Lawyers
Edgar L. Castro
Lawyer
Edgar L. Castro studied Law at the Argentine Catholic University (1977). He was educated at St. Georges College, an English educational institution of which he was the Chairman of the Board from 2007 to 2015. Currently Chairman of the San Jorge Educational Foundation. Dr. Castro also completed postgraduate courses in legal conflict resolution at Harvard University (Cambridge, USA 1999).
He was a partner of three important legal firms in Argentina, with extensive experience in highly complex litigation, conflict resolution, International Law and in the issuance of legal opinions on issues of transparency, property rights, constitutional law and civil liberties. among other matters.
He has represented foreign capital companies (mainly from the USA, UK, Korea and Japan) in matters of tax and criminal tax law before local and foreign courts (eg Switzerland), as well as before the federal civil and commercial courts of our country. He has experience in the application of business integrity & compliance programs; especially in matters related to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the OECD Convention and the anti-corruption regulations of the CNV, AFIP, IGJ and the Anti-Corruption Office.
In his extensive professional career, he has negotiated the asset recovery resulting from high-profile transnational frauds such as the Maddof case, among other pyramid-style or Ponzi scheme scams.
He also intervened in matters of contractual damages, insolvency and bankruptcy proceedings, and family issues, with civil and criminal implications. In turn, he has extensive experience in the execution of foreign sentences in our country (exequaturs) and in matters of public international law; matters in which he has represented foreign governments with representation in our country.
He was adviser to the Senate of the Argentine Nation (1983-1988) on issues of public law and international relations. He also recently participated in seminars on the application of transparency standards and the Corporate Criminal Liability Law (Law # 27,401).
He is a member of the Bar Association of the City of Buenos Aires and the Bar Association of La Plata, Province of Buenos Aires. Member of the International Bar Association and the Law Society for England & Wales and the European and American Lawyers Group (EALG) Actively participates in non-profit organizations linked to the British community in our country, member of the Ranelagh Golf Board of Directors Club S.A.)
Silvia Leyes
Lawyer
Graduated as attorney at the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina (2006), with specialization in Asset Recovery Actions, Complex Litigation, Criminal Defense and the implementation of compliance and anti-corruption and fraud programs.
She worked at “Salvat, Etala & Saravi” law firm, where she represented companies, banks and individuals in complex litigation, proceedings in anti-corruption & money laundering before FIU, among other legal authorities. She also has experience in the recovery of assets derived from crimes as well as in the execution of foreign sentences and healthcare internal fraud investigations.
Inés María Castro
Lawyer
Holds a lawyer’s degree, from the University of Buenos Aires (2014).. 4. His areas of specialization are Civil, Corporate and Business Law, especially Family Businesses.
She worked in the law firm “Salvat, Etala, Saraví (2013/2017), Department of Public Law and Economic Regulation. Ines has also experience in questions of asset recovery, complex litigation and dispute resolutions. She also participated in the resolution of ethics and compliance legal problems on behalf of corporations and family holdings.
She speaks Spanish (native) and English (fluent).
Of Counsel
Fermín E. Allemand
Has a Law degree from the Universidad Católica Argentina (UCA) and attended the Master’s in Business Law from Universidad Austral. Currently acting as Regional General Counsel for the Americas at Mambu, a European fintech/software company.
Before joining Mambu, Mr. Allemand was a founding partner of Bartolome & Allemand, a boutique law firm with head offices in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Previously, he acted as an associate attorney at Biscardi & Asociados and Hope, Duggan y Silva, and an in-house counsel member of the Finances and New Businesses team of Grupo IRSA. He specializes in international commercial and business law, corporate, labor and consumers matters. He is representative and statutory supervisor of local and foreign companies.