María Laura Lede Pizzurno
Latin America Guide 2025
Energy & Natural Resources: Mining + 1 more ranking
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About
Provided by María Laura Lede Pizzurno
Practice Areas
María Laura Lede Pizzurno specializes in mining, administrative and environmental law. She regularly advises local and foreign companies acting in regulated industries, with strong focus in the natural resources, infrastructure and life sciences sectors. She also has vast experience in complex regulatory issues and administrative proceedings, including the negotiation of complex administrative agreements and public-private partnerships.
She has been very active assisting mining companies established in Argentina on regulatory and environmental matters, and has participated in the financing of several mining and infrastructure projects, including Barrick’s Veladero Project. She has been one of the main advisors for Vale in connection with the Potasio Rio Colorado project, and has assisted them with the development of the power transmission infrastructure and the logistic project. She has participated in numerous M&A transactions related to mining assets, producing legal opinions, title due diligences, and environmental regulatory compliance reports.
Ms. Lede assists companies in the permitting process associated to mining, oil & gas, energy and infrastructure projects; and in all kind of proceedings related to pharmaceutical, cosmetics, food and med-tech products, medical trials approvals; being currently –and for the past seventeen years- the main advisor for Red Bull in regulatory matters. In addition, she has advised in complex judicial litigation cases related to regulated industries, and has been involved in several foreign investment projects and M&A transactions. Her expertise also includes aboriginal rights, urban planning and zoning regulations.
María Laura Lede Pizzurno is a partner within the Energy & Natural Resources practice at Mitrani, Caballero & Ruiz Moreno. Before joining the firm in 2017, Ms. Lede was a founder and administrative law partner of HOLT Abogados, heading the administrative law and economic regulation practice area (2008-2017) and a junior partner at Estudio Beccar Varela (1999-2008). She also served as an advisor for six years to the Secretariats of Public Works and Economic Programming of the Ministry of Economy and Public Works of the Argentine government.
Career
Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires, School of Law (Actualization Program in Oil & Gas Law, 2012)
Universidad Católica Argentina, School of Law (Postgraduate course on Argentine Telecommunications Law, 2005)
Universidad Católica Argentina, School of Law (Specialization in Administrative Law and Business Regulation, 1997-1998)
Universidad del Museo Social Argentino, School of Law (Abogada, 1996)
Chambers Review
Latin America
Partner María Laura Lede Pizzurno regularly assists clients with matters relating to the permitting process associated with mining.
Noted partner María Laura Lede Pizzurno of Mitrani Caballero & Ruiz Moreno continues to elicit market commendation for her public law practice in Argentina.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"María Laura excels in her area of concern, showing depth of analysis and compliance with delivery times."
"María Laura Lede Pizzurno is very responsive and provides clear advice."
"María Laura excels in her area of concern, showing depth of analysis and compliance with delivery times."
"María Laura Lede Pizzurno is very responsive and provides clear advice."