Gabriel Lozano
Latin America Guide 2025
Band 2 : Competition/Antitrust
Band 2
About
Provided by Gabriel Lozano
Practice Areas
General Corporate
Competition & Antitrust Law
Mergers & Acquisitions
Agribusiness
Career
Gabriel H. Lozano is a partner in the General Corporate and M&A Department of the Firm and leads the Firm’s Competition & Antitrust Law Department. His practice focuses primarily in mergers and acquisitions, and competition and antitrust law.
Prior to joining the Firm, Mr. Lozano was the Legal Counsel of Syngenta in LAS (Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay) from 2015 to 2018. In this position, he played a major role in the acquisition of Syngenta by ChemChina and in the acquisition of Nidera by Syngenta, both particularly focused in competition and antitrust. In addition, in his daily practice he provided legal advice in contentious matters, contracts, data protection, trademarks and patents, and labour and regulatory law.
Furthermore, he worked for more than 16 years as a senior associate at Marval, O ’Farrell & Mairal, of which 8 years Mr. Lozano dedicated his daily practice, mainly, to issues of Competition/Antitrust. In addition, he worked as a foreign associate at the Brazilian firm Demarest Advogados between 2004 and 2007.
Professional Memberships
In 2020 Mr. Lozano was appointed as President of the Antitrust & Competition Committee of the City of Buenos Aires Bar Association (Colegio de Abogados de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires).
Chambers Review
Latin America
Key partner and head of department Gabriel Lozano garners significant praise from interviewees for his experience handling antitrust mandates. His work covers merger control and cartel investigations.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Gabriel Lozano knows our industry very well from the antitrust point of view, and he has a clear focus on his clients' needs."
"Gabriel Lozano knows our industry very well from the antitrust point of view, and he has a clear focus on his clients' needs."
Articles, highlights and press releases
8 items provided by Bruchou & Funes de Rioja
Argentina: Law 27,742 on “Bases and Starting Points for the Freedom of the Argentines”
On July 8, 2024, the Official Gazette published Law 27,742, also known as the “Bases and Starting Points for the Freedom of the Argentines”.
Bruchou & Funes de Rioja advised KWS on the sale of its business in Argentina and Brazil
Bruchou & Funes de Rioja advised KWS on the sale of its business in Argentina and Brazil to Grupo Don Mario
Bruchou & Funes de Rioja advised HSBC on the sale of its Argentinian business
Bruchou & Funes de Rioja advised HSBC on the sale of its Argentinian banking, asset management and insurance business to Grupo Financiero Galicia
Bruchou & Funes de Rioja assisted Central Puerto in the acquisition of Guañizuil IIA Solar Park
Bruchou & Funes de Rioja and MHR Abogados legally assisted Central Puerto S.A. and Scatec Solar and Equinor Wind Power, respectively, in the acquisition and sale of Guañizuil IIA Solar Park
Bruchou & Funes de Rioja advised Cementos Avellaneda S.A. on megaproject “Parque Solar La Calera”
Bruchou & Funes de Rioja advised Cementos Avellaneda S.A. on the development of its renewable Energy megaproject “Parque Solar La Calera”
Bruchou & Funes de Rioja acted as legal advisor to Central Puerto in a transaction with Enel
Bruchou & Funes de Rioja and Pérez Alati, Grondona, Benites & Arntsen (PAGBAM) acted as legal advisors to Central Puerto and Enel, respectively, in the acquisition of Enel’s participation in Enel Generación Costanera S.A., Inversora Dock Sud S.A. and Central Dock Sud S.A.
Bruchou & Funes de Rioja advised Central Puerto on the acquisition of Masisa's business in Argentina
Bruchou & Funes de Rioja and Allende & Brea advised Central Puerto S.A. and Masisa S.A. in the acquisition and sale of Masisa’s forestry business in Argentina
Bruchou&FunesdeRioja and Martinez H &Rueda advised Vista /Trafigura on investment in Vaca Muerta M
Bruchou & Funes de Rioja and Martinez de Hoz & Rueda legally assisted Vista Energy and Trafigura, respectively, in the execution of an Investment Agreement for USD 150 million for jointly developing three new Pads located in Bajada del Palo Oeste block, which is owned and operated by Vista.
Argentina: Law 27,742 on “Bases and Starting Points for the Freedom of the Argentines”
On July 8, 2024, the Official Gazette published Law 27,742, also known as the “Bases and Starting Points for the Freedom of the Argentines”.
Bruchou & Funes de Rioja advised KWS on the sale of its business in Argentina and Brazil
Bruchou & Funes de Rioja advised KWS on the sale of its business in Argentina and Brazil to Grupo Don Mario
Bruchou & Funes de Rioja advised HSBC on the sale of its Argentinian business
Bruchou & Funes de Rioja advised HSBC on the sale of its Argentinian banking, asset management and insurance business to Grupo Financiero Galicia
Bruchou & Funes de Rioja assisted Central Puerto in the acquisition of Guañizuil IIA Solar Park
Bruchou & Funes de Rioja and MHR Abogados legally assisted Central Puerto S.A. and Scatec Solar and Equinor Wind Power, respectively, in the acquisition and sale of Guañizuil IIA Solar Park
Bruchou & Funes de Rioja advised Cementos Avellaneda S.A. on megaproject “Parque Solar La Calera”
Bruchou & Funes de Rioja advised Cementos Avellaneda S.A. on the development of its renewable Energy megaproject “Parque Solar La Calera”
Bruchou & Funes de Rioja acted as legal advisor to Central Puerto in a transaction with Enel
Bruchou & Funes de Rioja and Pérez Alati, Grondona, Benites & Arntsen (PAGBAM) acted as legal advisors to Central Puerto and Enel, respectively, in the acquisition of Enel’s participation in Enel Generación Costanera S.A., Inversora Dock Sud S.A. and Central Dock Sud S.A.
Bruchou & Funes de Rioja advised Central Puerto on the acquisition of Masisa's business in Argentina
Bruchou & Funes de Rioja and Allende & Brea advised Central Puerto S.A. and Masisa S.A. in the acquisition and sale of Masisa’s forestry business in Argentina
Bruchou&FunesdeRioja and Martinez H &Rueda advised Vista /Trafigura on investment in Vaca Muerta M
Bruchou & Funes de Rioja and Martinez de Hoz & Rueda legally assisted Vista Energy and Trafigura, respectively, in the execution of an Investment Agreement for USD 150 million for jointly developing three new Pads located in Bajada del Palo Oeste block, which is owned and operated by Vista.