Bruchou & Funes de Rioja‘s dedicated environmental law team works closely with partners in other related practice areas, including mining, energy, capital markets, administrative law and litigation, to provide comprehensive advice on environmental conflicts and litigation, environmental regulation and compliance, permitting, the environmental aspects of M&A and green financing deals. The practice is co-headed by Sergio Arbeleche, who has a mining background and extensive experience handling environmental law matters, and Sebastian Vedoya, a specialist in environmental matters related to mining and hydrocarbon projects. The leadership is backed up by support from senior associate and ’expert consultant’ Pablo Crimer, who leads the firm’s recently launched ESG platform for climate action and sustainable businesses. The team can also call on administrative and public law partner Juan Zocca for senior input when required.

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Key clients

  • Whirlpool
  • Minerva Foods
  • Syngenta
  • Cargill
  • CCU - Compañía de las Cervecerías Unidas
  • Laboratorios Baliarda
  • Klabin
  • CMPC
  • The Rohatyn Group
  • AES Argentina Generación
  • Yazaki
  • Unipar
  • Nabors
  • Ugen
  • Minas Argentinas
  • Petronas
  • Nicoll (Aliaxis)
  • First Quantum Minerals
  • Yamana Gold
  • Patagonia Gold
  • Barrick Gold Corporation
  • Minera Peregrine
  • Envision
  • Equinor
  • Nicoll (Aliaxis)
  • Holcim
  • Goldwind

Work highlights

  • Advising Vista Energy on a net zero emissions project regarding its upstream activities and forest and soil carbon sequestration projects.
  • Advising The Oil & Gas Climate Initiative, an international organisation led by the chief executives of global oil and gas companies, on a climate change mitigation project in Argentina
  • Providing legal advice to AES Argentina Corporation on an environmental litigation case involving the operation of a thermal power plant located in the city of San Nicolás.

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Sebastián Vedoya, Sergio Arbeleche