Practice Areas
We provide high quality advice on most sophisticated and
innovative transactions, including: the creation of complex new
corporate structures, due diligence, shareholders agreements,
restructuring and spin-offs, governmental approvals and
regulatory requirements, and day-to-day corporate matters.
Our litigation experience covers a full range of contentious
matters, including advisory work, negotiation and filings
throughout the entire process. We cover a wide range of matters
including, the representation before federal and local courts
(including the Supreme Court) on behalf of both Argentine and
international clients in civil, commercial, tax, administrative, labor
litigation and class actions. Besides, we advise on administrative
proceedings before federal, provincial and local agencies and
institutions, including the Argentine Central Bank, the Consumer
Protection Agency, the Federal Tax Court, among others.
We play a major role in tax planning and negotiating many
M&A transactions and other cross-border transactions as
well as in designing and implementing tax-free corporate
reorganizations and transfers of assets. We advise our
clients on all kinds of customs matters, in many cases in
coordination with our International Trade practice group.
Such advice includes regulatory matters, administrative and
judicial proceedings, strategic operations, advice on national
regulations and international treaties, duty issues and import
restrictions.
Our labor law area provides a wide range of services that includes:
(i) the negotiation and drafting of employment contracts,
collective agreements, social security plans, termination
agreements and documents related to safety at work ; (ii) the
preparation and modification of compensatory structures; (iii) the
adaptation of international policies to Argentine law; (iv)
reorganizations and restructurings, massive layoffs, voluntary
retirement plans, crisis prevention programs, and negotiations in
all areas to implement the reorganizations; (v) dismissal of
hierarchical officials and participation in company audits in cases
of business fraud, and (vi) attention to extrajudicial (SECLO) and
judicial claims.
In terms of social security matters, we advise companies in
relation to union debt claims, social works and claims by the tax
authority (AFIP) for contribution debts.
In this area of law and together with our international partners,
we advise on business structuring and complex international
transactions; consultancy in substantive tax planning; compliance;
and assistance in obtaining tax efficiencies in business
development. Since its foundation, HSR has combined traditional
services, typically offered by large law firms, with innovative and
strategic solutions, tailored to each of our clients.
The media and entertainment industry, meanwhile, faces radical
changes, mainly through the development of new platforms and
technologies. The advice includes complex infrastructure projects,
such as the installation of submarine cables; obtaining
telecommunication licenses for the different services; and the
analysis of innovative services in the light of telecommunication
standards.
In this matter we have experience and knowledge thanks to the
representation of many of the main retail companies in Argentina.
In particular, we advise on extrajudicial claims made by
consumers, handling of large claims portfolios, strategies to
mitigate contingencies, liability for defective products, class
actions, claims related to the credit card regime, online purchases
and others. In this sense, we have a solid network of
correspondents throughout the country that allows us to provide
services all over Argentina.
Our public and administrative law practice covers a wide range of
matters including: (i) Design of complex legal structures applicable
to regulated activities, including advice to and professional
representation of public utilities, ports, highways, airports, banks,
insurance, hydrocarbons, health, agro-industrial companies and
governmental suppliers of goods and services; (ii) Public works,
infrastructure projects, project financing and public-private
partnerships; (iii) Advice to private companies under government
administration or subject to governmental stock participation; and
(iv) Administrative contracts and procurement proceedings.
We offer comprehensive services in order to establish, maintain
and protect the intellectual property rights of our clients, covering
unfair competition, Internet legal regulation and privacy. We
represent clients in trademark, patent and copyright registration
matters and in the management and enforcement of national and
regional intellectual property portfolios by filing, prosecuting and
applying for patents and trademarks globally.
The international exchange of information on issues of tax evasion
and money laundering is emerging as an irreversible trend. In this
context, we provide advice by developing, implementing and
auditing prevention or integration programs (risk analysis, codes
and policies, training) adjusted to the reality of each company.