcy litigation and testing legal structures for potential dispute scenarios. Martín Beretervide, a formidable commercial litigator and bankruptcy expert, leads a team that also draws on the extensive experience of respected banking and finance partner Matías López Figueroa and specialist bankruptcy and disputes practitioner Francisco Camauer. Associates Victoria Nadal and Martin Freier lead the second line.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Professionalism and teamwork are hallmarks of this practice.'

  • ‘Bruchou & Funes de Rioja handle very complex work with a high level of professionalism and efficiency.'

  • ‘Professionals who demonstrate a high level of legal knowledge and ability to handle complex matters. The knowledge of procedural law and a strong ability to transmit information to the client is exceptional.'

  • ‘We have worked extremely closely with the team on a number of restructurings. They really stand out for having a calm hand on the wheel when the storm is brewing.’

Key clients

  • Ribera Desarrollos
  • Trident Southern Explorations
  • Tetra Pak
  • Grupo ALL
  • EP Energy and Have Result Investments
  • Orbis Mertig
  • Itaú Unibanco – Nassau Branch
  • JP Morgan
  • Bankinter
  • Natixis (NY branch)
  • Federated Project Fund
  • Credit Agricole
  • Alstom
  • Inter-American Development Bank/Corporación
  • Interamericana de Inversiones
  • Banco de Galicia y Buenos Aires
  • Amec Foster Wheeler Americas Corp

Work highlights

  • Advising the ad-hoc steering committee of the international financial creditors of Vicentin in the judicial proceeding in Argentina, with an outstanding debt of roughly $1.5bn.
  • Advising many of the main creditors of Molino Cañuelas in its restructuring proceeding.
  • Advising Ribera Desarrollos on its debt restructuring

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Martin Beretervide