Leaders in Law is delighted to endorse Juan Javier Negri as our exclusive M&A Law expert in Argentina
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Professional Biography
Juan Javier Negri is a founding member of the Negri & Pueyrredon Abogados (1990). He specializes in corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate law. As an avid art collector, he now devotes part of his time to art law.
He has acted as Adjunct Professor of Commercial Law (1977–1992) and Professor of Law at the Graduate Course on Banking Law of the Argentine Catholic University (1987). He also was Associate Professor of Banking Institutions at the Graduate School of Economy and Business Administration (1986–1993); Guest Lecturer on Foreign Trade and Exchange Control Laws at the Graduate Course on Legal Aspects of Financial Activities, Escuela de Abogacía de Buenos Aires (1990); Professor, Commercial Law Continuing Education (Legal Aspects of Capital Markets Law), School of Law, University of Buenos Aires (1992). Professor, Corporate Conflicts, Austral University, since 1993. He also currently teaches Mergers and Acquisitions at the Universidad di Tella Law School (Buenos Aires) and Universidad Siglo XXI (Córdoba), 2000. He was Lecturer on Latin American Law at the University of Illinois (1979). He also taught Legal Aspects of International Financing at the Center of Comparative Studies, Buenos Aires (1981); at the Bank of Boston Foundation’s School of Export Trade (1987–1990); at the Mar del Plata Stock Exchange (1988); at the Córdoba Seminar on Risk Investments (1988); Santa Cruz (Bolivia) Bar Association (1989); Center for Macroeconomic Studies (CEMA), Buenos Aires. He is a Member of the Board of Advisors, Universidad Torcuato di Tella Law School. He was a Speaker on “Corporate Governance” as representative of the Instituto Argentino para el Gobierno de las Organizaciones, to discuss the White Paper on Corporate Governance, organized by the OECD in Cartagena, Colombia, May 2004.
Javier was a contributor to “Product Liability: a Manual on Practice-Argentina,” Oceana Publications, New York, 1981; “Business Operations in Argentina,” Washington, D.C., 1988, and has authored “Restructuring of Public Banks: A Proposal for Change” (1990), which won him the Argentine Banks’ Association 1990 Award. He also received the “Argentine Legal Profession Award” granted by the Argentine Press Association and Argentine Federation of Bar Associations (1990). He is also author of various law review articles on corporate mergers, joint ventures, voting arrangements, exchange controls, and other corporate matters, and was a former columnist of the Buenos Aires daily “La Prensa.” He has contributed with several editorial notes to “La Nación,” a leading Argentine newspaper. Other publications include several books and articles about Argentine law in general and corporate and banking law both in Argentina and abroad.
Javier has also been a consultant for The World Bank (1993), and a trustee and Member of the Board of Governors of the Northlands School, 2000–.
Practice Areas
Education
Abogado, University of Buenos Aires (1975); Master in Comparative Law, University of Illinois College of Law (1978).
Memberships
Javier is a member of the Bar Association of the City of Buenos Aires (where he sat at the Board of Directors from 1989 to 1991 and was its Treasurer from 1990 to 1992); of the Committee of Bank Lawyers of the Argentine Republic (where he was Member of the Board of Directors from 1987 to 1991).
Javier is also a member of the International Bar Association (of which he was Deputy Secretary General for America-South, 1992–1998, and is member of several standing committees); the American Society of International Law; the Argentine Association of Comparative Law; the Institute of Legislative Studies (Member of the Board, Commercial Law Section, 1987–1988); the Associazione Giuristi di Lingua Italiana, Milano; the Argentine-Swiss Chamber of Commerce (Board Member, 1998–2000); PENT Foundation -Fundación para la integración de la Argentina en el mundo- (Member, Board of Directors, 2002–). He is also Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Fundación Sur since 2003; Treasurer Pro-tem of the Board of Trustees of Fundación Konex since 2004; and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of PlaNet Finance until 2013.
About Negri & Pueyrredon Abogados (N&P)
Negri & Pueyrredon Abogados (N&P) was established in 1990. It adopted its present name in November 2014. Shortly after its inception, it became one of the most important and respected law firms in Argentina, not only because of the importance and number of its clients but also because of the high quality of its legal work.
N&P provides full legal services to small and large domestic and multinational corporations, as well as to individuals, public and private institutions, and not-for-profit organizations. All of our clients receive top-notch legal advice, following the most stringent international ethical and quality standards.
N&P’s professionals have attended reputable law schools, have a practical approach to their clients’ problems, and are well trained to face the volatile legal and political Argentine environment. Several of N&P’s lawyers have completed their legal education overseas.
The firm is composed of highly motivated professionals, organized according to their respective expertise, merits, and capabilities. Many of them have been featured in several trade publications and are members of bar and other local and international professional associations, and regularly attend legal conferences either as speakers or panelists.
N&P’s basic tenets, shared by partners and associates alike, are strong ethical standards, integrity, high-quality services, a strong commitment towards the clients, mutual respect, and efficient teamwork.
We cater to clients in all areas of the law and, through a well-tested network of corresponding firms, we can assist their needs throughout Argentina.
N&P publishes every working Tuesday and Friday its now famed Dos Minutos de Doctrina, a Spanish-language legal bulletin featuring comments on recent court decisions that may interest clients and friends alike. It enjoys a wide readership in Latin America and among Spanish speakers (not necessarily lawyers) all over the world.
Our lawyers regularly contribute articles and comments to books and legal publications throughout the world, such as Tratado de los Conflictos Societarios (Argentina), The Art Collector’s Handbook (London), Il trust sotto il diritto Argentino (Milano), etc.
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