Roberto E. Silva, Jr.
Partner
Marval O’Farrell Mairal
Roberto E. Silva, Jr. has been a partner at Marval O’Farrell Mairal since 1996 and is a member of the firm’s Bank & Finance team. He has over 30 years’ legal experience.
Roberto is a leader in securitizations and trusts. He has advised TMF Trust, Equity Trust, ABN AMRO, Banco Comafi, Banco Supervielle, ICBC, BST, MBA, Banco Valores, Advanced Capital and Banco Itau, among others, in hundreds of securitizations.
He is also a leader in the capital markets area, and has participated in numerous issuances (local and international) as well as IPOs, including advised Morgan Stanley, Oppenheimer, Bank of America and Goldman Sachs.,. Has also advised in the Sovereign Debt area where, in the 90s, he participated in the Brady Plan for Argentina. Latin Lawyer has defined him as a key name in the area.
Roberto has advised in the sale of several banks (Banco de Crédito Argentino, Banco Del Buen Ayre, Banco Bansud and Nuevo Banco de Santa Fe). He has also participated in the restructuring of Scotiabank, BGN y Banco Velox advising the trustee in the good bank/bad bank structures..
He has also advised in several restructurings (Banco Galicia, Banco Hipotecario, Atanor, Provincia Leasing and Massuh, among others) as well as non-banking M&As.
He has actively advised in local and international lending to clients such as AIG, Morgan Stanley, La Caixa, Banco Galicia, ICBC, Banco Ciudad as well as multilaterals such as IFC, IIC, FMO and DEG. Latin Lawyer has defined him as a star dealmaker.
Since 2001 he has specialized in the FX controls field and has successfully handled around 50 related Central Bank administrative proceedings and financial criminal lawsuits.
Recently (2017), he participated in the Stoneway/Araucaria project finance which has been defined as a landmark transaction.
Banking and Finance
Capital Markets
Corporate Law
Financial Restructuring and Insolvency
Mergers & Acquisitions
He is a graduate of the Universidad de Buenos Aires and obtained an LL.M from the University of Illinois at Urbana – Champaign. Prior to joining Marval, he worked as foreign associate for Shearman & Sterling in New York (1991-92). He has written a number of articles on issues related to his areas of specialization and has frequently lectured in Argentina and abroad.
He is a member of the Bank Lawyers Committee.
Roberto has been consistently ranked in Band 1 in Banking & Finance by Chambers and equally recognized in his areas of practice by the other specialized publications such as Latin Lawyer, International Who’s Who Legal of Banking Lawyers, Apertura, PLC Which Lawyers, Best Lawyers, etc.
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