Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Languages

• Spanish

Lawyer Overview

María Farall, an Argentine as well as a U.S. 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 U.S. 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
• M&A
• Joint Ventures & Strategic Alliances
• Capital Markets
• Latin America

Representative Cases

• Acquisition by Arcapita
• Acquisition of Microwave Radio Business Unit
• Acquisition of Royal Group Technologies
• Latin American Acquisition
• Logistics Services Outsourcing Agreement
• Regulation D Private Placement
• Sale of CASPI Businesses
• Sale of Fuels Marketing Business

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

• 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

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Atlanta, GA 30309-3053

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