Members of the Firm

MANUEL IGNACIO ADROGUÉ, born Buenos Aires, Argentina, October 14, 1942. Education: Universidad del Salvador (J.D., gold medal -Summa Cum Laude-, 1964; Ph.D., Thesis qualified "Outstanding", 1969); Academic Positions: Full Professor -Property Law- Universidad de Buenos Aires (1983-1998); Professor in Post-Graduate courses on “Securitization” and “Corporate registral publicity” in the Universidad de Buenos Aires, 1996, Post Graduate course on “Article 8, Uniform Commercial Code”, Universidad Austral, 2000; Dean of Law School, Universidad del Salvador, 1975; Chief Director of Law School Library of the Universidad de Buenos Aires (1982-83); Author: Books: "Capitalización de Hacienda", on capitalization of cattle, La Ley S.A., Bs. As., 1970; "La Prelación de Créditos en Materia Concursal”, on privileges in bankruptcy law, Abeledo-Perrot, Bs. As., 1976; "La reforma monetaria: El Austral”, on the reform of the monetary system, Plus Ultra, 1985; "Temas de Derechos Reales" various works on real property, with collaborators, Plus Ultra, Bs. As., 1986; "Temas de Derecho Registral”, works on registration law, with collaborators, Plus Ultra, 1984; "El Derecho de Propiedad en la Actualidad”, on the meaning of property at the end of the 20th century, and the multiple forms it has adopted through country-clubs, shopping centers, sharing time, industrial developments and other modern manifestations of real-estate property, Abeledo-Perrot, Bs. As., 1990; author of articles on real property and registration law in numerous reviews, (among them, "Notas Relativas a las Hipotecas de Seguridad", -in collaboration with Mr. Juan Carlos Amuy-, on mortgages, La Ley, 1980-B, 948; “La atribución de la propiedad de la vivienda económica en la ley 24.374”, a comment to a law on a social promotion program via real estate attribution, on La Ley, 1995-B, 934; “La Propiedad Privada en la Constitución Nacional”, on the private property in the Constitution, Anuario de Derecho Nº 4, Universidad Austral, Abeledo Perrot, 1998; “La propiedad en el ‘Proyecto de Código Civil’”, on the conception of property as structured in the recent Civil Code Project, on El Derecho, December 13th, 1999; "Estudio sobre los efectos de la inscripción de la declaratoria de herederos en el Registro de la Propiedad Inmueble" (Revista del Notariado, del Colegio de Escribanos de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Año CVII, Nº 877, july-august-september 2004) on the relationship between Registration Law and Inheritance Law. national and international lecturer on real property and securitization; Public Offices: National Chairman of the National Office of Protection of Minors and Family (Dirección Nacional de Protección del Menor y la Familia), 1984-85; Member: Board of the Law School of Universidad de Buenos Aires, 1981-83; Arbitration Court established by Notary Collegium and Universidad de Buenos Aires Law School, (1992 - 2000); Comission of Civil Law and Comission of Institutional Affairs of the Colegio de Abogados; Order of Malta (Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta) President of the Argentine Association; Colegio Público de Abogados de la Capital Federal (Buenos Aires Bar Assn., admitted 1968); Colegio de Abogados de La Plata; former Member of the Board of Directors of Aceros Zapla S.A.. Languages: Spanish, Italian, English.

MARÍA JOSÉ ADROGUÉ, born Buenos Aires, September 14, 1972. Education: Universidad de Buenos Aires (J.D., Cum Laude, Scroll of Honor, 1996); Academic background: Universidad Austral (completed course in Doctorate Program, currently preparing PhD thesis); Professor -Property Law- Universidad Austral 2001-2005; Author: Collaborator in “La Propiedad Privada en la Constitución Nacional” by Manuel I. Adrogué, on the private property in the Constitution, Anuario de Derecho Nº 4, Universidad Austral, Abeledo Perrot, 1998; "La sociedad como accionista de sí misma: Efectos respecto de las acciones de las asambleas”, on the problems that arise when a corporation becomes shareholder of itself (Campus Nº XVII, Universidad Católica Argentina, April 1998); Co-author: “Estudio sobre los efectos de la inscripción de la declaratoria de herederos en el Registro de la Propiedad Inmueble” (Revista del Notariado, del Colegio de Escribanos de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Año CVII, Nº 877, july-august-september 2004) on the relationship between Registration Law and Inheritance Law. Member: ex-member of the staff of “Lecciones y Ensayos” Law Review, Universidad de Buenos Aires, 1993; former member or the Registration Law Institute of the Colegio Público de Abogados de la Capital Federal (Buenos Aires Bar Association), former member of the Private Civil Law Department of the Universidad Austral; Colegio Público de Abogados de la Capital Federal (Buenos Aires Bar Assn., admitted 1997), Colegio de Abogados de San Isidro; Languages: Spanish, English, French, German.