Ariel Portnoy

Ariel Portnoy

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Buenos Aires
About

Ariel Portnoy is a lawyer with broad experience advising foreign companies doing business in Argentina. He holds board positions at several companies in Argentina.

He focuses his practice on gaming, e-gaming, gambling, e-gambling, entertainment, media, and sports from sponsorship to licensing and merchandising.

Areas of FocusCorporateMedia Sports and Entertainment

EXPERIENCE

  • Counsel to Stars Group (Pokerstars) in obtaining online gaming license in the Province of Buenos Aires. He advised Rushbet in obtaining a license for online gaming in the province of Mendoza and Cordoba. Currently is advising Betano who currently holds license to operate online gaming in the Provinces of Buenos Aires, Mendoza and City of Buenos Aires. Advising Games Global, the biggest provider of software for gaming in the world, in setting their activities in Argentina.
Languages
  • English
  • Hebrew
  • Spanish

Awards

  • Latin Lawyer 250
    2023 - Key Partner, Corporate and M&A
Education

  • LL.M., Cornell Law School, 1999

  • Law Degree, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, 1991

Prior Experience

Ariel was advisor to the Republic of Argentina's Ministry of Economy between 1994 and 1998. He was a member of the Evaluation Committee for the Modernization of the Water and Sewage Industry in Argentina. Ariel also participated in numerous privatizations of state-owned companies in Argentina. Earlier in his career, as a member of an international law firm, he worked in New York and Buenos Aires as an advisor to companies such as Enron International in the acquisition of the Obras Sanitarias Mendoza water concession and Azurix in the acquisition of AMX Brazil.

Additional Information

Ariel served for more than five years as President of the Board of the only Jewish school in the Province of Mendoxa and is an active member of the Jewish community in Mendoza.

My latest insights

Publication

The Isaac Accords: Argentina’s new strategic framework with Israel

23 April 2026

News

DLA Piper advises Playmaker Capital Inc. in connection with its IPO

9 June 2021 .1 minute read

News

DLA Piper advises Argentine Province of Salta in debt restructuring

4 March 2021 .2 minute read

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Phone

+5411 4114 5500
(Work, Buenos Aires)