Our Firm
Osvaldo P. Jofré
Osvaldo Pablo Jofré, a lawyer with almost 30 years of professional practice, is specialized in Employment and Social Security Law. He also provides advice on Personal Data Protection, Technology Law, and IT Market legal issues, among others.
He is particularly active in advising local and international clients on complex issues (hiring of key employees, compensation, pension plans, expatriation, pension debt determinations, personnel transfers, due diligence processes in the context of M&A, data protection, technology law, among others), also representing his clients in administrative proceedings and litigation.
He is owner at Jofré Abogados, own firm launched in 2022.
Previously, he worked in legal areas of the Family Allowances Commerce Fund (1990-1991) and the National Social Security Administration (1992-2000), as manager of the labor area at Biscardi & Asociados law firm (2001-2007), senior of employment law at Cárdenas, Di Ció, Romero, Tarsitano & Lucero (2007-2011) and partner of CFGD law firm (2011-2021).
He also worked as a university professor for more than 15 years, becoming Associate Professor in charge of the chair of the subject Labor Law in the Faculty of Economic Sciences of the Argentina Catholic University.
Languages: Spanish, English and Portuguese.
Contact: ojofre@jofreabogados.com.ar
Fernando Gorbea
Fernando Gorbea is a lawyer with more than 30 years of professional experience specializing in corporate finance and complex regulatory issues.
He currently advises local and international clients on the application of the Financial and Exchange Control Regulations issued by the Argentine Central Bank (BCRA). He is also specialized in the regulations of the National Securities Commission (CNV) that monitor the public offering and intermediation with negotiable securities, and in the regulations for the prevention of Asset Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism issued by the Financial Information Unit (UIF). Together with Osvaldo Jofré, he advises clients on personnel benefits such as corporate pension plans and stock options, and on personnel retention tools, such as remuneration in foreign currency. He also has extensive experience in corporate matters, including complex due diligence related to the sale of companies.
As part of his professional career, he has participated in numerous local and international financing operations, in issuances of negotiable securities (stocks, corporate bonds and financial trusts), debt restructurings, mergers and acquisitions and restructuring of staff benefit plans. He has represented clients in the defense of foreign exchange and capital market proceedings. He has recently provided advice on the new BCRA regulations on payment service providers that offer payment accounts (virtual wallets), operations with crypto assets and managers of credit platforms. He also represents clients who operate online gaming platforms.
Previously, Fernando Gorbea was a member of the Legal Department of Pluspetrol S.A. (1991-1993), he was part of the staff of lawyers specializing in capital markets at Muñoz de Toro & Muñoz de Toro (1994-1996), and in 1998 he was invited to work as a foreign lawyer at Linklaters, London office, England, where he gained direct experience in international practice. He was a senior lawyer and then a partner at the firm Cárdenas, Cassagne & Asociados (1997-2011), and later a founding partner of the firm CFGD Abogados (2011-2022).
At the academic level, he has had the opportunity to publish works related to his specializations and to teach at the Universidad Católica Argentina and at the UADE (seminar on Globalization and International Business). He was a guest panelist at the meeting of the IFA (International Fiscal Association) held in Buenos Aires and spoke on "Responsibility of Company Directors" in the context of the Río de la Plata Conference of the Argentine Association of Fiscal Studies. More recently, he has spoken at numerous "Webinars" on the impact of the new foreign exchange regulations issued in times of pandemic on the different areas of corporate business.
In 2022, he joined Jofré Abogados as Of Counsel.
Languages: Spanish and English.
Contact: fgorbea@jofreabogados.com.ar
Tomás A. Jofré
Tomás A. Jofré, lawyer specialized in Employment and Social Security Law. He actively practices his profession in Civil, Commercial and Employment Litigation, Administrative proceedings and Arbitration, both in the city of Buenos Aires and in the province of Buenos Aires jurisdictions.
He joined Jofré Abogados, in 2022.
Previously, he worked in CFGD law firm (2014-2022).
Languages: Spanish and English.
Contact: tjofre@jofreabogados.com.ar
José Ignacio Jofré
José Ignacio Jofré, lawyer with professional practice focused on litigation at Civil, Commercial, Labor, Administrative Courts, and Arbitration. Likewise, specialized in Corporate Law and Commercial Contracts.
He joined Jofré Abogados, in 2022.
Previously, he worked in CFGD law firm (2016-2022).
Languages: Spanish and English.
Contact: ijofre@jofreabogados.com.ar