Jorge Ortiz

Jorge received his law degree summa cum laude from Universidad de Buenos Aires in 1980. He worked in New York as an associate in Winthrop, Stimpson Putnam & Roberts, New York; (currently Pillsbury Winthrop) and later in the local law firm, Beccar Varela.

Jorge was head of the legal division for American Express Travel Related and Consumer Financial Services for Latin America, Central America & Caribbean.

Jorge has also been president of several multinational companies including Nabisco Argentina S.A.; Establecimiento Modelo Terrabusi S.A.; CINBA S.A., a Diageo subsidiary; the Argentine-American Chamber of Commerce in Miami and AT&T Argentina S.R.L., among others.

He has been a speaker and conference lecturer at numerous national and international conferences. Jorge is a current member of the American Bar Association, among other organizations.

He is Professor of Acquisitions and Business Reorganizations for the Master in Business Law Program at Universidad de San Andrés. He is consistently ranked as one of the best M&A lawyers in Argentina.

Jorge is fluent in English and French.