Nicholson y Cano provides a wide range of legal services to international and local clients of the mining industry. The firm also deals with all type of financing issues, exploration and development projects, due diligence, tax, litigation, M&A, environmental, and labour matters, and provides advice from highly qualified lawyers specialized in each of these fields.

The services provided include, the following:

• Exploration and Development.
• Project Financing.
• Tenure and Permitting.
• Development and Operations.
• Environmental and Related Matters.
• Purchase and Sale Transactions.
• Due Diligence and Negotiations.
• Dispute Resolution.

Nicholson y Cano provides a wide range of legal services to companies, in all regulatory aspects related to the exploration, exploitation, transportation and distribution of oil and natural gas. The team counsels clients on a varied number of aspects, such as setting up Corporate Joint Ventures, acquisition and merger of assets linked to the oil industry, drafting and negotiation of operation agreements, processing of authorizations and exploration and transportation permits and processing and monitoring of administrative files with the Secretariat of Energy. In collaboration with other areas of the Firm, we actively participate in structuring funding projects for the sector, as well as in the negotiation and drafting of infrastructure installation agreements to carry out hydrocarbon exploration, production, transportation, refining and commercialization projects

The services provided include, the following:

• Participation in international public tender processes for the acquisition of oil and gas Concessions.
• Processing of hydrocarbons exploration and exploitation permits.
• Transfers of exploitation concessions and exploration permits.
• Preparation and negotiation of service agreements and operation agreements of oil and gas areas.
• Preparation and negotiation of oil and natural gas purchase and transportation agreements for the domestic and export markets.
• Processing of oil and natural gas export authorization applications.
• Legal counseling on all negotiation stages for oil and natural gas transportation and distribution concessions.
• Natural gas commercial agreements drafting and negotiation.
• Registration at the regulatory agencies such as the Secretariat of Energy and the National Gas Regulatory agency (Enargas).
• Legal counseling on tax and currency exchange issues arising from the development of hydrocarbon activities in the area.
• Customer representation in their negotiations with the Secretariat of Energy and Enargas.

“The firm is top-level in Argentina, with a solid environmental law practice”. Chambers and Partners, 2015.

“The quality of the firm’s services is excellent”. Chambers and Partners, 2017.

Our Renewable Energy team is composed by members of our Energy and Natural Resources, Project Finance, Infrastructure, Environmental and Tax and Foreign Trade Practice Groups.

Our team has developed in-depth experience in the power sector since the early 1990’s during the privatization of the power companies, providing legal counseling to electric power generators, transporters and distributors in terms of regulatory, contractual and financial issues, including conventional and non-conventional renewable energy, advising domestic and international clients.

The legal assistance includes regulatory matters, M&A, Joint Ventures, negotiation of energy commercialization deals, project development and financing.

The renewable energy sector has suffered important changes in its legal framework followed by the decision of the Argentine Government to promote this sector in order to contribute to the improvement and diversification of the energy matrix, reduce the import of LNG and the protection of the environment.

A new regulatory framework was implemented, establishing tax incentives and promoting renewable energy power purchase agreements (PPAs) through public tenders and private PPAs for unbundled end users.

Our team, following its in-depth experience in the power sector, is highly qualified to attend the new challenges in this sector.