Experience and Advisory Services

MW LEGAL is the outcome of more than 25 years of work experience giving advice to domestic and foreign companies and assisting business organizations engaged in a large variety of industries, either as a board member or as an advisor in legal and corporate governance issues.

In recent years, due to my involvement in the most significant M&A transactions in Argentina, I have gained the experience required to provide comprehensive legal services through MW LEGAL, joining efforts with a network of professionals and building strategic alliances with legal firms specialized in different law branches.

Professional Practice Areas

Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)

Investments structuring. Stock purchases. Advice on all aspects of the sale process. Mergers, spin-offs, split-offs, joint venture.
Corporate Law

Advice to shareholders and companies. Corporate structuring. Corporate governance. Compliance. Ethics and conduct codes. Advise to boards and to shareholder meetings.
Contracts

Legal advice. Negotiation and drafting of all sorts of civil and commercial contracts.
Corporate Conflicts

Shareholders agreements. Mechanisms to avoid conflicts. Negotiations.
Successions

Advice and assistance in succession and family matters. Family conflicts. Family protocols.
Estate Planning

Estate and succession planning.
Financial Transactions

Bank loans. Debt restructuring. Security and guarantee structuring. Negotiation and drafting of trust-related documents.
Agricultural Businesses

Advice on the purchase and sale of real property. Lease and development of farming and cattle-raising land. Advice on issues associated with rural land and border security.

Professional Background

Mariana Werner. Lawyer, graduated from the Argentine Catholic University.

A partner in Moltedo Law Firm (2004-2018). Professor of corporate law. Member of boards of directors and internal audit committees, and legal representative in Argentina of various business groups (such as Fortabat Group, Pilkington, Bic, Société Générale, Bridgelane Australia, Camuzzi and Verisure, among others). President of Liag Argentina S.A., a leading company in the farming sector, funded by investments of an Australian source (2017-2022).

For more information on my Professional Training and Background, please see Linkedin profile.

Main Transactions

Participation in numerous corporate transactions by domestic and foreign investors, including investment projects and the restructuring of large-sized business groups, as well as mergers and acquisitions (M&A).

Sale of Liag Argentina S.A.
Sale of capital stock of the newspaper La Gaceta de Tucumán.
Issuance of negotiable bonds by Liag Argentina S.A.
Sale to Tecnosalud of Vox&Son, a supplier of audiology services.
Commencement and start-up in Argentina of business operations by Verisure, an alarm monitoring company.
Sale of the shareholding control over two gas distribution companies, Camuzzi Gas Pampeana and Camuzzi Gas del Sur.
Purchase by Camuzzi Group of the shares of stock held by Sempra Energy in Camuzzi Gas Pampeana and Camuzzi Gas del Sur.
Sale by Camuzzi Group of part of its shareholdings in Camuzzi Gas Pampeana and Camuzzi Gas del Sur to the Jismol Group.
Creation of the Liag Argentina S.A. Negotiable Bonds Global Program, for up to USD 50 million.
Purchase of Southern Crops Río Alara by Status Ager, the biggest company in South America engaged in the production and export of off-season seeds.
Representation of Assicurazzioni Generali and Mediobanca before the Argentine Antitrust Commission in the approval process of Telefónica's entry into Telecom Italia.
Purchase of the capital stock of Bic Argentina – a member of the Bic Group- the main global manufacturer of ballpens and lighters.
Sale of Moño Azul, the leading fruit manufacturer and exporter in Argentina, to the Italian group GF.
urchase of participation in Forestal Argentina S.A., a forestry company of the Masisa Group.
Issuance and swap of the negotiable bonds of Inversora Eléctrica de Buenos Aires S.A. (IEBA), within its reorganization in bankruptcy proceedings.
Sale of Loma Negra by the Fortabat group to Camargo Correa, for USD 1,025 million.
Sale by the Suez group of its shareholdings in the environmental engineering business sector in Argentina (CLIBA) to Benito Roggio.
Sale of the shareholding control over the radio stations Radio El Mundo and Radio Horizonte.
Purchase by Loma Negra of three leading concrete manufacturers, Servicon, Cemmex and Sermac.
Sale of shareholdings in Empresa de Distribución Eléctrica Atlántica (EDEA), an electricity distribution company based in Buenos Aires Province.
Launching of mutual investment funds managed by Société Générale. Creation of SGAM Argentina Sociedad Gerente de Fondos Comunes de Inversión, a company engaged in the management of mutual investment funds.
Sale of the entire capital stock of the newspaper Diario La Prensa.