Rogelio N. Maciel was one of the founding partners of the firm in 1991 and is also the head of its aviation department. Mr. Maciel received an LLB at the University of Córdoba School of Law and was, for many years, legal counsel to the National Board of Civil Aviation, the Airports Administration, the Ministry of Aeronautics and the Committee for Investigation of Civil Aviation Accidents.

Mr. Maciel was also a member of the Drafting Committee of the Argentine Aviation Code in 1967 and a member of Argentine Delegations to the ICAO Assemblies. Later, he was legal advisor to foreign companies in the privatization, among others, of the National Telephone Company in 1990 and the Argentine Airports in 1997. He and the members of the firm’s aviation department currently provide counselling to airlines, aircraft and engine manufacturers, asset-based financiers, insurers, etc.

Rogelio Maciel is a member of the Buenos Aires Bar Association, the International Bar Association (Committees on Aviation Law and on Communications Law) and also a member of the Argentine, Brazilian and Ibero-American Institutes of Air & Space Law. He is author of the Argentine chapters in the following books: Security Interest in aircraft and engines (Kluwer 1988), Aircraft Finance (Sweet & Maxwell 1991), Aircraft Liens & Detention Rights (Sweet & Maxwell 1998) and Air Transport 2006 (Law Business Research Ltd. 2006). He has written articles on privatization of airlines in Latin America and on air transport agreements in Mercosur and other regional markets in "Air Law" (Kluwer) and other publications on Aviation and has been speaker at Aviation conferences and seminars.

Mr. Maciel is also a Colonel (Rtd) of the Argentine Air Force Legal Corps and a private pilot. He speaks Spanish and English.

María Laura Maciel
Position: Senior Associate
Born: Buenos Aires, Argentina, January 22, 1963
Admitted: 1989, Buenos Aires Argentina
Email: mlmaciel@mna.com.ar
Languages: Spanish, English and German
Education: 1986 - School of Law: Seminar on International Private Law ,The American University (Washington,D.C., USA)1988 – Argentine Catholic University, School of Law (LL.B.)2001 – Program on Legal Aspects of e-Commerce, Austral University, 2002 - 2003 – Program on Air and Space Law (LL.M.), Institute of Air and Space Law, Buenos Aires 2004 - IATA/FIATA Cargo Introductory Course, International Air Transport Association & International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations, Aviation Training and Development Institute IATA, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Areas of Practice: Aviation (Aircraft Finance, Air Transport, Regulatory Matters, Governmental Relations, Air Freight, Cargo matters)
Member: Buenos Aires Bar Association; Argentine-German Bar Association

Juan Francisco Ramos Mejía
Position: Senior Associate.
Born: Buenos Aires, Argentina, February 21, 1978.
Admitted: 2000, Argentina.
Email: jramosmejia@mna.com.ar
Languages: Spanish, English, French and German.
Specialist Areas: Aircraft, engines and parts financing. Governmental Relations and Litigation.
Education: 2000 - Universidad Austral, School of Law (JD). Graduated with honors.
2003 - ESEADE, Graduate School of Economics and Business Administration (Masters in Economics and Political Science). Graduated with honors.
2000 - Universidad Austral, School of Law (Graduate studies in Telecommunications Law).
2005 - University of Buenos Aires, School of Law (Graduate studies in Oil & Gas Regulation).
Author: "Contratos de Colaboración Empresaria "UTE" y "ACE" (Joint Ventures)"
Areas of Practice: Governmental Relations, Litigation. Corporate, M&As, Antitrust, Oil & Gas, Economic Regulation & Utilities
Member: 2001 - City of Buenos Aires Bar Association, Argentina
2000 - Professorships at University of Buenos Aires, Austral University, Argentine catholic University, ESEADE.
2004 - Research Department Fellow, ESEADE.

Bartolomé I. Homar Más
Position: Senior Associate.
Email: bhomarmas@mna.com.ar
Languages: Spanish and English.
Areas of Practice:International Taxation, Tax Planning, Corporations, Contracts and Negotiations.
Education: 2000 - University of Buenos Aires, School of Law. 2003 - University of East Anglia, UK (Postgraduate course in International Commercial and Business Law)
Member: City of Buenos Aires Bar Association; Province of Neuquén Bar Association.