Lawyers

Partners

Horacio Mohorade

Born Buenos Aires, Argentina, April 17, 1961. Education: National University of Buenos Aires. Admitted to Buenos Aires Bar 1985. Professor: “Escuela Nacional de Náutica”, “Asociación Argentina de Compañías de Seguro” and “Diplomado de la Escuela de Seguros de Chile”. Former Assistant Professor of Navigation Law, National University of Buenos Aires. Member of the Latin American Association of Aeronautical Law, Argentinean Insurers Club, Argentinean Association of Maritime Law and also Member of the Sea Academy. He was speaker in seminars and courses, he is the author of works about shipping, maritime and insurance law. He was a founder member of the Transport Athenaeum. He attended different seminars and courses. Practice Areas: Insurance Law, Civil Liability Law, Recoveries, Transportation Law, Contract Law, Third Party Liabilities. Languages: English, and Portuguese. He worked as a lawyer in the legal firm since 1985.

Jorge Serravalle

Born Buenos Aires, Argentina, December 3, 1960. Education: National University of Buenos Aires. Admitted to Buenos Aires and San Isidro Bar 1989. He attended different seminars and courses. Practice Areas: Insurance Law, Civil Liability Law, Third Party Liabilities. Languages: French and Portuguese. He joined the legal firm in 1981. 

Leonardo José Mainero

Born Buenos Aires, Argentina, April 3, 1965. Education: Lawyer, graduated with honours at the Law School of the University of Buenos Aires (UBA), Argentina, in 1989. Admitted to Buenos Aires Bar 1989. Post Graduate Thesis approved with honours: Higher Studies Course in the Law of the Sea, organized by the Higher Institute of Law Studies in Navigation and the Sea. Former University Professor of Navigation Law at the Law School of the University of Buenos Aires. Former Head of Legal Affairs, Insurance and Claims of the shipping company Argentine Maritime Lines (E.L.M.A.) S.A. Former Deputy Secretary of the Latin American Association of Navigation (ALDEMAR). He worked as a lawyer in the Law Firm Mohorade Serravalle Mainero since 1998 -specialized in Transport Law and Insurance- becoming Partner since 2002. Member of the Editorial Committee of the specialized magazine “Ateneo del Transporte” (Transport Athenaeum). Deputy Secretary of the Argentine Association of Maritime Law. Academic Deputy Secretary of the Argentine Section of the Iberoamerican Institute of Maritime Law. Member of the Argentine Insurance Lawyers Club (Local Division of AIDA Association Internationale du Droit des Assurances). Speaker on issues related to Navigation Law in several conferences, courses and seminars, national and international. Professor at the National Nautical School in courses of promotion to Overseas Captains, Chief Engineers and Pilots. Professor of Commercial Maritime Law in the Master’s Program on Logistics of Regional Integration Projects at the Technological Institute of Buenos Aires (ITBA). Professor of Commercial Maritime, Transport and Insurance Law in the Austral University. Member of the “International Working Group” respect “Liability for Wrongful Arrest of Ships” of the Comité Maritime International. Practice Areas: Insurance Law, Civil Liability Law, Recoveries, Transportation Law, Contract Law, Third Party Liabilities, Reinsurance. Languages: English and French.

María Laura Santarcángelo

Born Buenos Aires, Argentina, August 5, 1979. Education: National University of Buenos Aires (Honour Diploma). Admitted to Buenos Aires Bar 2004. Labour experience: Assistant Professor of Civil and Commercial Contracts, National University of Buenos Aires and Commercial II, Salvador University. Graduate Degree: “Transit Accidents and Damages Reparation”, National University of Buenos Aires. Practice Areas: Commercial Law, Commercial Contracts, Insurance Law, Third Party Liabilities, Civil Liability Law. Language: English. She joined the legal firm in 2006. 

Attorneys

María Elisa Salgado

Born Buenos Aires, Argentina, April 15, 1964. Education: National University of Buenos Aires. Admitted to Buenos Aires and San Isidro Bar 1987. Former Lawyer of Securicor Telesciences. Mediator. Former Assistant Professor of Commercial Law, National University of Buenos Aires. Post Graduate Course: Aviation Law. She attended different seminars and courses. Practice Areas: Insurance Law, Aviation Law, Civil Liability Law. Languages: English and French. She joined the legal firm in 1995.

Guillermo Carlos Villar

Born Buenos Aires, Argentina, August 7, 1958. Education: National University of Buenos Aires. Admitted to Buenos Aires Bar 1996. Practice Areas: Insurance Law, Civil Liability Law. He joined the legal firm in 1988.

María Eugenia Afarian

Born Argentina, March 30, 1979. Education: National University of Buenos Aires. Admitted to Buenos Aires Bar 2005. Practice Areas: Insurance Law, Third Parties Liabilities and Civil Liability Law. She joined the legal firm in 2011.

Javier Ignacio Vicente Garat

Born Buenos Aires, Argentina, August 24, 1984. Education: Argentinian Catholic University. Admitted to Buenos Aires Bar 2013. Graduate Degree: Insurance Law (Social and Corporate Science University UCES). Took the Master course of Corporate Law in the Argentinian Catholic University. He attended different seminars and courses of Insurance and Negotiation. Practice Areas: Insurance Law, Reinsurance Law, Civil Liability Law, Complex Cases, E&O, and Third Parties Liabilities. Language: English. He joined the legal firm in 2021.

Correspondent Attorneys
(South Buenos Aires):

Graciela Noemí Malatto

Born Buenos Aires, Argentina, August 14, 1965. Education: National University of Lomas de Zamora. Admitted to Lomas de Zamora Bar 1989. Post Graduate Course: Aviation Law. She attended different seminars and courses. Practise Areas: Insurance Law, Aviation Law, Civil Liability Law. Languages: English. She collaborates as external lawyer since 1991.

Dina Capocasa

Born Lomas de Zamora, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, March 13, 1961. Education: National University of Lomas de Zamora, graduated with honours. Admitted to Lomas de Zamora Bar 1988. Post Graduate Course: Aviation Law. She attended different seminars and courses. Practise Areas: Insurance Law, Aviation Law, Civil Liability Law. Languages: English and Italian. She collaborates as external lawyer since 1994.

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