Mr Rafael González Arzac > Mitrani Caballero > Buenos Aires, Argentina > Lawyer Profile

Mitrani Caballero
BOUCHARD 680, 12TH FLOOR
C1106ABJ, BUENOS AIRES
Argentina
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Work Department

Public Law and Business Regulation

Position

Partner

Career

Rafael González Arzac is a partner in the Administrative Law and Business Regulation practice at Mitrani Caballero, with over 40 years of experience. He specializes in administrative law, public contracting, public services regulation, and tax litigation, representing clients before all levels of administrative agencies and courts, including the Argentine Supreme Court of Justice.

Previously, he was a partner at Bruchou, Fernández Madero, Lombardi & Mitrani (2002–2007), an associate at Alegría Law Firm (1990–2002), a member of the Federal Administrative Court of Appeals (1984–1990), and Secretary to the Supreme Court of Justice of Buenos Aires Province (1979–1984). He is a member of the Administrative Law Institute of the Academia Nacional de Derecho y Ciencias Sociales, an arbitrator for the Arbitral Tribunal of the Unión Industrial Argentina, and a professor at the University of Buenos Aires. He has been repeatedly recommended as one of the “Leaders in their Field” (Public Law-Argentina) by Chambers Latin America and LACCA Approved (Administrative Law).

Languages

Spanish and English

Memberships

Mr. González Arzac is a member of the Instituto de Derecho Administrativo of the Academia Nacional de Derecho y Ciencias Sociales and Arbitrator of the Tribunal Arbitral of the Unión Industrial Argentina.

He is admitted to practice law in the City of Buenos Aires.

Education

Universidad de Buenos Aires, School of Law (Postgraduate degree in Administrative Law, 1971)

Universidad Nacional de La Plata, School of Law (Lawyer, 1963)

Lawyer Rankings

Argentina > Public law

Mitrani Caballero fields a versatile public law practice which is adept at advising large national and multinational companies on a broad spectrum of administrative and regulatory issues. Its expertise spans the public law dimensions of M&A and project finance, international tenders, and related disputes. Active across sectors such as energy, mining, food, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, construction, transport, and automotive, the group attracts instructions from major investor-owned utilities, oil and gas producers, project developers, and energy coalitions. The practice is led by María Laura Lede Pizzurno, a mining, administrative, and environmental law specialist with wide-ranging expertise in regulatory and administrative proceedings, M&A transactions, and PPPs. Other key individuals include Horacio Ruiz Moreno, who focuses on administrative law and mandates concerning public services regulation, and Rafael González Arzac, who assists with public contracting. Gonzalo Castagnini stands out at the associate level.