Santiago Balbi
Latin America Guide 2025
Band 4 : Energy & Natural Resources: Oil & Gas
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About
Provided by Santiago Balbi
Practice Areas
General Corporate
Mergers & Acquisitions
Telecom, Media & Technology
Career
Santiago Balbi is a partner of General Corporate and M&A departments. He was a foreign associate at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP (Nueva York), during 2018-2019.
He specializes in corporate law with particular expertise in general corporate advice, mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions and venture capital, advising companies from different sectors of the economy as technology, financial, energy, among others. He has also participated in various complex negotiations related to acquisitions, joint-ventures and strategic alliances, start-ups, rounds of funding and new business.
Prior to joining the Firm, he was an associate member of Brons & Salas law firm (and of its spin-off Zaballa-Carcio Abogados) and Salaverri, Dellatorre, Burgio & Wetzler Malbran. Previously, he was member of the National Judicial Branch.
Santiago obtained a law degree from the Argentine Catholic University, Law School in 2008.
In 2009 he completed a postgraduate degree in Business Legal Advice at the Argentine Catholic University.
He is a member of the Colegio Público de Abogados de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires.
Chambers Review
Latin America
Partner Santiago Balbi possesses experience across an array of oil and gas matters, and is particularly noted for his work in structuring private equity projects and transactions.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Santiago has a comprehensive view of the business. He is very accurate in his comments and transmits a lot of security to the client."
"Santiago has a comprehensive view of the business. He is very accurate in his comments and transmits a lot of security to the client."
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Bruchou & Funes de Rioja advised Vista Energy Argentina in an innovative agreement
Bruchou & Funes de Rioja and Martelli Abogados advised Vista Energy Argentina and Petrolera Aconcagua Energía on the transfer of conventional assets
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.
Bruchou & Funes de Rioja advised Vista Energy Argentina in an innovative agreement
Bruchou & Funes de Rioja and Martelli Abogados advised Vista Energy Argentina and Petrolera Aconcagua Energía on the transfer of conventional assets
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.
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