Outstanding Results in Chambers Latin America 2012 and IFLR 1000 | 2012

We are pleased to announce that Marval, O’Farrell & Mairal achieved outstanding results in the latest round of rankings published in Chambers Latin America 2012 by prestigious UK-based legal publication Chambers and Partners. Marval, O’Farrell & Mairal is the only Argentine law firm ranked in Band 1 in seven practice areas, namely Antitrust, Banking & Finance, Corporate/M&A, Dispute Resolution, Intellectual Property, International Trade, Restructuring & Insolvency and Tax.
Following these rankings, 23 of Marval, O’Farrell & Mairal’s partners are recommended as experts in their areas of expertise by Chambers Latin America 2012. This demonstrates the experience and strength in depth of Marval, O’Farrell & Mairal’s market-leading team. We would like to congratulate the following partners, of counsel and associates on being ranked in their practice areas:
Administrative Law: Héctor A. Mairal, María Lorena Schiariti, Agustín García Sanz andCandelario Crespo.
Antitrust: Alfredo M. O’Farrell, Miguel del Pino and Fernando C. Aranovich. Banking and Finance: Roberto E. Silva Jr, Santiago Carregal, Gabriel Matarasso, Cecilia M. Mairal, Ricardo W. Beller, Hernán Slemenson, Patricia López Aufranc, Juan Diehl Moreno, Luciano Ojea Quintana, Juan Antonio Gallo, Martin Gonzalo Vázquez Acuña and Geraldine Trouilh.
Corporate/Mergers and Acquisitions: Héctor A. Mairal, Pablo Viñals Blake, Alfredo Miguel O'Farrell, Santiago Carregal, Osvaldo Norte Sabino, Diego S. Krischcautzky, Javier Etcheverry Boneo, Pablo García Morillo and Juan A. Lentini.
Dispute Resolution: Héctor A. Mairal, Martín Campbell, Ricardo A. Ostrower, Facundo Viel Temperley and Santiago Soria.
Energy and Natural Resources: Luis Lucero, Francisco A. Macías, Ricardo W. Beller, Nicolás Eliaschev, Leonardo G. Rodríguez and Andrés Villarreal.
Environmental Law: Federico S. Deyá.
Insolvency and Restructuring: Martin Campbell and Ricardo Beller.
Insurance: Pablo S. Cereijido and Elías F. Bestani.
Intellectual Property: Martín Bensadon, Iván Poli, Iris Quadrio, Sergio M. Ellmann, Gustavo P. Giay and Ignacio Sánchez Echagüe.
Telecoms, Media, Technology: Alberto J. Rivera and Sebastián Kaplan.
International Trade: Horacio García Prieto and Patricia López Aufranc.
Labor Law: Javier E. Patrón, Enrique M. Stile and Diego Kelly.
Tax: Gabriel Gotlib Horacio D. García Prieto, Walter Keiniger, Fernando M. Vaquero, Valeria D’Alessandro and Gustavo Grinberg.
Rankings published by Chambers Latin America 2012 can be accessed here.

Likewiswe, the 2012 edition of IFLR 1000 ranks Marval, O’Farrell & Mairal in Tier 1 both in Banking & Finance and in Mergers & Acquisitions; Marval is the only Argentine law firm ranked in Band 1 in M&A. According to IFLR 1000 | 2012, Ricardo W. Beller, Santiago Carregal, Juan M. Diehl Moreno, Gabriel G. Matarasso, Roberto E. Silva, Jr. and Hernan Slemenson are ranked as leading lawyers in Banking & Finance; and Javier Etcheverry Boneo, Santiago Carregal, Diego S. Krischcautzky, Héctor A. Mairal and Pablo D Viñals Blake are ranked as leading lawyers in Mergers & Acquisitions. ILFR 1000 | 2012 rankings can be accessed here.

Anti-Corruption and Anti-Money Laundering Laws

Marval, O'Farrell & Mairal, together with the Centro de Gobernabilidad y Transparencia of IAE Business School organized the conference on "Cross-Border Enforcement of Anti-Corruption and Anti-Money Laundering Laws" held in our Buenos Aires office on November 18, 2011. Messrs. William P. Barry and Jeffrey A. Lehtman from the law firm Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP from Washington DC, USA, gave presentations. Patricia López Aufranc, M. Lorena Schiariti and Francisco Abeal from Marval, O'Farrell & Mairal commented on these presentations from the Argentine point of view.

Intellectual Property - Appointments

Santiago R. O’Connor was appointed to represent Argentina as an ambassador for the recently created IP Commission of the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris, France.
Sergio M. Ellmann and Diego Fernández were appointed members of the The Trademark Reporter Committee for the 2012 – 2013 Committee Term at the International Trademark Association (INTA). Moreover, Martín Chajchir was appointed to the Law & Practice: Latin America & the Caribbean of the INTA Bulletin Committee for the 2012 – 2013 Committee Term at INTA.
Ignacio Sanchez Echagüe was appointed Chair of the South American Sub-Committee of the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) for the 2012-2013 term.