PARTNERS
DIEGO HICKETHIER
Founding partner of Hickethier & Killmeate. He received his law degree from the Law School of the Universidad de Buenos Aires (1992), with a specialization in business law, and later he received a Master´s degree in Law and Economics from the School of Law of Universidad Torcuato Di Tella.
Previously, he worked in the national judiciary (1987-1993) and collaborated with Valiente Noailles & Lopez de Zavalía Law Firm in complex litigation. For more than a decade he was legal advisor for the City Legislative Body and for the Economic and Social Council of the City of Buenos Aires in matters of public law. Currently, he is a member of the board of Directors of several companies and he is legal counsel National Commission of Historical Sites and Monuments.
Languages: Spanish and English
Practice Areas: Civil and commercial litigation, company law, contracts, public law and patronage law.
ATILIO KILLMEATE
Founding partner of Hickethier and Killmeate. He received his law degree from the Law School of the Universidad de Buenos Aires (1994) and attended post-graduate studies of constitutional law at the same University.
He worked in the national judiciary (1990-1994) and collaborated with Valiente Noailles & Lopez de Zavalía Law firm in complex litigation. He is a member of the board of Directors of several companies.
Languages: Spanish, Italian and English.
Practice areas: Complex litigation on Civil, commercial and administrative matters.
ANTONIETA AVIANI
She received her law degree from the Law School of the Universidad de Buenos Aires (1997) and later attended post-graduate courses in public law at the same University.
She has worked at the law service of the National Public Administration of Argentina, first at Argentina´s National Service of Agrifood Health and Quality (SENASA) (1995-1997) and later in the Superintendency of Retirement and Pension Fund Administration. (1997-2005).
Languages: Spanish and English.
Practice Areas: Administrative law, contentious-administrative litigation.
NORBERTO CANEVA
He received his law degree from the Law School of the Universidad de Buenos Aires (with honors) with a specialization in business law, and later he received a Master´s degree in Law and Economics from the School of Law of Universidad Torcuato Di Tella.
Before joining Hickethier and Killmeate he was an associate of De Dios & Goyena Law Firm and, afterward, he was a member of Quevedo Abogados. He acts as representative of foreign companies doing business in Argentina and he is also a member of the board of directors of several companies.
He taught law courses in areas of his specialty in several universities, and currently, he is a Law Professor at the Universidad Torcuato Di Tella Business School.
Languages: Spanish and English
Practice areas: Corporate law, mergers and acquisitions., business financing, e-commerce, intellectual property, antitrust and energy law.