Academic training:

PhD | 2014 - 2023
Faculty of Law of the Universidad Austral: Doctor of Law.
Thesis panel: Drs. Héctor A. Mairal, Carlos F. Rosenkrantz and Michael D. Gilbert (University of Virginia School of Law).
Thesis: “The historical origin of judicial review of constitutionality in the United States and the myth of Marbury v. Madison.” Grade: Summa cum laude. 

Postgraduate studies | 2000 - 2001 

Georgetown University Law Center, Washington DC, USA: Master of Laws (LL.M). Thesis: "Crisis in the separation of powers. The case of Argentina." Grade: A. 

University students | 1989 - 1995 

Faculty of Law and Social Sciences, University of El Salvador: Lawyer. Seminar Thesis: “Hierarchy of International Treaties in the National Constitution”. Grade: 10. 

 

Professional Background: 

Universidad Austral | January 2019 – December 2024  

Dean of the Faculty of Law. In charge of the Faculty's Governing Council, the School of Government, and the Law, Political Science and International Relations programs, as well as the Faculty's doctoral, master's, and postgraduate programs. 

Chamber of Hydrocarbon Exploration and Production (CEPH) | May 2014 – present 

Executive Director, in charge of the administration and operation of the institution. 

Liendo & Associates | August 2010 – May 2014 

Strategic litigation before the Inter-American Human Rights System.
Strategic litigation in matters related to constitutional law.
Negotiation and obtaining the extension for 10 (ten) years of a hydrocarbon exploitation concession, and a non-conventional hydrocarbon exploitation concession for 35 (thirty-five) years in the province of Salta.
Advice and participation in bidding for provincial hydrocarbon areas.
Advising local and international companies on matters related to public law, energy law and commercial law. 

Occidental Argentina Exploration and Production, Inc | February 2006 – July 2010 

Member of the 3 (three) person team in charge of the negotiation, drafting of documents and obtaining the extension of 15 (fifteen) hydrocarbon exploitation concessions in the province of Santa Cruz.
General legal advice, including regulatory and environmental aspects.
Drafting and negotiation of all types of contracts, including typical contracts in the oil and gas industry (Drilling, Oil Field Services, Technical Services, Seismic Processing Agreements, Joint Operation Agreements, Data Exchange Agreements, etc.).
General advice to the marketing department on contracts and disputes with various buyers.  

Vintage Oil Argentina, Inc | March 2005 - February 2006 

Lawyer in charge of the company's legal department.
Legal advice on regulatory aspects of the oil industry.
Participation in research, projects, negotiations and in the preparation of agreements and other documents related to the purchase of hydrocarbon exploration and exploitation areas. 

Marval, O'Farrell & Mairal | August 1997 – March 2005 

Drafting and negotiation of contracts related to all types of commercial operations such as purchase and sale of shares, shareholder agreements, mergers, spin-offs, guarantee and administration trusts, establishment of usufruct, work contracts, transfer of business assets, distribution agreements, technology transfer, etc.
Advice on various constitutional issues and contentious issues of various kinds (lawsuits, autonomous precautionary measures, extraordinary appeals, etc.).
Preparation of lawsuits before the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation against two provinces for mining royalties and of lawsuits of unconstitutionality against the Province of Buenos Aires and Tierra del Fuego for issues relating to the regulation of domestic trade. 

Uriburu & Bosch & Associates | February 1988 - November 1995 / May 1996 - August 1997 

Procurement and monitoring of commercial, civil and labor trials, preventive insolvency proceedings and bankruptcies, administrative procedures in all their stages.
Collaboration in the preparation and execution of refinancing agreements (bank club), and public and private tenders.
Legal advice for companies. 

Iggam UPS | May 1996 - April 1997 

Legal Affairs Management, part-time in-house counsel. 

J & A Garrigues - Madrid (Spain) | November 1995 - April 1996 

Training in the Commercial Department. 

 

Academic Background: 

Universidad Austral | March 2008 - present 

• Assistant Professor in the chair of “Constitutional Law I” in the Law degree (from 1/3/2008 to 28/2/2011).  
• Professional Adjunct Professor in the chair of “Constitutional Law I” (from 1/3/2011 to 28/2/2018).  
• Professional Associate Professor in the chair “Constitutional Law I - Theory of the Constitution and Organization of the State”, as well as in the Diploma in Advanced Constitutional Law and in the Diploma in Constitutional Procedural Law (from 1/3/2018 to 12/11/2023). 
• Associate Professor Level One in the chair “Constitutional Law I - Theory of the Constitution and Organization of the State”, as well as in the Diploma in Advanced Constitutional Law and in the Diploma in Constitutional Procedural Law (from 11/13/2023 to date).  
• Dean of the Faculty of Law of the Universidad AustralResolution No. CPCS-1/19, dated January 22, 2019 (from 1/1/2019 to 31/12/2021).  
• Dean of the Faculty of Law of the Universidad Austral, CPCS Resolution No. 85/21, dated December 14, 2021 (from 1/1/2022 to date). 

 

Teaching Experience: 

Universidad Austral | 2005 - present 

• Professor of undergraduate studies in the subject “Constitutional Law I” (2005-2023).  
• Postgraduate professor in the subject “Constitutional Interpretation” in the Diploma in Advanced Constitutional Law and in the Diploma in Constitutional Procedural Law (2018-2023).  

• Professor of the Diploma in Latin American Constitutional Law in charge of the course “Genesis of judicial control in the United States” (2021-2023).  
• Professor of the undergraduate seminar “History of Law” (2021-2023).  
• Professor “Course of Political Thought”, School of Government (2016).  
• Visiting Professor “Constitutional Law II” (2013).  
• Visiting professor in the Master's Degree in Criminal Law to teach classes on "Extraordinary Federal Appeal in criminal matters" (2013).  
• Professor of the seminar “Introduction to the History of the Supreme Court of the United States”, organized by the Master of Laws and Judicial Magistracy of the Universidad Austral (2010). 

University of San Andrés | 2016 - 2017 

Visiting Professor, “Law I”. 

Universidad Austral | 2013 - 2014 

Full-time Professor in charge of the "Legal Clinic". Executive Director of the Master's Program in Administrative Law.  

University of El Salvador | 2011  

Visiting professor to teach classes on issues related to constitutional law at the Buenos Aires City and Pilar campuses. 

 

Publications: 

Books: 6 (six) between 2006 and 2024. 

Collective Works: 15 (fifteen) between 2003 and 2024. 

Articles and Essays: More than 70 between 2004 and 2023. 

 

Others: 

• Chosen by his peers as one of the most outstanding lawyers in the City of Buenos Aires in 2008 and 2012 (see “Top Lawyers. Most prestigious lawyers, according to their peers”, in Apertura, August 2008, p. 59 and “At the top. Most outstanding lawyers, according to the vote of their peers”, in Apertura, August 2012, p. 54). 
• Member of the Argentine Association of Constitutional Law (2005 – Present). 
• Individual member of the International Association of Constitutional Law (2006 – Present). 
• Member of the Institute of Constitutional Policy of the National Academy of Moral and Political Sciences (2007 – To date). 
• Member of the “Segundo V. Linares Quintana” Institute of Constitutional Law of the National Academy of Law and Social Sciences of Buenos Aires (2013 – To date). 
• Advisor to Deputies Cecilia de la Torre and Clodomiro Risau in the Constitutional Affairs Committee of the Honorable Legislature of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (2016-2017). 
• President of Green Helmets, www.cascosverdes.org (2012 – 2014)