TEAM
TOMÁS LANARDONNE
Partner
Neuquén
Tomás is a transactional and regulatory lawyer with more than 10 years of experience in oil and gas, conventional and renewable energy, mining, and natural resources-related litigation and arbitration. He completed a masters degree in energy law and policy in the UK as a Chevening Scholar.
LANGUAGES
Spanish, English, Portuguese and Italian.
EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE, Dundee, Scotland
Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Energy Law and Policy, cum laude, 2013.
UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA ARGENTINA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Postgraduate Program in Economic Administrative Law, 2010.
THE CENTER FOR AMERICAN AND INTERNATIONAL LAW, Dallas, United States of America
Program on American law and International law, 2010.
UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Postgraduate Course in Oil and Gas Law, cum laude, 2007.
UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Law Degree, cum laude, 2005.
Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Energy Law and Policy, cum laude, 2013.
UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA ARGENTINA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Postgraduate Program in Economic Administrative Law, 2010.
THE CENTER FOR AMERICAN AND INTERNATIONAL LAW, Dallas, United States of America
Program on American law and International law, 2010.
UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Postgraduate Course in Oil and Gas Law, cum laude, 2007.
UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Law Degree, cum laude, 2005.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
ACADEMIA
UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Professor of Oil and Gas Law in Postgraduate Diploma in Gas and Oil Management (2014-present).
REVISTA ARGENTINA DE DERECHO DE LA ENERGÍA, HIDROCARBUROS Y MINERÍA (RADEHM), Editorial Ábaco, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Director (2014-present).
CENTRE FOR ENERGY, PETROLEUM AND MINERAL LAW AND POLICY, Dundee, Scotland
Honorary Associate (2014-present).
Latest publications and events:
Author of “Cash-or-Gas: the Quest for Balancing the Imbalance” (RADEHM, 2016).
Author of “Delivering Energy Policy in Argentina” (Delivering Energy Law and Policy in the EU and the US: A Reader, 2016).
Author of “Fiscal Regimes” (Latin American Upstream Oil and Gas: A Practical Guide to the Law and Regulation, 2015).
Author of “Domestic Gas Supply Obligation Schemes and Gas Exports: A Catch-22 Situation?” (OGEL Journal, 2015).
Author of “Lessons from the Southern Cone Deliver-or-Pay Wars” (Law 360, 2014).
Co-author of “Un régimen fiscal para un tango no convencional” (RADEHM, 2014).
PRO BONO
Tomás is a member the Pro-Bono Team of the City of Buenos Aires Bar Association and the Pro-Bono Legal Clinic in “Villa 31”.AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
Recognized in Oil and Gas by Chambers Latin America.
Recognized in Natural Resources by Best Lawyers.
Listed in the “Top 20 Lawyers Under-40 of Argentina” by Revista Apertura (2013).
“Steve Weston” prize awarded by the Trustees of the Energy, Petroleum, Mineral & Natural Resources Law & Policy Education Trust to the Best Worldwide Essay on Shale Gas (2013).
Chevening Scholarship granted by the United Kingdom Foreign and Commonwealth Office (2012).
ASSOCIATIONS
Tomás is admitted to practice in Argentina. He is a member of the City of Buenos Aires Bar Association, the Institute for Energy Law of Dallas, the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN), the Scottish Oil Club, the Energy Institute of the United Kingdom, and the Chevening Scholars Association. He is also a representative of the Argentina-Texas Chamber of Commerce and Fundación Pensar in the Province of Neuquén.
PRACTICES
Oil & Gas
Energy & Renewables
Mining
Public Law
Environmental