Members
Meet the members of Carena y Asociados.
• Customs Law Specialist
• Founding member of the firm in 1971
• Member of the Federal Capital Bar Association”
• Member of the “City of Buenos Aires Lawyers’ Association”
• Former Secretary of the Tax Law Committee of the City of Buenos Aires Lawyers’ Association
• Member of the “Argentine Institute for Customs Studies”
• Former Vice-president of the “Argentine Institute for Customs Studies”
• United Nations Development Programme Consultant (1993-1995)
• Interamerican Development Bank Consultant (1993-1995)
• Customs Law Specialist.
• Firm member since 1980.
• Member of the Federal Capital Bar Association”.
• Customs Authority Officer until 1990. Legal Counsel and Customs Administrator.
• Member of the “Argentine Institute for Customs Studies”.
• President of the “Argentine Institute for Customs Studies” (2005-2007).
• Founding Member of the International Customs Law Association (ICLA).
• Member of the Argentine Association for Tax Studies.
• Drafting Member for the 1995 Customs Code Preliminary Reform Bill.
• Organizing member or seven International Conferences on Customs Law organized by the Association.
• United Nations Development Programme Consultant (1993-1995).
• Interamerican Development Bank Consultant (1993-1995).
• Lecturer at the Iberoamerican Customs Law Meeting in Montevideo and at the Customs Law International Meeting held in Lisbon.
• Customs Law Professor. Courses and Seminars on Customs Law at the University of Rosario in Bogotá, Colombia and at the Torcuato Di Tella University and the University of Buenos Aires.
• Author of several books (“El valor en aduana de las mercaderías importadas”. “Los derechos de aduana” y “Procedimientos Aduaneros”, contributions and articles published in Argentina, Colombia, Peru, Uruguay and the European Union.
• Specialist Degree in Customs and Integration Law at the School of Law and Social Sciences of the University of Buenos Aires.
• Joined the firm in 1992.
• Member of the Federal Capital Bar Association.
• Member of the “Argentine Institute for Customs Studies”.
• Member of the Argentine Association for Tax Studies.
• Counseling expertise in export and import transactions, interpretation of customs regulations and follow-up of administrative and court case files.
• Counseling expertise in import and export transactions and international sale of goods.
• Extensive experience at Dow Química de Argentina S.A. in charge of chemical and industrial products exports (1982 – 1992).
• Extensive Experience at Laboratorios Lepetit S.A. in charge of pharmaceutical products exports (1982 – 1992).
Post-graduate degree in Business Law Argentine University for Business Studies (UADE) (1987)
Diploma in International Studies, Diplomatic School of Madrid – Complutense University (1989)
• Joined the firm in 2008.
• Member of the Federal Capital Bar Association.
• Member of the Argentine Institute for Customs Studies.
• Secretary of the Argentine Institute for Customs Studies (2014).
• Member of the Argentine Association for Tax Studies. Coordinator of the Customs Law Committee (2014 -2015).
• Member of the Customs Law Committee of the Center for the Study of Financial Law and Tax Law of the School of Law, University of Buenos Aires.
• Legal Advisor at the Customs Authority (1992-1996).Representative before the Committee against Commercial Fraud of the Customs co-operation Council (Brussels)
• Participant of Mercosur, Paraguay and Chile Negotiations.
• Co-drafter of several Cooperation and Technical Agreements between different customs offices (1992-1996).
• International Public Law Professor of the University of Buenos Aires.
• Former Chair Professor of International Relations at the Doctor’s Degree Studies in Political Sciences of the University of Belgrano.
• Former Professor at the Master’s Degree in Finance of the University of Palermo.
• Lecturer both in Argentina and abroad.
• Author of several publications in his field of expertise.
• Director of the Tax and Legal Department at PwC Argentina (2000 – 2008). Customs and International Trade Area Leader.
• Senior Manager at Coopers & Lybrand, Argentina, responsible for the World Trade Services ( 1998 2000).
• International Trade and Customs Law Actualization Programme, Austral University
• Joined the firm in 2000.
• Member of the Capital Federal Bar Association.
• Member of the Argentine Association for Tax Studies.
• Member of the Argentine Institute for Customs Studies.
• Counseling expertise in export and import transactions, interpretation of customs regulations and follow-up of administrative and court case files.
• Legal Counsel of the Legal Services Department of the General Tax Authority (1998-2000).
• Court Employee (National Judiciary 1993-1997).