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I am an Argentine lawyer with over 20 years of experience in the practice of corporate law, with a comprehensive approach that bridges the legal and strategic needs of organizations. Throughout my career, I have built a profile that combines a solid academic background, experience at top-tier law firms, and a permanent commitment to professional development.
I graduated as a lawyer from the Universidad Católica Argentina and obtained a Master's degree in Business Law from Universidad Austral, where I also completed a Postgraduate Degree in Patrimonial Civil Law. I supplemented my education with a continuing education program in Oil and Gas Law at the Universidad de Buenos Aires, an area that consolidated my interest in the energy and natural resources sector.
My professional development also had a significant international dimension. I participated in the 46th Academy for American and International Law at the Center for American and International Law (formerly the Southwestern Legal Foundation) and in the Summer Academy in International Law in a Changing World, a program organized by the University of Heidelberg (Germany) together with the Centro de Estudios de Derecho, Economía y Política, held in the city of Asunción, Paraguay. These experiences broadened my perspective on law in global and multidisciplinary contexts.
In recognition of my legal research work, I was distinguished by the Section on Energy, Environment, Natural Resources and Infrastructure of the International Bar Association, one of the most prestigious legal organizations in the world.
I currently serve as Director of Legal Affairs at PwC Argentina, where I lead the Corporate and Business Law practice. Before joining PwC, I developed my career at some of Argentina's most renowned law firms: Basílico, Fernández Madero & Duggan; Allende & Brea; and Rattagan, Macchiavello, Arocena & Peña Robirosa S.C. That experience provided me with a solid foundation in corporate and transactional advisory work, which I now apply in my professional practice with a results-oriented approach, and pass on through my academic activities.
Expert Practice Areas
Merger & Acquisitions
Corporate Law. Family companies
Civil and Commercial Litigation
Inheritance Law and Estate planning
Civil Patrimonial Law
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Law
Corporate Immigration Law
Intellectual Property and Privacy Law
Contract Law
Religious Entities. Registration before the National Registry of Worships
Academic Activity
Professor to the PwC Chair on "Corporate Governance" at the IAE Business School.
Guest professor of "Business Reorganization" of the Tax Law Master Degree dictated at the Law School of the Argentine Catholic University.
Professor of "Corporate Law" at the Law School of the Argentine University of Enterprise (UADE).
Publications
"Foreign companies: a regulation in line with the global reality of business", coauthored with Damián Horacio González Rivero, Journal of Commercial Law and Obligations, Thomson Reuters, December 2019
Argentine Chapter to "The International Comparative Legal Guide to Corporate Immigration 2015 - 2nd Edition", Global Legal Group Limited, United Kingdom, August 2015.
Argentine Chapter to "The International Comparative Legal Guide to Corporate Immigration 2014", Global Legal Group Limited, United Kingdom, July 2014.
Argentine Chapter to "The Corporate Immigration Review", The Law Reviews, United Kingdom, June 2012.
Argentine Chapter to "Corporate Immigration Law: A Practitioner's Guide", Oxford University Press, United Kingdom, May 2012.
"The Audiovisual Communication Services Law", coauthored with Juan Pablo De Luca, New York State Bar Association International Chapter, New York, United States, December 2010.
"The Duty of Good Faith in the use of Sandbagging and Anti-Sandbagging clauses in Share Transfer Agreements governed by Argentine law," Argentine Journal of Business Law, IJ Editores, Buenos Aires, November 2024.
"Stop Riding Behind the Fog of Jargon", The Southwestern Institute for International and Comparative Law Newsletter, Volume 1, Number 1, Plano, Texas, United States of America, 2009.
Pro Bono Work
Do good without making noise!
My pro bono work began when I joined the Catholic Lawyers Association, and today is aimed at assisting people with limited means, who are unable to access justice, in matters that are not of a patrimonial nature.
Contact
It will be a pleasure to get in contact via this website solely for academic, university or research purposes. You can write me at any of my mails: plf@delafuentelaw.com.ar, or just complete the following Contact Form.
