Baker McKenzie focuses on commercial dispute resolution and white-collar crime defence and represents clients in civil, commercial, environmental and public law disputes before the Argentine federal, national and local courts. The practice handles a wide range of complex litigation matters, including distributor and service provider claims, consumer and environmental class actions and public law litigation. The practice is also called on for support in domestic and international arbitrations and insolvency and bankruptcy cases, with preventive and post-litigation review services another area of expertise. On the white-collar crime front, the team advises defendants in complex, high-stakes cases and internal investigations. Practice head Luis Dates is well-reviewed by clients and handles a mix of multidisciplinary litigation and arbitration work. Partner Santiago Maqueda focuses on regulatory assessments, complex litigation and arbitrations, while Fernando Goldaracena leads the firm’s white-collar crime offering. Franco Masuchi and Nicolas Servente are the key contacts at the associate level, focusing on civil, commercial and administrative law and white-collar crime respectively.
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
‘Excellent professionals with many years of experience.’
‘Luis Dates and Santiago Maqueda stand out in arbitration matters and their advice was solid and very appropriate in terms of strategy and interpretation of the complexity of the contract under dispute.'
Key clients
- Biogen
Work highlights
- Representing Twitter in a multimillion-dollar defamation lawsuit filed by a former model and public figure.
- Continue to represent HP its local subsidiary in Argentina in a complex, cross-claim litigation with former distributors.