MGFV is the evolution of GPG Advisory Partners
MGFV

Strategic Advisory
for a Complex World

We integrate legal, tax and financial expertise to
help institutions and businesses navigate change,
manage risk and unlock opportunity.

About Us

MGFV was founded to provide legal, tax and financial business development advice to corporate, sovereign, institutional and individual clients.

The complex and volatile local and international regulatory network in which our clients operate requires a deep comprehensive knowledge of the legal, tax, economic and financial vectors of change. MGFV articulates this knowledge into intelligent strategies to design and achieve our clients' business interests and objectives.

We offer flexible yet far-reaching solutions tailored to the specific opportunities and risks each client faces, so they can avoid, anticipate and even capitalize on market changes.

We deliver flexible yet long-range solutions tailored to the specific opportunities and risks each client faces, so that they may avoid, anticipate and even capitalize on market shifts.

Culture & Values

The extensive experience of the firms partners is reflected in years of advising local and international clients on complex and highly significant matters.

The partners years of experience have built a deep understanding of business and the industries in which our clients operate, allowing us to provide practical, strategic advice aligned with their goals.

Bringing added value to our clients, building trust, and offering an exceptional service are our permanent goals. Thus, we implement state-of-the-art technology to achieve a greater efficiency and improve response time.

We have a strong vocation to offer the highest quality standards. Our principles of independence and ethics guarantee transparency and professionalism in everything we do.

At MGFV we are committed to fostering harmony in our actions, world view, and management. Our work follows a path of rectitude, honesty, truth, and justice.

The extensive experience of the firms partners is reflected in years of advising local and international clients on complex and highly significant matters.

The partners years of experience have built a deep understanding of business and the industries in which our clients operate, allowing us to provide practical, strategic advice aligned with their goals.

Bringing added value to our clients, building trust, and offering an exceptional service are our permanent goals. Thus, we implement state-of-the-art technology to achieve a greater efficiency and improve response time.

We have a strong vocation to offer the highest quality standards. Our principles of independence and ethics guarantee transparency and professionalism in everything we do.

At MGFV we are committed to fostering harmony in our actions, world view, and management. Our work follows a path of rectitude, honesty, truth, and justice.

Our Team

Our team at MGFV is comprised of experienced professionals in leadership positions in the financial, manufacturing, real estate and agribusiness industries, as well as international legal, tax, banking and consulting firms. MGFV works closely with our clients throughout the process of situation analysis and solution development. We are driven by the belief that the keys to our clients' success lie in the uniqueness of each company and the strategic interaction with its legal, tax and financial network.

Santiago J. Mora
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Santiago J. Mora

Partner

Nicolás Garfunkel
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Nicolás Garfunkel

Partner

Juan Pablo Fridenberg
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Juan Pablo Fridenberg

Partner

Hernán Verly
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Hernán Verly

Partner

Gabriel Casparian
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Gabriel Casparian

Partner

Milagros Caneda
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Milagros Caneda

Associate

May Steward
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May Steward

Associate

Maria A. Fiorentini
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Maria A. Fiorentini

Associate

Practice Areas

MGFV has a highly experienced agribusiness practice, having participated in a wide range of operations both locally and in other countries across the region.

As part of its usual approach and philosophy, MGFV provides comprehensive advice on the transaction in question, actively involving each of MGFV’s practice areas as needed based on the project’s nature.

In this regard, our services in agribusiness transactions typically include:

  • Advising foreign investors entering the region (within a challenging regulatory environment, depending on the jurisdiction in question).

  • Assisting in the negotiation and drafting of contracts for the sale of agribusiness companies, shareholder agreements and related documentation.

  • Conducting due diligence.

  • Planning, structuring and restructuring tax and corporate aspects of the project.

  • Advising on obtaining approvals, registrations and licenses from the relevant regulatory agencies.

MGFV actively participates in banking and financial transactions that are highly technology-driven, becoming in recent years the undisputed benchmark in the sector.

Likewise, MGFV has advised banks on digitalization processes.

For many years, MGFV has been advising private entities, business chambers and government bodies on the provision of financial services through technological means, applicable regulations and the drafting of regulatory projects.

Our advice includes a comprehensive and multidisciplinary approach, based on our deep understanding of the underlying economic and technical aspects of each business model.

Our team consists of professionals with extensive expertise in the field, who are also opinion leaders actively participating in both academia and the media.

Contact: Santiago J. Mora

We offer consulting on implementing blockchain technology in our clients’ projects, providing legal assistance on the legal implications of its use. We support our clients in business digitization and asset tokenization projects.

Likewise, we advise Virtual Asset Service Providers (PSAVs) on developing their business in Argentina, providing comprehensive advice on the crypto ecosystem both in Argentina, in the region and internationally.

MGFV provides comprehensive advice on capital markets financing, seeking to introduce clients to the various instruments and alternatives offered by the market.

We support companies in entering the public offering regime for securities and fulfilling their resulting obligations.

This MGFV team has extensive experience in advising on consumer protection regulations.

Our services include adapting products, services and schemes to local regulations, advising on advertising campaigns, e-commerce, drafting terms and conditions and assisting in responses, defenses or challenges to administrative inquiries or proceedings, among others.

Contact: Santiago J. Mora

The MGFV team has extensive experience advising investors and business groups, addressing both their day-to-day needs and those arising from highly complex transactions.

MGFV provides legal assistance in local transactions and, for the most part, in cross-border transactions.

Our services typically include the following tasks, among others:

  • Comprehensive advising on all types of investments, for both local and foreign clients.

  • Advising on mergers and acquisitions, including the negotiation of commercial and legal terms, and drafting of all contractual and related documentation.

  • Advising on legal and tax restructurings (e.g. mergers, spin-offs, relocations, etc.).

  • Conducting legal due diligence for acquisitions.

  • Advising and coordinating vendor due diligence (data room coordination, etc.).

  • Drafting and negotiation of shareholders’ agreements.

  • Advising and assisting with obtaining approvals from regulatory agencies.

  • Advising on corporate conflicts.

The MGFV team has advised high-net-worth families for many years, assisting in structuring and efficient family and inheritance planning.

For family-owned businesses, we draft and implement family protocols and other agreements to provide a framework for integrating and involving each generation in the family business and decision-making process.

Our services include the involvement of our tax team, which has extensive expertise both in Argentina and abroad.

MGFV is the leading law firm advising on all aspects of the fintech sector in Argentina, including – among others – the businesses of Payment Service Providers (PSP), Non-Financial Credit Providers (PNFC), Open Banking, etc.

For years MGFV has been advising private individuals, business chambers and government organizations in relation to the provision of financial services through technological means, applicable regulations and the preparation of regulatory projects.

Our advice includes a comprehensive and multidisciplinary approach, based on our deep knowledge of the underlying economic and technical aspects of each business model.

Our team is made up of professionals with extensive training in the subject, opinion leaders with active participation both academically and in the media.

Our foreign exchange law team has vast experience advising local and international clients on foreign exchange regulations applicable to financial, commercial and trade operations involving goods and services.

Beyond daily advice, clients often request informational sessions or training courses on current foreign exchange issues affecting their company’s operations.

The MGFV team has detailed knowledge of this rapidly expanding area, advising clients on data protection, privacy, and information security in an increasingly regulated local and global environment.

Our services include:

  • Drafting website terms and conditions, privacy policies and agreements with payment providers, etc.

  • Digital marketing.

  • Data privacy matters, including compliance with applicable regulations, database registration and international data transfer.

  • Drafting and negotiating IT agreements.

Contact: Santiago J. Mora

MGFV’s public and administrative law team has extensive and proven experience in this field.

Its members have represented national and international clients in diverse projects related to public law issues in Argentina over recent years.

The real estate law team at MGFV has served as lead advisor in large and mid-sized projects that have received significant regional recognition (e.g. residential, hotel, commercial, office projects, etc.), assisting both in the legal and tax structuring of such projects and in their implementation (drafting all necessary contracts and documentation, coordinating matters such as zoning and structured financing, etc.).

As always, MGFV provides comprehensive advice on the project at hand, with active participation from all relevant practice areas.

Contact: Hernán Verly

MGFV’s tax law team comprises lawyers and accountants with extensive experience in Argentina and internationally.

The team maintains high standards of training and service, having participated in numerous projects and situations, building expertise and resilience in complex scenarios.

Its services include, among other matters:

  • General tax advice.

  • Advice on domestic and international transactions.

  • Guidance on tax-neutral corporate mergers and spin-offs, tax aspects of mergers and acquisitions, foreign investments and international financial transactions.

  • Tax planning for high-net-worth individuals.

  • Representation of clients before the Argentine tax authorities.

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We provide sophisticated advisory services to national and international clients, with a strong commitment to delivering the highest standard of quality and excellence.

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