
Mitrani Caballero & Ruiz Moreno Abogados is an active player in oil-and-gas transactional matters, and assists with the structuring of upstream oil-and-gas assignments, farm-outs, joint ventures and downstream corporate M&A. The team is also sought out to advise on the development of oil-and-gas infrastructure and pipelines along with associated financing arrangements, and also represents clients before national and provincial governments in bids for various oil-and-gas concessions and permits. The team is led by respected energy law expert Mariana Ardizzone, who works closely with versatile banking and M&A lawyer Julio Martínez; and experienced oil-and-gas practitioner María Recondo, who previously held in-house positions at YPF and Tecpetrol. The practice can also draw on vast industry experience of administrative law veteran Horacio Ruiz Moreno, who has acted for several large oil-and-gas companies as statutory controller during his long career; as well as the transactional nous of M&A partners Diego Parise and Aixa Sureda, who regularly handle financing and transactional work for oil-and-gas clients.
Key clients
- Interoil
- Trafigura
- LNG Energy Group
- Saudi Aramco
- KCA Deutag
- Roch
- Geopark
- Novum Energy Trading
- Raizen Combustiveis
- Tecpetrol
- Antivari
- ENI/AGIP
- Chevron Argentina
Work highlights
- Provided due diligence services to LNG Energy Group Corp related to the acquisition of various unconventional and conventional hydrocarbon exploitation and transportation concessions owned by Pluspetrol.
- Advised Echo Energy and its Argentine branches the divestiture of various oil-and-gas concessions.
- Acted as Argentine counsel to KCA Deutag for the acquisition of the onshore drilling business of the Italian drilling services company, Saipem.
Lawyers

Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Mariana Ardizzone