“SyLS’ notable practitioners provide practical advice and find creative solutions […] combining in-depth knowledge with a commercial and financial approach that cannot be find elsewhere.”"SyLS is applauded for the direct involvement of senior partners, who bring depth and expertise to client matters, with extensive knowledge of legal issues.”“The cross-border approach, the partners’ broad experience in assisting international clients, and a very personal and dynamic approach, are some of the main values of the Firm.” “A boutique firm that provides an excellent service with an extremely good team.”
TESTIMONIALS
“SyLS’ notable practitioners provide practical advice and find creative solutions […] combining in-depth knowledge with a commercial and financial approach that cannot be find elsewhere.”"SyLS is applauded for the direct involvement of senior partners, who bring depth and expertise to client matters, with extensive knowledge of legal issues.”“The cross-border approach, the partners’ broad experience in assisting international clients, and a very personal and dynamic approach, are some of the main values of the Firm.” “A boutique firm that provides an excellent service with an extremely good team.”
SyLS is the leading boutique firm in legal and tax services in Argentina, and has regional activity in the context of corporate business.
Our most outstanding values are the quality of the service, the responsiveness, the personalized attention and the special involvement of the partners in the entrusted matters.
We advise global, regional and local companies that are leaders in their industries, international funds, financial entities, and high net worth individuals in their businesses, both in Argentina and regionally.
We accompany our clients in all their legal needs (full service), being our practices in Corporate and M&A, Taxation, Corporate Finance, Inbound Investment, Technology Ventures, Venture Capital, and Regulated Industries the most recognized ones.
PARTNERS
PARTNERS
FOUNDING PARTNER Rafael Salaberren Dupont Head of M&A and Corporate Finance More info Sebastián López Sansón FOUNDING PARTNER Head of Technology Ventures and Taxation More info Rubén Darío Atim PARTNER Head of Domestic Taxation and Tax Litigation Juan Campos Álvarez PARTNER Head of General Corporate and Finance Regulation Mariano Monserrat PARTNER Head of Regulated Industries and Labor
EXPERT EXTERNAL COUNSEL Francisco J. Menéndez Complex Customs Matters and Customs Litigation Esteban J. Conte Grand Complex Litigation Horacio Chediex Complex Finance Regulation
ASSOCIATES
SyLS has a unique team of senior associates, junior associates and paralegals in each practice area who are highly qualfied, specialized and fully bilingual.
We advise global and domestic leader companies in their industries, global funds, high and ultra-high net worth individuals doing business in Argentina and regionally. We are also regularly retained by some of the largest and most prestigious US and UK law firms to assist them on Argentine law matters and projects.
We advise global and domestic leader companies in their industries, global funds, high and ultra-high net worth individuals doing business in Argentina and regionally. We are also regularly retained by some of the largest and most prestigious US and UK law firms to assist them on Argentine law matters and projects.
CONTACT US
CONTACT
Rafael Salaberren Dupong
Rafael Salaberren Dupont FOUNDING PARTNER Head of M&A & Corporate Finance Rafael is one of the founding partners of SyLS.
With more than 25 years in the practice of law, Rafael is broadly recognized among the most prominent lawyers in Argentina in the field of corporate law and M&A. He is consistently recommended and awarded by the several specialized publications including Chambers and Partners, Legal 500, IFLR 1000, etc. He advises domestic and international companies, institutions and individuals in the structuring and development of investments, complex M&A and corporate-finance transactions and business negotiations.
Before founding SyLS, Rafael was a partner in one the largest law firms in Argentina where he headed the Corporate Law and M&A Department of the firm.
Rafael also worked for approx. 4 years at White & Case LLP, where he took part of the International Lawyers Program in the New York office (2000), and then as an Associate in the Latin-American Practice Group in the Miami office (2001-2003), where he was involved in a number of banking finance transactions, debt restructuring processes, M&A transactions and joint ventures, advising companies and financial institutions in the US, Europe, the Caribbean and South America.
Rafael has taken part in several of the most relevant M&A transactions in Argentina over the past 20 years, representing domestic and international buyers and sellers. He was also engaged in several privatization processes (in the energy, postal service, telecommunication and airport industries), structured and competitive M&A processes, debt restructurings, banking finance transactions, project finance, start-ups and VC investments in the technology industry, corporate tax-free reorganizations, etc.
He graduated from Universidad Católica Argentina (UCA) in 1993. He has various post-graduate studies, including his participation in the 1998 Academy of American and International Law of the Southwestern Legal Foundation (SMU, Dallas, Texas).