- › Taxation consulting.
- › Tax planning strategies.
- › Business reorganization.
- › Estate planning.
- › National, provincial and local tax assessment.
- › Business acquisitions due diligence.
- › Due Diligence.
- › International tax planning.
- › Tax defense and litigation.
- › Transfer Pricing.
- › External audit of financial statements according to local rules.
- › External audit of financial statements pursuant to the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).
- › Operational auditing.
- › Internal control consulting.
- › Internal auditing.
- › Fraud auditing.
- › Business process auditing.
- › Financial statement analysis.
- › Focus on outsourcing accounting and taxation functions.
- › Operational accounting. National and provincial tax return preparation and filing.
- › Record keeping.
- › Tailored solutions.
- › Corporate advice with a focus on business models.
- › General corporate advice: coordination of corporate affairs, participation and advice in connection with statutory auditors, shareholder and board meetings.
- › Business development, investment structure planning, start-ups, advice to companies organized in Argentina.
- › Coordination of different types of judicial inspection.
- › Drafting of shareholder agreements. Assistance with mergers and acquisitions, demergers, transformations of business organizations.
- › Advice on general questions of administrative law and economic regulation.
- › Advice and representation in connection with administrative procurement procedures (e.g.: public bidding procedures).
- › Advice for business organizations whose activities are regulated by the government (utility companies and companies that provide activities of public interest).
- › Representation before regulatory agencies.
- › Representation in administrative lawsuits before federal, provincial and Buenos Aires courts, including the Supreme Court and courts of arbitration.
- › Legal assistance in environmental, safety and health matters.
- › Assistance in projects concerning renewable energy, sustainable development and carbon credits (Kyoto protocol).
- › Urban and rural planning.
- › Compliance with industrial and environment rules.
- › Steps to obtain authorization, permits and certificates.
- Implementation of management systems and international certificates.
- › Comprehensive assistance in legal and administrative litigation, civil cases, constitutional rights protection actions (amparo) and injunctions.
- › Assistance in connection with inspections and expert reports.
- Contracts and bidding process.
- Environmental impact assessment and public hearings.
- › Environmental auditing (due diligence).
- › Corporate social responsibility.
- › Crisis communication and management.
- Environmental insurance.
- › Capital subscription procedure.
- › Fideicomisos agropecuarios.
- › Initial public offering process.
- › Agricultural real estate. Farm purchase and sale agreements.
- › Family business.
- › Creation of strategic alliances with different market players.
- › Value chains.
- › Environmental issues. Legislation relating to the use of water, soil and air. Green bonds. Biofuels.
- › Intellectual property issues. Biotechnology.
- › Non-traditional agricultural projects.
- › Tax matters. Tax refunds. Grain trader registration.
- › Agricultural worker legislation.
- › Agricultural agreements.
- › IPOs and follow-on offerings.
- › Voluntary or compulsory Acquisition Public Offerings (OPAs) and withdrawal from the public offering system.
- › Issuance of bonds, debt securities, convertible bonds, loans for small and medium-sized enterprises and issuance of CEDEAR (Argentine Deposit Certificates).
- › Sovereign debt.
- › Finance lease agreement.
- › Derivative agreement.
- › Financial trusts with or without public offering and listing.
- › Organization of local and international secured and unsecured loans.
- › Comprehensive advice in connection with the Argentine Central Bank’s rules.
- › Investment funds.
- › Ongoing communication with professionals from the Argentine Securities and Exchange Commission, the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange, the Central Securities Depository and the Electronic Open Market.
- › Start-up organization and capital structuring between founders, employees and investors.
- › Tax planning and development of international structures, especially designed to create new businesses.
- › Local and international organization of angel and venture capital funds to invest in Argentina and other countries in the region.
- › Termination of employment of founders and key employees from previous positions.
- › Protection of trade secrets and other intellectual property rights and technology license agreements.
- › Assistance in venture capital fundraising and organization of financial transactions from start-up to mezzanine.
- › Legal guidance during: (a) deal flow, (b) post-closing
- › Organization of effective strategic alliances and successful joint ventures.
- › Negotiation and organization of mergers and acquisitions.
- › Establishment of share incentive plans for key employees from all levels of the new organization.
- › Negotiation and drafting of employment agreements.
- › Collective bargaining and employment relationship.
- › Handling of trade union disputes.
- › Design and drafting of employee compensation, motivation and retention plans. International recruiting and foreign employees.
- › Adjustment of multinational company policies to the Argentine law.
- Design, development and implementation of codes of conduct and compliance rules.
- › Representation before national and provincial labor departments.
- › Company reorganization and restructuring in cases of crisis, changes, mass layoffs, exit packages, crisis prevention programs and negotiation in all areas to implement these reorganizations.
- › Litigation on labor matters and dispute resolution.
- › Advice on social security matters.
- › We provide legal representation in the following areas of the law: • Business. • Labor. • Civil. • Administrative (antitrust, consumer protection). • Charges and taxes. • Insurance. • Transportation of goods. • Composition and bankruptcy.
- › This branch of the law is part of the regular service that our firm offers to companies, warning them against any criminal liability arising in connection with their business activity.
- › Our firm’s aim is to prevent clients from committing offenses and defend them in legal actions concerning tax crimes, money laundering, foreign exchange offenses, fraud, crimes against property and consumers, illegal political party funding, bribery, embezzlement, corruption, etc.
- › Representation before financial institutions, forex brokers, relevant administrative agencies and the Argentine Central Bank as well as at any stage in court proceedings.
- › Foreign Exchange Regulations and Forex Criminal Law.
- › Drafting of requests and filings before financial institutions, foreign exchange brokers and/or the Argentine Central Bank.
- › Effective defense against requirements of the Argentine Central Bank, injunctions, charges of foreign exchange crimes (Law Number 19.359, as amended. Decree Number 480/95), administrative and court proceedings.
- › Answer to charges brought by the Financial Institutions and Exchange Brokers Agency.
- › Representation in court.
- › Constitutional rights protection actions (amparo) and injunctions.
- › Advice on foreign trading: restrictions on virtual asset transactions (cryptocurrencies and tokens).
- › International purchase/sale. Documentary credit. Standby letter of credit. Regular guarantee and demand guarantee. Trade finance
- › Advice and representation in economic concentration control procedures (pre-merger control) before regulatory agencies under the Law Number 25.156.
- › New technologies have led us to analyze, study in detail and work on activities linked to the development of the block-chain technology and its application in international trade: traceability, value chain, supply and bitcoins.
- › Advice on the use of the block-chain and the distributed ledger technology (DLT) in the field of international trade, such as smart contracts and automated guarantee. We have extensive experience in this area, we have participated at national conferences on this subject and are currently working on a number of projects related to this topic.
- › Changes in tariffs before MERCOSUR technical committees.
- › Implementation of technical barriers for different markets (obstacles to free trade).
- › Registration of used capital assets.
- › Acquisition of non-automatic import licenses.
- › Company registration with the Department of Commerce to obtain import/export permits.