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JURISDICTION · LATIN AMERICA

Cross-Border
Legal Counsel in Argentina

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Arbitration, enforcement, and cross-border commercial disputes involving Argentine parties — coordinated through our Spanish-speaking Latin America desk.

Since 2011
boutique international counsel
Partner-led
one partner owns your matter
35+
jurisdictions covered
Argentina features in VLO's Latin American practice, with matters frequently shaped by its economic volatility and its significant history of investment-related disputes. We handle arbitration with an Argentine dimension, enforcement of foreign awards and judgments in Argentina, and cross-border commercial disputes, coordinated through our Spanish-speaking Latin America desk and the Iberian bridge.
Argentine matters often connect with Europe and the wider region, and we coordinate the Argentine element with the wider matter under one partner.
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VLO IN ARGENTINA
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How we work in Argentina
LEGAL SYSTEM
What foreign parties need to know about Argentina
Legal family: Civil law (Argentine legal tradition)
Argentina is a civil-law jurisdiction with a federal structure and codified private and procedural law. Disputes are decided by professional judges across federal and provincial courts. For foreign parties, the most relevant practical realities are the country's economic volatility — which affects commercial disputes and enforcement — and its substantial history of international investment arbitration.
Our work focuses on the cross-border dimension: arbitration, the recognition of foreign decisions, and coordination with proceedings elsewhere, drawing on the Spanish-language Iberian bridge.

SHAREHOLDER DEADLOCK

50/50 shareholders cannot agree; one wants exit at fair value, other refuses. Cross-border holding makes valuation contested.
DERIVATIVE CLAIM
Minority shareholders allege director self-dealing; need procedural strategy across multiple jurisdictions where the conduct occurred.
MANAGEMENT LIABILITY
Board members face claims in multiple jurisdictions following insolvency. Need coordinated defence strategy.
OUR APPROACH
Engagement methodology

SCOPING

Identify all jurisdictions and forums involved

STRATEGY MEMO

Procedural map, merits, fees — 5 business days

EXECUTION

Local counsel coordinated by VLO partner

RESOLUTION

Settlement, award, or judgment — coordinated enforcement

WHY VLO
Differentiators for this practice
PARTNER OWNERSHIP
One named partner stays on the matter from first call to final outcome. No reassignment, no transition meetings.
Local counsel managed by VLO — clients receive one consolidated reporting in English, not separate bills from four firms.
CROSS-BORDER COORDINATION
TRANSPARENT FEES
Fixed-fee, capped, or hourly with monthly caps — chosen at engagement. No surprises in billing.
No press without explicit consent. Confidential by default. Enhanced communications encryption.
DISCRETION
CLIENT VOICE
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Iberian industrial group · 2024
A shareholder deadlock that two other firms had stalled for fifteen months — VLO resolved it in seven.
GENERAL COUNSEL
EU-MENA holding · 2023
Procedural strategy across three jurisdictions that we could not have devised internally. Real cross-border thinking, not parallel-track.
RECENT MATTERS
Selected anonymised work
€8M shareholder dispute · PT/DE
Minority exit at fair value via coordinated procedure across two corporate codes.
Coordinated defence in three EU jurisdictions following claims arising from group insolvency.
Board liability defence · multi-jurisdictional
Derivative claim · CY-headquartered group
Recovery of misappropriated assets via parallel proceedings against directors and recipients.
2023
2023
2024
OUTCOME
Recovery
FORUMS
CY, MT, LV
OUTCOME
Settlement
FORUMS
NL, CY, AT
OUTCOME
Buyout
FORUMS
PT, DE
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ADJACENT PRACTICES
Often combined with
LITIGATION & ARBITRATION
When dispute escalates to formal proceedings.
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When judgment recovery becomes cross-border.
ENFORCEMENT
M&A
Post-closing disputes from prior transactions.
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RELATED INSIGHTS
    FREQUENTLY ASKED
    Common questions
    Do you handle non-litigated disputes?
    Yes — negotiation and mediation are often the optimal route, especially in shareholder disputes where ongoing business relationships matter.
    Fixed-fee for scoping and strategy memo. Hourly with monthly caps for active phases. Discussed openly at engagement.
    What is the typical fee structure?
    Can VLO act in jurisdictions where it has no office?
    Yes — through vetted local counsel coordinated by the VLO partner. Clients deal with one team, receive one consolidated reporting.
    Scoping conversations are complimentary for matters above €100K. Strategy memo is fixed-fee.
    Is the initial consultation paid?
    Have a corporate dispute?
    Send the brief — we respond within one business day.
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