Education
University of Buenos Aires (Bachelor of Laws, 1962). Harvard Law School (Master of Laws, 1963). Harvard School of Public Administration (Master in Public Administration, 1964).
Spoken languages: Spanish and English.
University of Buenos Aires (Bachelor of Laws, 1962). Harvard Law School (Master of Laws, 1963). Harvard School of Public Administration (Master in Public Administration, 1964).
Spoken languages: Spanish and English.
Worked at Klein & Franco (Buenos Aires) specializing in General Practice, Commercial Law, Corporate Law, Securities, Contracts, Administrative Law, Finance, Business Law, Banks and Banking, Privatization, Litigation, Products Liability, Labor and Employment, Social Security, Criminal Law, Agency and Distributorship, Franchise and Franchising, Anti-Trust and Trade Regulation, Copyrights, Environmental Law, Immigration and Naturalization, Intellectual Property, International Law, Capital Markets, Investments, Libel, Slander and Defamation, Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures, Natural Resources, Oil and Gas, Regulatory Law, Technology Transfers, Trademarks. Current Activities: Senior Partner in the law firm of Klein & Franco. Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Argentine Chamber of Commerce.
Arbitrator, Appointed by the International Chamber of Commerce, 1995.
Alternate Member of the General Arbitration Court of the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange and on occasion Acting Arbitrator. Chairman or Member of the Board of Directors of various Argentine corporations.
Member of the Board of the Harvard Club of Argentina since 1982. Past Activities in the Private Sector: Private practice, 1965-1967.
Senior Partner, Klein & Mairal, 1971-1976 and 1981-1991.
Public Offices Held: Undersecretary of Foreign Investment, Argentina and Acting Undersecretary of Finance, Argentina, 1968-1969. Undersecretary of Public Works and Services, Argentina, 1969-1970. Secretary of State for Economic Planning, Argentina, 1976-1981.
Pro-Bono Work: Member of the Advisory Board of the Argentine Chamber of Commerce since 1982.
Member of the Board of the Argentine Japanese Association 1986-1994, Vice-Chairman, 1989-1994. Member of the Board of the Harvard Club of Argentina since 1982 (Chairman 1989-1991.
Vice Chairman, 1987-1989). Member of the Board of Governors and Chairman (1989-1991) of Northlands School, 1975-1976 and 1981-1991.
Vice Chairman of the Argentina Chamber of Commerce, 1975-1976 and President, 1993and Member, 1983of its Advisory Board.
Chairman of the Argentine Chapter of the Interamerican Council of Trade and Production (CICYP, sister institution to the Council of the Americas), 1974-1976. Member of the Board of the Buenos Aires Bar Association, 1973-1974. University Posts Held: Professor of Political Economy, University of Buenos Aires, School of Law, 1972-1974.
Decorations and Awards: Decorations awarded by the Governments of Spain, Brazil and Venezuela.
Elected member of the National Academy of Economy of the Republic of Uruguay. Elected one of the Ten Outstanding Young Personalities of 1970.
Member: Bar Association of the City of Buenos Aires. International Law Association (Argentine Branch).
Asociación Universitaria Argentino-Norteamericana.
International Bar Association. Society for International Development. International Institute of Public Finance.
The Firm was established in 1992 by former partners of Klein & Mairal.
Its client base is international, with predominance of United States. and European clients.
Member: Bar Association of the City of Buenos Aires. International Law Association (Argentine Branch). Asociación Universitaria Argentino-Norteamericana.
International Bar Association.
Society for International Development. International Institute of Public Finance.