Genève Family Office

Before founding Genève Family Office Sàrl, Juan Manuel, with his background in business administration, gained extensive professional experience in the financial industry. Juan Manuel’s previous positions include senior banker at Banco Roberts S.A. and Societe Generale Argentina, CEO and Founder of a finance boutique, Patagonia Investment Partners, and Duralitte S.A. (an Oil Tools Manufacturer) and Armorlitte S.A., a security company that currently leads.

Juan Manuel has considerable experience in commercial, investment, and private banking, in addition to his invaluable knowledge of commercial businesses. Juan Manuel is also passionate about classic sports cars and motorcycles. This passion leads him to actively participate in racing and events in Latin America, the United States, and Europe.

Emiliano is our Swiss based Director and brings with him knowledge and experience in wealth planning, corporate, and trust services for our international clientele.

Before joining Genève Family Office Sàrl, he worked for top international law firm Baker & McKenzie in Argentina, Citco Group in the British Virgin Islands dealing with the Latin American portfolio of companies, Monaco in charge of Latin American and European structuring, and in Madrid, where he opened the office for the Citco Group to service private clients and funds investing in Latin America and Spain. Later on, in Switzerland, he was the managing director of Integritas, Trident Group’s Geneva office where he managed a large portfolio of trusts and structures for private clients.

Emiliano is a lawyer licensed in Argentina, and Spain, holding LLM Degrees from the University of Miami, USA, and the Universidad de Valladolid, Spain. He is a member of the Buenos Aires and Madrid Bar, and a full member of STEP.

Hernán is the founder of Hernan Pantaleon Abogados and teaches in the University of Miami School of Law’s LL.M. and JD. programs. He teaches courses in Entertainment Law in Latin America and Doing Business in Latin America. All his courses are oriented to students and graduate LLMs focusing on the business law of the region and the risk and challenges of doing business in Latin America. Prior to opening his firm in 2013, he worked at Marval, O’Farrell & Mairal from 2011-2012, Baker & McKenzie from 1995-2010 and Grant, Hermann, Schwartz & Klinger as a foreign associate from 1993-1995.
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Throughout his extensive career, Hernan has focused his practice on art and entertainment, mergers & acquisitions, and banking and finance. His practice has included the representation of major cable TV companies and major networks with TV content distribution along Latin America. Hernan also counseled productions companies for LATAM and US distribution. He has also served as counsel to corporations in corporate affairs and corporate finance, including International acquisitions and financing. As counsel for major banks and import and export companies, he has dealt with numerous matters related to domestic and international syndicated loan agreements, structured financing, and debt restructuring.

Hernan obtained his J.D. from the School of Law of the Argentine Catholic University and subsequently earned his Diploma in Comparative Law from Georgetown University, as a Fulbright Scholar. He then made his way to the University of Miami to obtain his LL.M. in International Comparative Law.