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More than ten years ago, the economy of Asian countries entered a period of unprecedented growth, which included outbound business in Latin America. Marval O’Farrell Mairal has played a leading role in this success story thanks to its know-how of the industry, culture and strategy of Asian clients, strong links with independent Asian law firms, and in-depth knowledge of Argentina’s legal requirements.

As a result, we have developed a strong Asian desk with a significant track record in innovative legal solutions. Moreover, we gained business adaptability to deal with the varied requirements of Asian companies and institutions doing business in the region.

Our Asian Desk comprises a diverse and dedicated group of professionals who can communicate with our clients in English, Chinese or Korean.

We represent clients in a broad range of areas. In recent years, we have provided special assistance to companies interested in natural resources transactions, including oil and gas, renewable energy, mining, and related financial matters. We have also been involved in infrastructure, construction, real estate, and agribusiness transactions of Asian companies in Argentina.

Part of our daily work embraces:

  • General advice on regulatory frameworks and business environments;
  • Incorporation of companies, set-up with local authorities and general corporate matters;
  • Tailored due diligence;
  • Cross-border mergers and acquisitions;
  • Tax structuring and advice;
  • Labor and immigration matters;
  • Commercial law (including) and advice on drafting commercial agreements;
  • Intellectual property;
  • Litigation and arbitration.

Our Asian desk provides active legal advice to companies, banks, government and private institutions from China, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, India, Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam, the Philippines, Australia and New Zealand, among others.

Contact: Luciano Ojea Quintana

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Marval O’Farrell Mairal set up its Brazil Desk in 2000, and since then has been active in the neighboring nation. Within the last 18 years, we have achieved recognition and are well positioned in the country thanks to our expertise and strong links with several leading law firms in Brazil.

Our Brazil Desk comprises a diverse and dedicated group of professionals who can communicate with our clients in Portuguese, and travel to Brazil frequently to coordinate the relationship with clients and local law firms.

Partner Pablo A. Artagaveytia heads up Marval’s Brazil Desk. With over 20 years’ experience handling Brazilian matters, he was seconded from Marval to the Brazilian firm Demarest for a couple of years.

Due to the successful development of the Brazil Desk, Marval is involved in the greater part of Brazilian investment in Argentina.

Business highlights from recent years include advising Petrobras Argentina in its sale to Pampa Energía, and advising TAM (Brazil) in the antitrust matters related to its merger with LAN (Chile), which led to the creation of the largest Latin American airline.

Part of our daily work includes:

  • General advice on regulatory frameworks and business environments;
  • Incorporation of companies, set up with local authorities and general corporate business;
  • Customized due diligence;
  • Cross-border mergers and acquisitions;
  • Tax structuring and advice;
  • Commercial law and advice on drafting commercial agreements.

Contact: Pablo A. Artagaveytia

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Argentina and Germany are major trading partners and have had close social and economic ties for more than 160 years. Argentina is in fact Germany's third largest trading partner in the Americas, after Brazil and Mexico, and Germany is Argentina's largest trading partner in the European Union (EU). Much the same is true of Argentina's relationship with Austria and Switzerland.

At Marval, we have extensive experience advising companies and investors from these German-speaking countries, as well as Latin American companies with commercial interests in Europe.

Our German Desk provides comprehensive legal advice on all areas of law and is staffed by a varied and specialized team of lawyers, paralegals and patent attorneys who are fluent in both German and English. Many of our team members have lived, worked and/or studied in Germany, which gives us a deep understanding of the differences and similarities between the Argentine and German legal systems, business cultures, etc. This allows us to provide unrivaled legal advice on both day-to-day legal matters and complex cross-border transactions and international litigation.

Our firm is a member of the German-Argentine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (AHK Argentina, Deutsche-Argentinische Industrie und Handelskammer). We actively participate in many of its committees and the AHK annually renews our German Desk certification. We are also active members of the Swiss-Argentine Chamber of Commerce and have strong ties with the German, Swiss and Austrian Embassies.

Marval is a full-service firm and a market leader in most practice areas, including high-end corporate and finance transactions, litigation and arbitration, energy and natural resources, intellectual property and IT, antitrust, tax, labor law and many others. All our teams are led directly by highly experienced partners and experts with vast experience in many key industries, including pharma and biotechnology, agribusiness, mining, oil & gas, renewable energies, TMT, the automotive industry, etc.
 

Contacts: Eugenio Hoss and Pablo García Morillo