Oil-and-gas and energy powerhouse Martínez de Hoz & Rueda draws on its deep experience in these highly-regulated industries to provide clients with a comprehensive public law offering that covers concessions, licenses, authorisations and representation in public tenders. The team is also accomplished in contentious matters, representing clients in various administrative, judicial and arbitral proceedings. The practice is co-led by respected public law and litigation practitioner Juan Cruz Azzarri; and Jimena Vega Olmos, who is sought out for counsel on regulatory frameworks, along with judicial and administrative challenges to administrative decisions and rulings, participation in public bids, and public contract negotiations.
Key clients
- Aon Risk Services
- Pluspetrol
- CAPEX
- Fortescue Future Industries
- Equinor
- Exxon
- Goldwind
- International Finance Corporation
- JinkoSolar
- Mitsui & Co
- Neoen
- Orazul Energy
- Compañía General de Combustibles
- PECOM Servicios de Energía
- Solbayres
- Total Austral
- Transportadora Gas del Sur
- Wintershall DEA Argentina
- YPF Energía Eléctrica
- YPF
Work highlights
- Advising Fortescue on all legal aspects related to the development of Argentina’s largest green hydrogen project (in the Province of Rio Negro), including regulatory and contractual advice for the structuring of the project
- Represented Equinor in its defence against four collective actions initiated by different NGOs and municipalities seeking to prevent a 3D seismic acquisition project on the Argentine continental shelf.
- Representing Total Austral in a litigation initiated by an NGO to stop the construction of a platform and associated facilities for the Fenix offshore drilling block.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Juan Cruz Azzarri, Jimena Vega Olmos