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MARCOS BLANCO

Partner

Buenos Aires

(+54 11) 2150 9779

Marcos is a transactional and regulatory lawyer with more than 10 years of experience across a wide range of industries, including oil and gas, thermal and renewable energy, mining, privacy and data protection, RegTech (including Fintech, Insurtech and HealthTech), information technology (IT), software licensing, and cybersecurity, as well as in transactions related to such industries, including project development and operation agreements, mergers and acquisitions, asset purchase agreements, and project finance.

LANGUAGES

Spanish and English.

EDUCATION

UNIVERSIDAD DE SAN ANDRÉS, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Communications Law and Technology Program (DITC), 2021.

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, Charlottesville, United States of America
Master of Laws (LL.M.) Extension Program, 2015.

IE LAW SCHOOL, Madrid, Spain
Master of Laws (LL.M.) in International Business Law, 2015.

UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Postgraduate Program in Business Law, cum laude, 2014.

UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Law Degree, 2012.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Partner at MHR | Martinez de Hoz & Rueda (Buenos Aires, 2024-present).
Associate at MHR | Martinez de Hoz & Rueda (Buenos Aires, 2018-2023).

Associate at Pérez Alati, Grondona, Benites, Arntsen & Martínez de Hoz (Buenos Aires, 2016-2017).

Trainee at DLA Piper (Madrid, 2015).

Associate at Ribas & Asociados (Buenos Aires, 2012-2014).

ACADEMIA

UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Visiting Professor of Oil and Gas Law in the Graduate Diploma in Gas and Oil Management (2025–present).

UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Assistant Professor in Advanced Constitutional Law, Law Degree Program (2011–2013).

Recent Publications and Events:

Author of "Governing Law and Dispute Resolution in the Oil and Gas Industry: Argentina Chapter" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2022)
Author of "Protección Jurídica del Software" (IJ Editores - Revista de Derecho y Tecnología, 2021)
Author of "Billeteras Digitales: Dinero Electrónico, PSPOCPs y Transferencias 3.0" (Revista del Colegio de Abogados de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, 2021)
Author of "La economía del conocimiento y su reglamentación en Argentina" (Revista del Colegio de Abogados de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, 2020)
Co-author of "Project Finance y Energías Renovables". (Revista Jurídica. Universidad de San Andrés, 2018)
Co-author of "Argentina" in "The Oil & Gas Law Review" (Law Business Research, 2017)
Author of "El Régimen de Fomento de Fuentes Renovables de Energía y el Programa RenovAr" (Revista del Colegio de Abogados de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, 2016)