Allende & Brea

Allende & Brea advises clients on some of the most complex domestic and international commercial transactions in a variety of matters such as acquisitions and sales of companies, restructurings, public offerings, and financings in general from structuring to due diligence to the drafting acquisition agreements, shareholders’ agreements, financing agreements, management agreements, and other transaction documents. We also counsel shareholders, companies and boards of directors, on general corporate matters, corporate governance and policy issues, incorporation of companies, joint ventures, and corporate and shareholder conflicts.

We have advised clients in numerous acquisitions, financings, restructuring transactions, corporate and tax structures, representing issuers, investment banks and foreign investors in a broad range of corporate activities.

Our clients engage us for our proved capacity to implement creative solutions to complex transactions always concentrating on the business goals. We have a long-standing proven track record working on some of the most complex transactions in several industries.

We advise shareholders, companies and boards of directors in both hostile and amicable acquisitions providing our clients with the highest level of commitment, creativity, team-work and business focus.

Bankruptcy & Reorganization Law requires a high level of specialization, which Allende & Brea has earned in the course of a long-standing commitment to this area of legal practice. We have represented corporate debtors in several landmark reorganization proceedings and out-of-court restructurings in Argentina. And have likewise been retained by creditors in connection with reorganization and liquidation proceedings, creditor’s committees, acquisition of bankrupt companies, foreclosure of securities, and related matters.

Services offered by Allende & Brea in this area include advice on hiring foreigners, temporary or permanent residence procedures, expatriate regime, work visas, visa renewal, technical visas, advice to family members, digital nomads, employment contracts with foreigners, registering companies before the immigration authorities to obtain authorization to hire foreigners, advice to foreigners on obtaining tax codes, among others. Our team has solid experience in advising companies on the transfer of employees to Argentina and abroad.

Allende & Brea advises clients on real estate matters in a variety of areas including acquisitions, joint ventures, financing, structuring and refinancing of investments, commercial leasing, land and land purchase, development and planning of real estate developments, such as development of apartment towers and residential complexes, gated communities, resorts, hotel operation and management, and regulatory compliance and registration. The team also provides advice on complementary matters such as zoning, environmental issues and taxation.

Allende & Brea’s insurance department represents clients in a variety of insurance and reinsurance related matters which include acquisition of insurance companies; organization of insurance companies and authorization to do business; registration of foreign insurance and reinsurance companies; registration of brokers and reinsurance intermediaries; client representation before the Argentine Insurance Regulator (Superintendencia de Seguros de la Nación); drafting of insurance policies; legal assistance in claim adjustment; litigation and arbitration on the scope of coverage in sovereign risk insurance, public and product liability, professional liability (D&O, E&O, medical and legal malpractice), life, air, land and maritime transportation, banker’s blanket bonds (BBB) and other conflicts deriving from Insurance and Reinsurance Agreements, cut-off Agreements; advice on the day-to-day operations of insurance and reinsurance companies.

Allende & Brea has an Intellectual Property team focused in developing the best strategies to protect and manage all kinds of intellectual properties of its clients.

The team assists companies in all the industries in their matters with the Patent and Trademark office (INPI, Instituto Nacional de la Propiedad Industrial) and the Copyright office (Dirección Nacional de Derecho de Autor).

Our Intellectual Property practice includes the following:

• Trademark, patent and industrial design applications as well as the custody and administration of trademark portfolios in Argentina and Latin America.
• Copyright law registration and enforcement, including collective society advice.
• Protection of trade secrets, know-how and confidential information through the design of strategies, audits, contracts and litigation.
• Protection of plant variety and seeds, and also issues related with geographical indications and denominations of origin.
• Strategic advice, patent and trademark due diligence, as well as audits and portfolio reviews.
• Anti-counterfeiting and Enforcement actions.
• Registration of trademarks with the Customs Trademark Fraud Division.
• Internet Domain names registration and maintenance, arbitration at the UDRP and local domain names disputes, cyber squatting.
• Licensing, Confidentiality, distribution, franchising, license, transfer of technology agreements, and other contracts related to the protection of intellectual property.

We have developed a highly regarded reputation for providing quick and practical advice in a constant changing environment with tailor made multidisciplinary working teams. We provide advice based on clients needs and we find always the best and most creative solution for our clients.

Allende & Brea has a highly specialized team in this practice area. Our services cover various aspects, such as the provision of legal advice and the representation in all kinds of administrative and judicial proceedings and lawsuits under the Consumer Protection Law, comparative advertising, products liability and defective products replacement, defense against claims filed by consumers associations, sweepstakes, contests and promotions, product advertisement campaigns, product labeling and marketing conditions and design and implementation of consumer defense compliance programs.

At Allende & Brea, we work to prevent legal disputes by providing preventive advice and, where the dispute has already arisen, we work on the defense throughout all the administrative and court stages of the proceedings.

To that end, we have a highly specialized team and we consider a fluent and personalized contact with our clients to be a key factor. We are known for our ability to anticipate clients’ needs and for our creativity in providing solutions.

Allende & Brea’s services in this field include providing advice on drafting employment contracts and benefit plans, identifying labor liabilities and risks, compensation calculation and its tax treatment, dismissals and individual labor-related conflicts, collective bargaining, staff reorganization, corporate reorganization, implementation of wage policies, social-security law, expatriate regime, company acquisitions and due-diligence processes, among others.

Our team has extensive and solid experience in providing advice on and handling different kinds of disputes across the country at all stages of the proceedings. We are able to do so through a solid network of correspondents that assist us all along the litigation process in all provincial jurisdictions, thus contributing to efficiency and to a prudent management of our clients’ resources.

Allende & Brea represents private clients, Argentine and foreign families, and has one of the most recognized practices in Argentina in this area since its foundation 65 years ago.

Our team works closely with successful Argentine and international families and entrepreneurs, structuring their assets in a way that allows them to preserve their wealth and distribute it to their future generations. To that end, we design tax-effective strategies through the use of revocable and irrevocable trusts, private foundations, and other asset protection structures.

Much of our work is multi-jurisdictional, and our lawyers provide a full range of services including wealth structuring, tax planning, trust litigation and dispute resolution, philanthropy and charitable giving, wills and succession planning, among others. We have also been involved in white collar crime investigations.

In a country where still a majority of companies remain family owned, we also advise families and high net worth individuals in corporate governance matters with the implementation of family protocols and shareholders agreements. We also have been involved in multiple M&A transactions advising our clients on the selling or buying side.

We work primarily for international private banks, single and multifamily offices, trust companies, independent financial advisors, wealth planning companies, international law firms representing clients with assets in Argentina, and in general families and high net worth individuals with interests in Argentina or abroad.