Mr Alfaro
has a long standing career representing national and multinational
corporations, lending institutions and banks and in the
financing of large infrastructure projects, from gas and
oil pipelines, electric utilities, steel mill plants,
ferroalloys, ferrous and steel furnaces, real state developments,
export finance, hydro electrical projects, mining projects
and road toll projects.
Of particular importance is the fact that this experience
represents twenty five years of legal practice in different
economic and legal environments (inflation, hyperinflation,
deflation, major devaluations, currency boards, etc.)
in which risk allocation and protection, require legal,
economic and political expertise. In this sense, Mr Alfaro
has accumulated an invaluable knowledge that contributes
to its proficiency and capability in this area. These
know-how and skills provides a value very much needed
in the current local and global environment.
Mr Alfaro experience in international affairs is well
recognized. He is member of the Advisory Board of the
Council of the Americas, an institution founded by David
Rockefeller. It's members are the main US corporations
with investments in Latin America. He is chairman of the
Argentine-American Chamber of Commerce in the USA. He
is also a member of the Executive Committee of the Section
of International Law and Practice of the New York State
Bar Association, vice president of the American Foreign
Law Association and active member of the International
Bar Association.
Mr Alfaro's private practice expertise has been enhanced
by his participation in major arbitration cases involving
disputes arising out the construction of steel plants,
furnaces, metals' exports, supply of machineries for oil
exploration and contracts for export of oil products among
European, American and Latin American companies or governments
under the rules of the American Arbitration Association
(AAA), UNCITRAL, ICC and others. He is member of the Advisory
Board of the ITA, the Southwestern Legal Foundation and
member of the panel of arbitrators of the AAA.
He has been particularly involved in project finance,
telecommunication, airport privatization, aviation (regulatory
issues, leasing and sale financing of aircraft, repossession,
etc), securitization of assets and trade receivables,
mergers and acquisitions, swaps and derivatives and international
contracts.
Mr Alfaro has written and lectured extensively on a variety
of legal issues arising out of his public and private
activities (see bio at www.martindalehubbell.com). He
has also been a professor of Administrative Law, specializing
in government concessions and contracts at the State and
Catholic University of Buenos Aires. He holds a Masters
in Comparative Law of New York University and is licensed
as foreign legal consultant by the State of New York.
He is fluent in Spanish and English and has a written
understanding of French and Italian.
