Marina L. Marti, Esq.

Foreign Counsel

*Not licensed to practice law in the United States

A real estate attorney and cross-border advisor with over 19 years of experience, Marina advises investors, businesses, and families navigating the legal and financial complexities that arise when their interests span the United States, Argentina, and the broader Southern Cone. She brings a rare combination of transactional depth, direct operational experience in real estate, corporate law, and specialized expertise in energy, mining, and administrative law — areas that distinguish her practice and reflect a career built across some of Latin America’s most demanding legal environments.

About

Marina’s real estate practice is grounded in years of direct experience as an investor, developer, and portfolio manager. As CEO of a Florida-based real estate and property management enterprise with operations spanning commercial properties, residential assets, and short-term rental hospitality, she approaches client matters with the perspective of someone who has lived the decisions she advises on. She works on real estate acquisitions, development projects, leasing, and portfolio structuring across both commercial and residential markets — and for foreign investors in particular, she designs holding structures that are tax-efficient and aligned with their broader business and wealth objectives, working alongside specialized U.S. attorneys and firms across tax, real estate, and transactional practice areas.

A significant part of Marina’s practice is devoted to the cross-border challenges that Latin American clients face when doing business in or moving assets to the United States. Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Uruguay, and Paraguay are legal and tax environments in constant flux — regulatory shifts can be rapid, sweeping, and consequential, and the structures that work today may need to be rebuilt tomorrow. Marina has spent her career developing fluency in that reality, advising startups, entrepreneurs, small to midsize businesses, and high-net-worth families on structures that are not only sound today but resilient enough to evolve. Working alongside specialized U.S. attorneys and firms, she delivers solutions that are sophisticated enough to handle the complexity and pragmatic enough to actually get done.

Marina’s legal foundation was built at some of Argentina’s most respected institutions. She spent six years working at Marval O’Farrell Mairal — Argentina’s largest and most prestigious law firm — where she developed deep expertise in administrative law, public procurement, and government concessions and natural resources law. She later managed legal aspects of a portfolio of over 500 investment fund and infrastructure trust matters at Nación Fideicomisos S.A., one of Argentina’s leading fiduciary institutions. She also served as a consultant to UNICEF and the World Bank on matters involving biodiversity and energy — an engagement that reflects both the breadth of her regulatory knowledge and her experience working at the intersection of law, policy, and international institutions.

Energy, mining, and natural resources law are a thread that runs throughout Marina’s career. She holds an LL.M. in Environmental and Natural Resources Law and Policy from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, and has advised on energy, water, and extractive industry matters at both the policy and transactional levels — in private practice, in executive advisory roles, and in collaboration with international institutions. For clients whose business or investment activity intersects with natural resources or regulated infrastructure, that depth is directly and practically relevant.

Marina currently serves as Coordinator of the Legal Committee of the Argentine American Chamber of Commerce, a role that reflects her standing within both the U.S. and Argentine business communities and her commitment to strengthening the ties between them.

Education

  • University of Miami School of Law — J.D. / LL.M. in U.S. & Transnational Law, 2024

  • University of Denver, Sturm College of Law — LL.M. in Environmental and Natural Resources Law and Policy, 2008

  • University of Buenos Aires, School of Law — Abogado specialized in Business Law

Bar Admissions, Affiliations & Languages

  • Licensed to Practice Law in Argentina — Buenos Aires Bar (Active)
  • Florida Bar — Admission Pending (Expected 2026)
  • Coordinator, Legal Committee — Argentine American Chamber of Commerce
  • Languages: Spanish (Native), English (Fluent), Italian (Conversational)