Partners

JUAN MANUEL ALVAREZ PRADO

(Partner) born Buenos Aires, Argentina, July 24 1948; Buenos Aires. Education: Argentina Catholic University Law School (Lawyer, 1972), admitted 1973; New York University School of Law (Master in Comparative Jurisprudence, 1974). Professor, International Business Transactions: Escuela Argentina de la Exportación, Bank of Boston Foundation, 1976-1995; Universidad Notarial, 1985-1988. Director, Radio Mitre, 1985-1988. Senior Counsel, Massuh S. A., 1982-1988. Languages: Spanish and English. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Business Law; Commercial Law; International Commercial Contracts; International Trade; Mergers and Acquisitions; Banking Law; Telecommunications and Media; Telecommunications Law; Satellite Regulations; Foreign Investment; Privatization.

EUGENIO LUIS PALAZZO

(Partner) born Buenos Aires, Argentina, December 20, 1948; Buenos Aires. Education: Argentine Catholic University Law School (Lawyer, 1971), admitted 1972; Argentina Catholic University Law School (Ph.D. on Juridical Science, 2003). State Attorney's Office, Legal Counsel (1983-1990), Director (1991-1994). Counsel to the Legal and Technical Secretariat of the Presidency of the Republic of Argentina (February/May, 1991). Director of the School of Government Attorneys (1995-2006). Member of the executive board of the argentine Constitutional Law Association (2001/2007). Member of the Constitutional Law Institute of the National Law Academy (2003/2007), member of the Iberoamerican Constitutional Law Institute (2005/2007), member of the Federalism Institute of the National Law Academy of Córdoba (2006/2007). Member of the Superior Council of the Argentine Catholic University (2005/2007). Professor: Argentina Catholic University Law School (1979-2005); Master of Law Programme, School of Government Attorneys (1995); University of Buenos Aires, 1974-1976; Universidad Argentina de la Empresa (1975-1977), Universidad de Mendoza (1998-2000). Author: "Las Fuentes del Derecho en el desconcierto de Juristas y Ciudadanos", ed. Fecic, 2004; "Revisión Judicial del Enjuiciamiento de Magistrados," in El Derecho, Nov. 12, 1996; "Órganos Extrapoderes e Intrapoderes en la Reforma Constitucional de 1994," in La Ley, June 27, 1996; "La Región Metropolitana y la Reforma Constitucional de 1994," in Prudentia Iuris, No. 39; "Los Establecimientos de Utilidad en la Doctrina de la Procuración del Tesoro después de la Reforma de 1994," in Revista de la Procuración del Tesoro de la Nación, March, 2006; "La acción declarativa y los controles de constitucionalidad, de supremacía federal y de legalidad", El Derecho; "Avances y retrocesos entre la actual ley de amparo y el proyecto aprobado por la Cámara de Diputados", El Derecho. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Constitutional Law; Administrative Law; Civil Law; Litigation; Intellectual Property; Privatization.

Associate Lawyers

RAMIRO WEIHMÜLLER

Born Buenos Aires, Argentina, August 1, 1967. Education: University of Buenos Aires Law School (Lawyer, 1992); admitted 1993. Head of the Legal Department, Supermercados Norte S.A. (Carrefour) 2001/2002; Legal Manager, Grupo Loma Negra, 2005. Languages: Spanish and English. Areas of Practice: Commercial and Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions, transfer of ongoing business, Consumer Protection Law, Municipal and Provincial Law. Professor: Civil and Commercial Contracts, University of Buenos Aires Law School (2003-2005).

OCTAVIO MIGUEL ZENARRUZA

Born Buenos Aires, Argentina, July 6, 1974; admitted, 1999, Buenos Aires. Education: University of Buenos Aires Law School (Lawyer, 1998); University of Pennsylvania School of Law (LL.M., 2001). Languages: Spanish, English and Portuguese. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Telecommunications Law; Contracts; International Commercial Transaction; Agency and Distributorship; Insurance; Reinsurance; Foreign Investment; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Business Law; International Commercial Contracts; Finance; Banks and Banking; Insolvency. 

RODRIGO OLIVARES CAMINAL

Born Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 24, 1973; admitted, 1997, Buenos Aires. Education: University of Buenos Aires Law School (Lawyer, 1996); University of Warwick Law School (LL.M., 2003); University of London, College of Queen Mary. Lecturer in undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Schools of Law and Business Schools in Argentina and in the United Kingdom as well as in professional courses provided by Euromoney. Researcher at the Centre for Commercial Law Studies in London; and the Ambrosio L. Gioja Academic Institute in Buenos Aires. Member of the editorial board of 'International Corporate Rescue'. Languages: Spanish, English and French. Practice Areas: Corporate Finance; International Mergers and Acquisitions; Spinoffs; Financial Restructuring; Debt and Equity Finance; Distressed Debt and Restructuring; Foreign Investment; Banks and Banking; Insolvency.
 
MARIA FLORENCIA ALVAREZ PRADO

Born San Salvador de Jujuy, Argentina, February 6, 1975; admitted, 2000, Jujuy. Education: National University of Córdoba Law School (Lawyer, 2000). Master in Administrative Law, School of State Lawyers (2004). Master in Administrative Law, Universidad Austral Law School, (2006). University Post Held: Assistant Professor of Civil Law at the Law School of the National University of Cordoba. Legal Representative of the Province of Jujuy before the Federal State at Buenos Aires (2002-2003). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Administrative Law; Litigation; Privatization.
 
FEDERICO VILLARINO

Born Buenos Aires, Argentina, January 13, 1975; admitted, 1998, Buenos Aires. Education: University of Buenos Aires; University of Warwick, England (Masters in International Economic Law, LLM, 2003). Languages: Spanish and English. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Labor and Employment; Contracts; Business Law; Antitrust and Trade Regulation; Intellectual Property; Patents; Products Liability; Consumer Law.

Lawyers
 
TERESA D. SILVA

Born Buenos Aires, Argentina, December 3, 1971; admitted, 1997, Buenos Aires. Education: University of Buenos Aires Law School (Lawyer, 1996); University of Warwick Law School (Visiting Research Fellow, 2002-2003). Lecturer, undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Schools of Law in Argentina. Researcher, Ambrosio L. Gioja Academic Institute, Buenos Aires. Monthly columnist, European Constitutional Law at "El Derecho." Winner of the "Accésit" prize in Constitutional Law, Granted by the Buenos Aires Bar Association, 2001. Languages: Spanish and English. Practice Areas: Litigation; Constitutional Law.
 
FERNANDO CAMPELO

Born Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina, August 3, 1980. Education: Cattolic University Law School (Lawyer 2004), Master in Corporate Law, Universidad Austral Law School (2007), admitted 2005. Languages:  Spanish, English and French. Practice Areas: corporate Law, contracts.
 
SANTIAGO PEÑA

Born Buenos Aires, Argentina, December 23, 1977. Education: Argentine Catholic University Law School (Lawyer 2005), admitted 2005. Languages: Spanish and English. Practice areas: Litigations, Insolvency, Labor Law.
 
SILVINA MARÍA MASCIOLI

Born Buenos Aires, Argentina, July 28, 1980; Education: University of Salvador Law School, Buenos Aires, Argentina (Lawyer 2006); Uppsala University Law School, Sweden, graduate courses in EEC Law (2006). Languages: Spanish and English. Practice Areas: General Practice, Litigation. 
 
SANTIAGO CORNEJO COLOMBRES

Born Salta, Argentina, March 27, 1984; Education: Argentina Catholic University Law School, medal of honor (Lawyer, 2007). Languages: Spanish, English and French. Practice Areas: General Practice.

Of Counsel

OCTAVIO ZENARRUZA

Born Buenos Aires, Argentina, April 9, 1939; Education: University of Buenos Aires Law School (Lawyer, 1969); Program of Instruction for Lawyers, School of Law, Harvard University (1997). Professor of International Law: University of Buenos Aires Law School; Catholic University of Salta. Former Legal Representative, Province of Jujuy. Former Counsel, Ministry of Defense and Education. Founder and Vice-President, Argentine Chamber of Satellite Applications, 1987-1993. Director, Latinsat S.A., 1998. Enlisted lawyer in the U.S. and British Embassies. Member: International Law Institute of Buenos Aires Public Bar Association; Society of Argentine and British Lawyers. Languages: Spanish, English and French. Practice Areas: Civil Law; Contracts; Complex Litigation; International Law; Communications and Media; Corporate Law.

ARMANDO RAMON CASAS

Born Buenos Aires, Argentina, July 20, 1935; admitted, 1972, Buenos Aires. Education: Argentina Catholic University Law School (Lawyer, 1971); Institute of Communications (Master in Copyright and Connected Rights, 1973). Professor of Civil Law, Argentine Catholic University Law School. Board Member, "Servicios de Apoyo para la Radiodifusión," 1993—. General Manager, Argentine Association of Broadcasting Networks, 1990-1991. Head of the legal department of PROARTEL, 1978-1989. Counsel of the Argentine Society of Authors. Head of the legal department of Argentina National Television Channel (ATC), 1983. Head of counsels of the National Secretary of Commerce, 1983. Vice President of the Iberoamerican Television Organization, 1992. Languages: Spanish and English. Practice Areas: Telecommunications; Entertainment Law; Litigation; Foreign Investment; Communications and Media.