THE FIRM
IT&L Legal Consultants was established in the City of Buenos Aires in 2011 with the purpose of providing comprehensive legal advice and international assistance in legal
issues, related to the shipping industry, international trade, and insurance. Given the boom of the
offshore industry, the firm also provides legal advice for projects and enterprises relating to energy, oil and gas and for different kinds of offshore supply services and operations.
We are a legal consulting company and a law firm, focused on providing preemptive legal support and efficient solutions adjusted to existent disputes in administrative, mediation,
judicial, and arbitration proceedings.
The object of our firm is to offer a high-quality service, especially designed to meet our clients’ needs and expectations by means of respectful, personalized, and direct
communication, always keeping the clients’ interests in the first place.
Our work is inspired by values like commitment, loyalty, proficiency, creativity, strength, desire to improve, and passion for what we do.
MEMBERS
IT&L Legal Consultants comprises highly qualified professionals who got their education degrees and qualification in Argentina and abroad and are able to guarantee comprehensive, fast, and efficient service.
MARÍA BELÉN ESPIÑEIRA
- Lawyer and Founding Partner -
JAVIER OCAMPO
- Associate Attorney and Maritime Consultant -
ALEJANDRO SCHMILINSKY
Senior Associate Lawyer
MAGDALENA CONTI
Sworn and Literary Translator
IT&L Legal Consultants acts as legal correspondent of P&I Clubs of the IG, Fix Premium P&I and FD&D Underwriters. We assist foreign and domestic insurance companies, recovery agents, shipowners, charterers, salvors, diving companies, operators, freight forwarders, seafarers, shipping agents, traders, shippers, consignees, and offshore service providers and operators.
The firm was involved in the legal proceedings carried out after one of the major incidents occurred in the River Paraná in 2012, protecting the interests of a vessel which was collided, capsized, and totally sunk, resulting in seven crewmembers dead and oil spilled. We have also intervened in significant groundings and allisions, special operations from ships in the Antarctica, cable laning operations, and legally advised in matters concerning oil and gas explorations and its related offshore services in the Falkland Islands.
We are strategical partners and provide high-quality legal advice in order to avoid legal disputes.