Sebastian Iribarne, Partner at Marval, O'Farrell & Mairal, Elected Chair of Lex Mundi

Sebastian Iribarne, partner at Marval, O’Farrell & Mairal, was elected Chair of Lex Mundi’s Board of Directors during the 2017 Lex Mundi Leadership Summit and Annual Meeting in Prague.

Sebastián has served on Lex Mundi’s Board of Directors since 2013 and he is the second member of Marval recognized with this position. Never before has a law firm outside the US held the presidency of the institution twice.

Lex Mundi is the world’s leading network of independent law firms, consisting of more than 160 members. The association comprises 21,000 lawyers worldwide in more than 100 countries throughout Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean and North America.

Lex Mundi members are selected on the basis of its leadership in – and continued commitment to – their local market. The Lex Mundi principle is one independent firm for each jurisdiction. Firms must maintain their level of excellence to retain membership within Lex Mundi. Marval is a founding member of Lex Mundi and the member firm for Argentina 

"I am honored to serve as the Chair of Lex Mundi," said Mr. Iribarne. “I look forward to enhancing the visibility of Lex Mundi and its member firms and to demonstrating the strength of Lex Mundi as an unparalleled network of top-tier firms around the globe for handling complex cross-border transactions and disputes for multinational clients.”