ARGENTINA Law and Practice Contributed by: Roberto Durrieu, Tomas Guido and Aranzazú Sesma Lasierra, Estudio Durrieu
Estudio Durrieu is the largest white-collar crime, asset recovery and penal compliance law firm in Argentina, specialised in the professional practice of international law, compliance and economic criminal law, encompassing punitive law, corporate governance and global business law. The firm has developed its practice in both regional and international courts. It has a net - work, known as RIEDPE, of correspondents in Argentina and abroad which allows it to provide assistance in its specialised area of anti-fraud
and asset recovery. Its clients include oil and energy companies, national and foreign banks, sovereign states and economic groups, among others. The firm is proud to be on the list of law firms suggested by the embassies of the US, the UK, Italy, Israel, Canada, Russia and China. In summary, Estudio Durrieu leads international lawyers and human rights experts located in Argentina in advising governments, individuals, financial institutions, NGOs and multinational companies. Tomas Guido is junior partner at Estudio Durrieu, and joined the firm in 2017. He is specialised in economic crimes, with a PhD in issues related to financing of terrorism and money laundering. His main areas of work are business crimes litigation and white-collar corporate investigations. He has extensive experience in representing both local and international clients in matters involving allegations of bribery, fraud, breach of fiduciary duties, and money laundering, among other financial crimes, before national and international courts. Tomas also advises clients in connection with compliance issues, internal investigations and audits, and provides legal support in collecting and preserving relevant evidence for the courts.
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Roberto Durrieu is the managing partner of Estudio Durrieu SRL and holds a DPhil in Law from the University of Oxford. He is one of the most sought-after criminal lawyers in
Argentina, particularly in the business sector, as a result of his extensive experience in the courts and his participation in complex processes of business offences negotiations, both judicial and extra-judicial. With more than 25 years of legal experience, Roberto has handled some of the most relevant and complex cases in the areas of white-collar crime, international litigation, asset recovery, compliance and tax crimes, together with AML-CFT and corruption, extradition and international co-operation, corporate investigations and cybercrimes.
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