Awards

We are delighted to inform that each of Ricardo W. Beller, Martín Campbell and Roberto E. Silva, Jr., were awarded the "ILO Client Choice Award 2012" as the best Argentine lawyer in the areas of Capital Markets, Litigation and Banking, respectively. The International Law Office (ILO) established these awards in 2005 to recognise law firms and partners around the world that stand apart for the excellent client care they provide and the quality of their service. Uniquely, law firms and partners can only be nominated for these awards by corporate counsel.

Leading Position in IP

For sixteen years running Marval, O'Farrell & Mairal has been ranked first in Patents in the annual survey made by the leading magazine Managing Intellectual Property among recognized IP professionals. We are very pleased to hear that once again we are leaders in this Intellectual Property area in Argentina.

Outstanding Results in PLC Which Lawyer?

We are pleased to announce that Marval, O’Farrell & Mairal achieved outstanding results in the latest rankings published by prestigious UK-based legal publication PLC Which Lawyer?. Marval, O’Farrell & Mairal is ranked in Band 1 in Banking & Finance and Capital Markets. Marval, O’Farrell & Mairal is also the only Argentine law firm ranked in Band 1 in Capital Markets. This indicates that the firm is the clear market leader in these two key practice areas.

Following these latest rankings, several partners of Marval, O’Farrell & Mairal are recommended as experts in their areas of expertise by PLC Which Lawyer?. This demonstrates the in-depth experience and strength of Marval, O’Farrell & Mairal’s market-leading teams. We would like to congratulate the following partners on being ranked in these most recently published practice areas:

Banking & Finance:Ricardo Beller, Santiago Carregal, Juan Diehl Moreno, Gabriel Matarasso, Cecilia Mairal and Roberto E. Silva, Jr.

Capital Markets: Ricardo W. Beller, Santiago Carregal, Gabriel Matarasso and Roberto E. Silva, Jr.

PLC Which Lawyer? is published by Practical Law Company, a UK-based legal publishing company that has been providing information on global legal markets for more than 20 years. The company bases its rankings on firms’ and lawyers’ experience, client feedback and peer review.

Acknowledgment to our Labor Department

Our Labor Department was recognized as one of the most prestigious in Argentina in the last edition of the well-known publication Latin Lawyer, according to which: ““Other go-to names in the Argentine labour law market are Javier Patrón and Enrique Stile of Marval, O’Farrell & Mairal, the country’s largest firm. Both key people in the firm’s labour practice, they come highly recommended because of their “excellent advice and great results” in complex matters. They co-head the firm’s labour and social security law department with partner José Llano, and are backed by a 30-strong team, drawing on the resources of their full-service firm where needed. They help clients in long-term employment planning and compensation structures, and assist multinationals in adjusting international policies to local law. Stile also works on union-related matters, while Patrón handles administrative proceedings.”