Ever since 1980 our law firm has formed a team of lawyers as partners, associates and external consultants whose experience added to their professional instruction guarantees an efficient legal assistance in all branches of law.

In “Peña, Rivera Villatte & Dayraut” we focus our actions in the full satisfaction of our client’s needs, safeguarding their in-court or out-of-court interests as a priority in all matters brought before us.

To reach such goal, prior to all significant decisions, we maintain a policy of consultation with our clients, where the most convenient alternatives are discussed, advised and adopted.

Our firm is very careful in safeguarding at all times our professional ethics, together with a loyal and dedicated behavior aimed at the best benefit of our clients. The result of the rules we apply to our professional activity is the satisfaction of the interests of our clients who will never find themselves surprised by an unexpected outcome.

PRACTICE AREAS

Our law firm has a trained team of lawyers with a wide experience in diverse areas of Public and Private law thus allowing precise and comprehensive advice on the wide-ranging circumstances that may meet our clients in their commercial, labor or family pursuits, including those resulting from their relations with the national, provincial or municipal governments.

Our attorneys provide a high quality service which, subsequent to their professional background, permanent training and commitment with the particular interests and needs of their client, ensures quick legal support to reach the most convenient and swift solution to every case.

Among other Practice Areas the following may be mentioned:


1Civil Law

Our firm will negotiate and write down all kinds of civil contracts; we also offer legal advice on real estate developments and agreements, public works contracts, creation and termination of trusts, legal assistance in real estate and other rights in rem conflicts, constitution of rights in rem, placing civil complaints in court and phrasing replies to complaints including damages and compensation for loss and follow up of the process in court.

2Commercial Law

Along with Civil Law our firm will negotiate and draft all types of commercial agreements; we shall also negotiate and settle commercial conflicts avoiding in-court proceedings whenever possible; our firm’s practice covers legal assistance on insolvency and bankruptcy proceeding, verification of creditor outstanding claims, enforcement in bankruptcy proceedings, foreclosure of credit instruments, wording and put in-court commercial complaints and replies to complaints and follow-up of the entire process in court.

3Public & Administrative Law

Our lawyers provide clients a comprehensive legal support on public and administrative law issues at national, provincial and municipal levels. Support includes assistance on sectorial regulations, full guidance on bidding in public tenders, guidance on trade regulations and restrictions, administrative contracts and procurement proceedings, advice on public works, infrastructure projects, urban planning and licenses, administrative law disputes including presentation and follow-up of administrative and judicial proceedings. We also provide full guidance to local and foreign companies on compliance programs, anti-corruption regulations, public ethics and anti-bribery laws in our media.

4Corporate Law

Our firm assists our clients in the formation and registry of companies, settlement of inter-company cooperation schemes and agreements, modification of company bylaws, negotiation and settlement of company conflicts, settlement of corporate mergers, corporate break-up, dissolution and winding up of commercial companies.

5Agribusiness

Peña Rivera Villatte & Dayraut offers a wide range of services to Argentine and foreign entrepreneurs for inbound investments in agribusiness and fishing enterprises, including the negotiation and drafting of agribusiness contracts, refunding of tax payments on grain exports, formalities to be carried out before government offices such as INASE (National Seed Institute); SENASA (National Agri-Food Health and Quality Service) INV (National Institute for the Wine Industry), etc. We also advice on the obtention of permits for the production and marketing of biotechnological products, formalities before government offices and registries and the National Fisheries Council (Consejo Nacional Pesquero), including advice to contest fishing penalties and the transference of fishing allowances.

6Family Law and Law of Succession

We offer a full legal service which covers the wide variety of events related to family law and law of succession, such as wills, divorces, pre-nuptial and other out-of court agreements and follow up of litigations brought before family courts.

7Prevention of money laundering practices and Financing of Terrorism

Peña, Rivera Villatte & Dayraut provides clients with full advice on compliance to the standing legislation on the prevention of asset-laundering and the financing of terrorism, including the drafting of documents required by the regulations imposed on duty-bound subjects.

8Aeronautical Law
The firm offers general advice on aeronautical law. Our team has practical experience in dealing with public regulations of the activity, as well as in the filing of claims, appeals and other presentations before state agencies of control. Likewise, in lawsuits and resolution of conflicts related to complaints brought before consumer defense offices.
9New Technologies

We provide legal support on issues related to new technologies, negotiation and drafting of contracts on informatics related matters, Internet and social networks.

10Competition and antitrust

We provide advice on the prevention of economic cartels and procedures against anti-competitive practices. Our lawyers will draft the proper and accurate presentation for the approval of concentration procedures and the ensuing follow-up in the National Committee for the Defense of Competition (Comisión Nacional de Defensa de la Competencia). Our firm will also write out requests for advisory opinions, will assume the defense of clients against charges for presumed infringement of antitrust regulations and the follow up of the procedure in the administrative and judicial stages.

11Commercial Loyalty and Consumer Defense

Our firm advises clients on matters related to consumer defense issues, on legal requirements of advertising campaigns and product labeling, on drafting terms and conditions in tenders; we also provide advice on commercial loyalty matters and defense strategies against punitive damages and loss complaints as well as recourses against punitive administrative decisions for presumed breach of standing regulations.

12Labor & Employment

Our firm offers wide range services to companies and employees in pace with standing labor regulations, labor-related negotiation and dispute resolution, legal advice on individual and collective labor conflicts, pre-judicial mediation and follow-up of legal litigations thorough all the stages of the process until its conclusion and judicial homologation.

13Advanced Conflict Resolution Management

Our lawyers are well trained in conflict management and mediation to solve differences of all kinds between parties before they reach judicial status.

PARTNERS

Manuel Pedro Peña

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Teresa Rivera Villatte

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Guillermo Gastón Dayraut

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Alejandro Peña

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Pablo Patricio Peña

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EXTERNAL CONSULTANTS

Jorge Alejandro Parra

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Martín Oyhanarte

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Ana Spada

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Ignacio Ramón Peña

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