Ricardo A. Ostrower

"Market-leading partner and head of department Ricardo Ostrower is widely regarded as a top-tier practitioner in the disputes arena in Argentina for his prowess representing clients in litigation proceedings. He also has extensive experience in ICC arbitrations."
Chambers Latin America, 2024
 

Ricardo Ostrower is the head of the Litigation and Arbitration Department at Marval O’Farrell Mairal since 2017. He is highly experienced in handling complex arbitration and civil and commercial litigation proceedings for premier corporate clients, including oil & gas sector claims, cross border matters, disputes between shareholders, product liability, and class actions. He works in arbitrations before the main international and local institutions, such as the ICC, ICSID, and the Arbitral Tribunal of the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange.

Ricardo graduated with honors from the Universidad de Buenos Aires Law School.  He received the Argentine Supreme Court award for the highest GPA of the 1992 class.

He is the president of the Mediation and Commercial Arbitration Center (CEMARC) and the vice-president of the Arbitration and ADR Commission of ICC Argentina. He is also a founding member of CARAT, a member of the Argentine Association for Procedural Law, and of the Club Español de Arbitraje. Likewise, he is an arbitrator before the Ibero-American Arbitration Center.

For several years, he has been chosen by various publications as one of the leading lawyers in Argentina regarding commercial litigation, and he has been highlighted as the only Band 1 lawyer in the Dispute Resolution category of the Chambers and Partners Latin America ranking.  He is also featured by Chambers Global.

Chambers Latin America and Chambers Global described him as “impeccable, he provides a level of certainty due to his analysis and dedication which reassures that he will achieve the right result.  On another occasion, Chambers and Partners also stated: “The quality of his legal advice is first class”.

Ricardo has also been recommended by other leading directories, such as The Legal 500, Latin Lawyer 250, Who’s Who Legal, and LACCA, and he is the only professional in Argentina featured in WWL's Thought Leaders in Litigation 2020.

Ricardo has written a number of articles in his area of expertise. He regularly participates in conferences and lectures in his field of practice.