EMILIO J. CÁRDENAS
As a Senior Advisor to The Scowcroft Group, Emilio J. Cárdenas advises clients on Latin America, with a focus on Argentina. Working as an in-country member of The Scowcroft Group team, he provides due diligence, business and political risk assessment services as well as general business support for client efforts in the region.
Mr. Cárdenas practiced law in Argentina for thirty years, and since 1996 has been advising national and foreign clients in the fields of international business transactions, oil and gas, joint-ventures, privatizations, infrastructure projects, and project financing. In particular, Mr. Cárdenas advised foreign clients in various privatizations in the telecommunications, oil and gas and energy sectors. As a scholar of international legal and economic affairs, he has lectured in a variety of international forums. He is the author of several books and numerous articles on oil and gas legal matters, foreign investment topics, privatizations and financial and other related matters. He is a contributor to all Argentine major newspapers, and he is a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Journal of International Economic Law and Director of “Agenda Internacional.” Mr. Cárdenas has also been a member of various Boards of Directors of corporations involved in oil and gas ventures, maritime transportation, banking, insurance, pension funds, medical care, electric distribution, agriculture, tire production, real estate development, etc. Mr. Cárdenas received his law degree from the University of Buenos Aires, and subsequently undertook graduate studies at the University of Michigan, Princeton University, and the University of California (Berkeley).
As a Senior Advisor to The Scowcroft Group, Emilio J. Cárdenas advises clients on Latin America, with a focus on Argentina. Working as an in-country member of The Scowcroft Group team, he provides due diligence, business and political risk assessment services as well as general business support for client efforts in the region.
Mr. Cárdenas practiced law in Argentina for thirty years, and since 1996 has been advising national and foreign clients in the fields of international business transactions, oil and gas, joint-ventures, privatizations, infrastructure projects, and project financing. In particular, Mr. Cárdenas advised foreign clients in various privatizations in the telecommunications, oil and gas and energy sectors. As a scholar of international legal and economic affairs, he has lectured in a variety of international forums. He is the author of several books and numerous articles on oil and gas legal matters, foreign investment topics, privatizations and financial and other related matters. He is a contributor to all Argentine major newspapers, and he is a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Journal of International Economic Law and Director of “Agenda Internacional.” Mr. Cárdenas has also been a member of various Boards of Directors of corporations involved in oil and gas ventures, maritime transportation, banking, insurance, pension funds, medical care, electric distribution, agriculture, tire production, real estate development, etc. Mr. Cárdenas received his law degree from the University of Buenos Aires, and subsequently undertook graduate studies at the University of Michigan, Princeton University, and the University of California (Berkeley).