PROFILE
Attorney and expert in international law with more than 20 years of professional experience in national and international matters in educational institutions, the public and private sectors, multinational companies and law firms, in positions such as lecturer, program director, Senior Attorney and Partner.
Specialist in Environmental Law from the Universidad de Belgrano and Master in Law and Economics from the Universidad Torcuato Di Tella.
Currently in the process of submitting his doctoral dissertation for the Doctorate in International and Integration Law at the Universidad Nacional de Rosario.
A person of integrity who inspires trust. Caring, available, patient and a very good listener. Talent for leading and coordinating diverse, interdisciplinary teams and for developing people. Global vision and strategic insight for achieving objectives.
Strong planner, skilled in conflict management and anticipating problems. Flexible, adaptable and creative. Able to convey messages in writing and skilled at delivering presentations. Ambitious to build a career and eager to learn in diverse environments and subject areas.
ACHIEVEMENTS
As Program Director, by providing close attention to students (numbering nearly 700 in total), I managed to coordinate their relationship with the teaching staff (of nearly 150 people) and reduce student conflicts and problems.
I was proposed and invited to serve as associate professor in several chairs led by renowned full professors, demonstrating adaptability in working with different leadership profiles, in subjects that integrate the knowledge acquired throughout the degree.
I led the legal structuring of the change in the distribution structure for Molinos Río de la Plata products in Israel, creating the framework to go from almost non-existent sales to sales of more than 50,000 tonnes of product per year.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
– 7/2019 – Present- Tribunal Superior de Justicia de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires – Deputy Clerk (Prosecretario). Handling of research matters and case file control.
9/2008 – 6/2019 Estudio Benedit & Asociados – Founding Partner. Legal advice and client service. Advice on managing contracts and resolving international disputes. Negotiation and drafting of loan, supply, service and marketing agreements.
Advice on patents and trademarks. Advice on and preparation of corporate documents, including minutes, shareholders’ agreements and share transfers. Advice on employment, fair trade and consumer protection regulations. Advice and negotiation on insurance matters. Debt restructuring and recovery.
2/2012 – 9/2018 Universidad de Belgrano – Director of the Law Degree Program. Duties include: Academic Management
Assisting the Dean in organizing the degree program under his responsibility and being responsible for administering the curriculum and the content of the course syllabi of the program.
Proposing, supervising and carrying out the program’s academic activities.
Proposing and cooperating with the Dean in organizing annual Congresses, Conferences and Seminars.
Participating jointly with the Dean in institutional self-assessment and program accreditation activities. Proposing the formation of the committees required for the evaluation and accreditation of programs before CONEAU and monitoring the commitments undertaken by the University before CONEAU
for program accreditation.
Taking responsibility for activities related to the Professional Project and convening the Professors of Professional Practice and Qualification to form the corresponding Council. Institutional Administrative Management
Supervising professors’ attendance and punctuality and scheduling make-up classes, applying the regulations in force in such cases.
Attending to and monitoring international students and participating – with the Dean – in the promotion of Dual Degrees. Economic and Financial Management
Prioritizing the economic and financial sustainability of the program under his responsibility, working with the Dean on the day-to-day management of the issues this entails.
12/2007 – 2/2009 First South American Investments S.A. – Senior Attorney. Legal advice on company matters. Handling of negotiations for the acquisition of State property (ONABE). Advice on compliance with current regulations on building permits and construction approvals. Negotiation and drafting of loan agreements (including leasing agreements and loans with various securities such as mortgages, assignments of cash flows and other collateral), real estate purchase and lease agreements, and supply, service and marketing agreements. Advice on and preparation of corporate documents, including minutes, shareholders’ agreements and share transfers. Advice on employment regulations and real estate law. Advice and negotiation on insurance matters. Advice on trademark matters.
3/2005 – 12/2007 Molinos Río de la Plata S.A. – Senior Attorney. In charge of work teams. Handling and preparation of national and international negotiations on mergers, acquisitions, distribution and supply agreements, financial loans, marketing agreements; review of patent and trademark matters; national and international incorporation and dissolution of companies; termination of national and international commercial distribution and supply agreements; advice on compliance with commercial, financial, insurance, corporate, competition, fair trade and consumer protection law.
8/2003 – 2/2005 Estudio G. Breuer – Mid-level Attorney. In charge of handling cases before competition, fair trade and consumer protection authorities; handling and preparation of mergers and acquisitions, shareholders’ agreements, termination of commercial and supply agreements; advice on commercial, financial, corporate and trademark law.
7/2000 – 7/2003 Estudio Bazán, Cambré & Orts – Associate. In charge of preparing loan agreements, guarantees, mergers and acquisitions, oil and gas agreements, public tenders, and legal advice on financial, corporate, commercial, environmental, customs and competition matters.
3/1999 – 7/2000 Estudio Julio César Rivera – Junior Attorney. In charge of handling insolvency and bankruptcy proceedings, court and arbitration files, advice on corporate, commercial and banking law, and handling of debt renegotiations.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
3/2019 – Present Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA) – Acting Associate Professor of Public International Law, Chair of Dr. Juan Antonio Travieso
3/2019 – Present Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA) – Acting Associate Professor of Integration Law, Chair of Dr. Alfredo Soto.
3/2016 – Present Universidad del Salvador (USAL) – Associate Professor of Private International Law, Chair of Dr. Alfredo Soto
3/2010 – Present Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA) – Acting Associate Professor of Private International Law, Chair of Dr. Inés Weinberg de Roca
8/2015 – 9/2018 Universidad de Belgrano (UB) (Law Degree Program) – Professor in charge of Business Law.
3/2013 – 9/2018 Universidad de Belgrano (UB) (Law Degree Program) – Associate Professor of Private International Law, Chair of Dr. Alicia Perugini.
7/2010 – 9/2018 Universidad de Belgrano (UB) (Foreign Trade Degree Program) – Associate Professor of International Law, Chair of Dr. Alfredo Soto
3/2000 – 12/2009 Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA) – Senior Teaching Assistant in Private International Law, Chair of Dr. Inés Weinberg de Roca
7/2000 – 2/2005 Universidad Argentina de la Empresa (UADE) – Head of Practical Coursework in International Business Law, Chair of Dr. Inés Weinberg de Roca
3/1995 – 2/2002 Universidad Argentina de la Empresa (UADE) – Teaching Assistant in Private Law I, Chair of Dr. Julio César Rivera
EDUCATION:
2014 – Present- DOCTORAL CANDIDATE IN INTERNATIONAL AND INTEGRATION LAW. (Dissertation in preparation) Universidad Nacional de Rosario (UNR)
Coursework completed. Dissertation in preparation, topic: “Environmental Class Actions in Mercosur Private International Law from the Perspective of the Economic Analysis of Law”.
2018 MASTER IN LAW AND ECONOMICS, SPECIALIZING IN CORPORATE LAW, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella (UTDT)
Thesis: “Constitutional and Economic Analysis of Class Actions under the Consumer Protection Act.”
2016 SPECIALIZATION PROGRAM IN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW, Universidad de Belgrano (UB)
Thesis: “Economic Analysis of the Inclusion of Punitive Damages in Environmental Law”. 1998 ATTORNEY (Law Degree), Universidad Argentina de la Empresa (UADE)
PUBLICATIONS:
– “El conflicto y la diferencia entre Juez Competente y Ley Aplicable en el Derecho Internacional Privado”, Revista Iustitia – Issue 1 – April 2018. IJ Editores.
– Book chapter “Daños punitivos aplicables al derecho ambiental argentino”, in “Derecho Ambiental Innovativo”, Bellorio Clabot, Dino, Ed. Ad-Hoc, Buenos Aires, 2017
– “Análisis sobre la conveniencia de la inclusión de los daños punitivos al derecho ambiental argentino”, Revista Iberoamericana de Derecho Ambiental y Recursos Naturales – Issue 19 – March 2016. IJ Editores.
– Co-author with Lorena Greselin of “Conflict of Law Conventions and their Reception, Argentine Report” in “THE IMPACT OF UNIFORM LAW ON NATIONAL LAW. LIMITS AND POSSIBILITIES / L’INCIDENCE DU DROIT UNIFORME SUR LE DROIT NATIONAL. LIMITES ET POSSIBILITÉS”, Sánchez Cordero, Jorge, editor, 2010.
– “Convención sobre los Derechos del Niño”, edited by Ines M Weinberg, author of the analysis of Articles 15, 21 and 31 of the Convention, Editorial Rubinzal- Culzoni, 2002.
– Case commentary. Analysis and critique of the application of the plurality system in succession matters by Argentine courts.- Revista de Derecho Privado y Comunitario (Rubinzal- Culzoni, 2001, Tomo Sucesiones”
OTHER ACTIVITIES:
07/2018 – Present – Deputy Director, Institute of International Law and Human Rights, Asociación Argentina de Justicia Constitucional.
05/2014 – Lecture “Multilevel Justice, the American Experience” in a doctoral course, Università degli Studi di Pavia, Pavia, Italy.
10/2013 – Taught Private International Law classes as Visiting Lecturer at the invitation of the Chair of Professor Franco Mosconi, Università degli Studi di Pavia, Pavia, Italy.
3/2004 & 3/2005 – Judge in the national rounds of the Philip C. Jessup Moot Court Competition
6/2003 – Speaker at the refresher seminar “La Compraventa Internacional de Mercadería, su Trascendencia en el Ámbito de los Negocios Internacionales” (The International Sale of Goods and its Significance in International Business) (UADE)
3/1999 – Assistant in organizing the Philip C. Jessup Moot Court Competition, Washington D.C.
9/1998 – Coordinator at the VII Congreso Argentino & III Congreso IberoAmericano de Derecho Societario
LANGUAGES: – Spanish: Native language.
– English: Fluent
– Portuguese: Intermediate. Currently studying.
– Italian: Basic. Currently studying.
– French: Basic knowledge.