Estudio Alegría, Buey Fernández, Fissore y Montemerlo is best known for the exceptional strength and depth of its debtor-side practice, and advises local and international debtors in restructuring litigation proceedings, as well as in out-of-court restructuring matters. The practice also advises on creditor-side mandates when called on. The team is co-led by Pablo Buey Fernández, Miguel Montemerlo, Gabriel Fissore and Javier Alegria, a cohort of experienced lawyers with expertise in debt and corporate restructurings, insolvency and bankruptcy proceedings, as well as M&A, capital markets and dispute resolution. Founding partner Héctor Alegría, who was appointed as the first chairman of the Argentine Securities and Exchange Commission and has served as both a national judge on commercial matters and as an alternate judge for the Supreme Court of Justice, continues to make his vast experience available to the team.
Work highlights
- Lead bankruptcy counsel to major Argentine agro-export company Vicentin.
- Sole counsel to regional food company Molino Cañuelas, which - having failed to secure an APE - filed for reorganisation proceedings (‘concurso preventativo’) in 2021 in both its judicial restructuring agreement and various bilateral restructuring agreements with secured creditors.