Juan M. Diehl Moreno
Latin America Guide 2025
Band 4 : Banking & Finance
Band 4
About
Provided by Juan M. Diehl Moreno
Practice Areas
He is the head of the FinTech Department and partner in the firm’s Banking & Corporate Finance Department since 2006. He has broad experience in FinTech, foreign investments, M&A, banking, FX and capital controls, and capital markets law. His professional practice is focused on local and international financial and commercial transactions including bilateral and syndicated loans, debt restructuring, structuring of trusts, foreign exchange markets, IPO and public debt issues. He has also been increasingly active providing legal advice to Fintech innovators and financial institutions in developing and adopting products and services such as e-payment service platforms and apps, e-wallets, blockchain, crypto assets, lending, factoring, and digital banking.
Career
Carregal & Funes de Rioja, 1989-97; Sidley & Austin, NY, 2000- 01; Marval O'Farrell Mairal, 1997 to date. Partner since 2006.
Professional Memberships
Member of the Argentine Banking Lawyers Association; Vicepresident of the Argentine-Russian Business Council; Co-coordinator of the Legal Work Group of the LACChain Ecosystem for Argentina.
Publications
“Research and Investigation of Comparative FinTech Regulation” for the innovation laboratory of the IDB Group (IDB LAB).
Personal
Lawyer, Universidad Católica Argentina, 1993; LLM, Universidad Austral, 1996; LLM (with honors), Northwestern University, 2000.
Chambers Review
Latin America
Notable partner Juan Diehl Moreno comes highly recommended by clients for his extensive experience handling fintech matters.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Juan Diehl Moreno provides a very good service, his response time is excellent and he has good commercial vision."
"Juan Diehl Moreno provides a very good service, his response time is excellent and he has good commercial vision."
Articles, highlights and press releases
7 items provided by Marval O'Farrell Mairal
Marval O’Farrell Mairal Advises on the Issuance of “Mercado Crédito Consumo XIX” Financial Trusts
Marval O’Farrell Mairal acted as legal advisor on the issuance of the nineteenth series of financial trusts “Mercado Crédito Consumo”,
Marval O’Farrell Mairal Advised on the Issuance of “Mercado Crédito Consumo XVIII” Financial Trusts
The firm acted as legal advisor on the issuance of the eighteenth series of financial trusts “Mercado Crédito Consumo”,
Marval O’Farrell Mairal Advised on the Issuance of “Mercado Crédito Consumo XVII” Financial Trusts
Marval O’Farrell Mairal acted again as legal advisor on the issuance of the seventeenth series of financial trusts “Mercado Crédito Consumo”, for a total amount of ARS 3,999,993,161, under the “Mercado Crédito” Program
Marval O’Farrell Mairal advised on the issuance of “Mercado Crédito XIII” Financial Trust
Marval O’Farrell Mairal advised on the issuance of “Mercado Crédito XIII” Financial Trust
Marval advised Blockchain.com in the acquisition of Latin American crypto trading platform SeSocio
Blockchain.com acquired SeSocio, an Argentina-based personal finance company accelerating crypto adoption across Latin America.
New Changes to Foreign Exchange Regulations
The Argentine Central Bank issued a communique to amend the supplementary rules that apply to foreign exchange regulations and to establish the obligation of submitting a sworn statement for the acquisition of foreign securities with settlement in pesos in the country.
Marval O’Farrell Mairal advised on the issuance of the “Mercado Crédito XII” Financial Trust
After advising on the first eleven series, Marval O’Farrell Mairal acted as legal advisor on the issuance of the twelfth series of the “Mercado Crédito” financial trust, for an amount of ARS $ 1.303.404.239, under the “Mercado Crédito” Program that securitizes 100%-digital loans.
Marval O’Farrell Mairal Advises on the Issuance of “Mercado Crédito Consumo XIX” Financial Trusts
Marval O’Farrell Mairal acted as legal advisor on the issuance of the nineteenth series of financial trusts “Mercado Crédito Consumo”,
Marval O’Farrell Mairal Advised on the Issuance of “Mercado Crédito Consumo XVIII” Financial Trusts
The firm acted as legal advisor on the issuance of the eighteenth series of financial trusts “Mercado Crédito Consumo”,
Marval O’Farrell Mairal Advised on the Issuance of “Mercado Crédito Consumo XVII” Financial Trusts
Marval O’Farrell Mairal acted again as legal advisor on the issuance of the seventeenth series of financial trusts “Mercado Crédito Consumo”, for a total amount of ARS 3,999,993,161, under the “Mercado Crédito” Program
Marval O’Farrell Mairal advised on the issuance of “Mercado Crédito XIII” Financial Trust
Marval O’Farrell Mairal advised on the issuance of “Mercado Crédito XIII” Financial Trust
Marval advised Blockchain.com in the acquisition of Latin American crypto trading platform SeSocio
Blockchain.com acquired SeSocio, an Argentina-based personal finance company accelerating crypto adoption across Latin America.
New Changes to Foreign Exchange Regulations
The Argentine Central Bank issued a communique to amend the supplementary rules that apply to foreign exchange regulations and to establish the obligation of submitting a sworn statement for the acquisition of foreign securities with settlement in pesos in the country.
Marval O’Farrell Mairal advised on the issuance of the “Mercado Crédito XII” Financial Trust
After advising on the first eleven series, Marval O’Farrell Mairal acted as legal advisor on the issuance of the twelfth series of the “Mercado Crédito” financial trust, for an amount of ARS $ 1.303.404.239, under the “Mercado Crédito” Program that securitizes 100%-digital loans.
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