Biography: Mergers and Acquisitions

Carlos M Tombeur graduated in law in 1976 from Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), School of Law and Social Sciences, Buenos Aires.

Mr Tombeur has been controller for the national state, appointed by the Central Bank of the Argentine Republic, at Seguro de Depósitos SA (SEDESA) (equivalent to US FDIC), 1997-2001; legal undersecretary of the Ministry of Economy and Public Works and Services, 1992-1996; member the board of directors of the Central Bank of the Argentine Republic, 1991-1992; and partner of the firm Caride Fitte & Tombeur, 1977-1991.

His representations in the area of mergers and acquisitions include Repsol YPF, as only selling shareholder, in the US$1,070 million secondary public offering to sell 26.21 million ADSs of YPF, in the international capital markets (2011), and in the US$85.3 million offering to sell in block 1.9 million shares of its Argentine subsidiary YPF, in the Buenos Aires Stock Market (2011); Banco Patagonia, an Argentine commercial bank, and its controlling shareholders in the US$480 million sale of 51% of Banco Patagonia to Banco do Brasil, a brazilian sovereign universal bank (2010); YPF, Astra and Repsol Argentina in the merger with YPF as subsisting corporation, with assets in total of AR$14,068 million (2001); to Repsol, as bidder, in the exchange offers (OPA) for Astra shares in Argentina and Switzerland, and of YPF in Argentina and United States in exchange of new shares of Repsol (2000).