"Marval O'Farrell Mairal has a highly specialized and hard-working team. Both partners and associates demonstrate a comprehensive level of understanding of complex Fintech issues. Their service is top-tier."
Chambers Latin America, 2025
Our Fintech practice was a pioneer in Argentina and has consistently received the highest ranking in this category since it was first introduced in the country in 2020 — achieving Band 1 in Chambers Fintech Guide in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025.
According to Chambers: “Marval O'Farrell Mairal has a highly specialized and hard-working team. Both partners and associates demonstrate a comprehensive level of understanding of complex Fintech issues. Their service is top-tier”; “The team is excellent. They always provide comprehensive analysis that includes regulatory, practical, and market guidance in a simple and clear manner,” and “The team has outstanding analytical skills and a deep understanding of the main risks and features of the Fintech business.”
As the Argentine financial and capital markets regulators increasingly focus on the growing Fintech industry, our Fintech team provides clients with practical, comprehensive, and real-time advice to mitigate risks arising from regulatory developments and changes.
Our Fintech practice encompasses areas such as capital markets, anti-money laundering, tax, labor, corporate, intellectual property, confidentiality regulations, consumer protection, as well as the legal framework applicable to digital and electronic signatures and entities regulated by the Central Bank of Argentina, the National Securities Commission (CNV), and the Financial Intelligence Unit (UIF).
We advise clients across all Fintech verticals, including: (i) banking; (ii) payments; (iii) lending; (iv) crowdlending and crowdfunding; (v) factoring; (vi) virtual assets; (vii) remittances; and (viii) startups.
We assist payment service providers across all categories, both in their registration with regulators and in the development and implementation of their products and services.
We support the design of asset tokenization projects and KYC procedures for crypto-asset trading platforms. We advise local and international Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs) on their operations and assess the use of crypto-assets for cross-border payments and its implications under foreign exchange regulations.
We advise startups throughout all stages of development — from the selection and incorporation of the appropriate legal vehicle to regional and international expansion. We support the development of corporate structures, investment rounds, and negotiations with potential investors. We design compliance strategies for innovative and highly regulated business models.
We invite you to learn more about our practice by clicking through to our Fintech Practice Presentation.