Farall, María Fernanda

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Languages

• Spanish

Lawyer Overview

María Farall, an Argentine as well as a US lawyer, focuses on domestic and cross-border M&A and corporate matters. She has participated in numerous representations throughout Latin America, including in Mexico, El Salvador, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Brazil, Chile, and Argentina. She also has assisted several Latin American and European companies in setting up operations in the United States. Prior to relocating to the United States in 1995, María practiced law in Argentina for two years assisting foreign companies with their Argentine operations.

Representative M&A transactions include: the $430 million sale of PODS to Arcapita, The Standard Bank of South Africa's acquisition of substantially all the Argentine operations of Bank Boston and its sale of $355 million Tier II Notes in a private placement, various M&A and joint venture transactions for Eastman Chemical Company, and Lafarge's buyout of its joint venture partner in US and Mexican companies.

Other representative clients include Monier, Endesa, Oxiteno, Brisa, Union Fenosa, and Georgia Gulf Corporation.

María is a member of the advisory board of the Latin American Law & Business Report and has written several articles on Latin American matters for this publication. She previously served as an editorial advisor of the Letters of Credit Report and wrote several articles for the bulletin.

Areas of Practice

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Capital Markets
• M&A
• Joint Ventures & Strategic Alliances

Representative Cases

• Chevron to sell fuel making business in Brazil to a subsidiary of Ultrapar Participações
• Eastman Chemical Company sells CASPI Business
• Endesa acquires carbon emission trading company Asin Holdings , (2010)
• Georgia Gulf acquires Royal Group Technologies for $1.6 billion , (2009)
• Large chemical company negotiates logistics services outsourcing agreement
• PODS completes sale of company to Arcapita
• Seacoast Banking issues $13.5 million of Common Stock in a private placement to CapGen Capital
• Standard Bank acquires Argentine banking business , (2009)
• Standard Bank completes Regulation D private placement of $230 million of Series A Subordinated Notes and $125 million of Floating Rate Series B Subordinated Notes by The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited

West Practice Categories

Banking & Finance Law, Business & Commercial Law, Business Organizations, Business Successions, Closely Held Businesses, Corporate Governance, Directors' & Officers' Liability, Dissolution, Formation & Business Planning, Franchising, Joint Ventures, Limited Liability Companies, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations, Partnerships, Reorganizations, Shareholders' Rights, Trade Associations

Bar Admissions

• Georgia

Education

• Emory University
• Universidad Catolica-Argentina

Published Works

• Class Actions After Decision of Argentina’s Supreme Court, Latin American Law & Business Report, 2009
• Argentina’s Supreme Court Opens the Door to Class Actions, Latin American Law & Business Report, 2009
• Employment Law Considerations: A Comparative Analysis between the U.S. and the Mexican Legal Systems, North American Free Trade & Investment Report, 2009
• Are Directors Personally Liable for Employment-Related Obligations of Corporations in Argentina?, Latin American Law & Business Report, 2008
• Brazil's Upcoming Infrastructure Investment Opportunities, Latin American Law and Business Report, 2008
• Prior and Future Public Offerings of Tax Exempt Securities by Argentine Issuers, Latin American Law and Business Report, 2004
• The Argentine Government Floats the Peso and Attempts to ‘De-Dollarize’ the Economy, Latin American Law and Business Report, 2002
• Restrictions on Transfer of Funds Outside Argentina and Withdrawals from Bank Accounts, Latin American Law and Business Report, 2001
• Unfair or Abusive Calls on Bank Guarantees -- Burdens on Banks of Required Protection of Beneficiaries? Perspectives from Austria and France, Letters of Credit Report, 1999
• El problema del año 2000 y juicios en EU (The Status Of Year 2000 Litigation In The United States), coauthor, El Financiero, 1999
• Brazil Imposes Restrictions on Letter of Credit Transactions that Permit Delay in Payment of Imported Goods, Letters of Credit Report, 1997

Address

1420 Peachtree Street, N.E.,
Suite 800
Atlanta, GA 30309-3053

Phones

1.404.581.8485 (Business Phone)

Faxes

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