A Professional Legal Outsourcing Company

Overview & Scenarios

Novadios offers U.S. and U.K. businesses a fresh alternative to
traditional domestic legal services by delivering up to 90%
savings on legal costs without sacrificing quality, confidentiality
or peace of mind.
Based in California with operations in
Argentina, Novadios utilizes its skilled
Argentine-based legal labor force to handle
the hours-intensive, process-based legal
service needs of its U.S. and U.K.
customers. This work would otherwise be
administered by domestic law firms
charging unrealistically high hourly rates, or
by overburdened in-house staff.
As an example, law firms currently charge
$200 – $500 per hour for legal professionals
to conduct simple document review
projects. Novadios provides experienced
mid-level legal professionals to conduct the
same review at a cost of around $30 – $50
per hour. Quality and results are assured
because an experienced senior U.S.
qualified lawyer on the ground in Argentina
supervises all projects prior to delivery to
the customer.
Novadios attorneys and legal professionals
have top-tier educational and professional
backgrounds. Each member of our staff is
fluent in written and spoken English and is a
pleasure to work with.
Novadios will customize its legal representation to suit
the customer—whether there is a one-time legal need,
ongoing legal requirements, volume projects or
otherwise. Below are examples where Novadios can
help, including a case study of a Novadios customer.
Case Study – Novadios currently assists the in-house legal department
of a Fortune 500 company to manage their legal needs.
HospitalityCorp (fictional name) owns and manages a global
portfolio of hotels and resorts that has experienced tightening due to the
economic slowdown. New development projects brought about a
significant increase in legal volume, but the in-house legal department
was unable to bring aboard new personnel or increase its outside counsel
budget to meet the demand. They were in a bind, and HospitalityCorp
turned to Novadios for assistance.
Novadios helped HospitalityCorp identify specific areas that
required immediate legal triage and more macro-level implementations
to create sustained efficiencies over time. Two major initiatives were
executed as a result: (i) Novadios would provide immediate relief by
assuming the role of virtual in-house counsel to draft, negotiate and
execute specific vendor agreements on HospitalityCorp’s behalf; and (ii)
Novadios would carefully restructure the HospitalityCorp’s contracts
management system to increase the flow of accurate information
between the legal department and the business units thereby reducing
miscommunications and creating a more efficient contracts approval
process.
It’s been 12-months since HospitalityCorp engaged Novadios; and,
even though the company utilizes more senior attorney resources at
Novadios due to their unique substantive legal needs, HospitalityCorp’s
invoices from Novadios average $59 per hour. HospitalityCorp has now
expanded the role of Novadios as a result of the positive savings, utilizing
Novadios for more high-volume process-based projects such as document
review. We expect these projects will help drop HospitalityCorp’s
invoices below the $40 per hour mark.
Example 1 – Novadios conducts the legal diligence in a corporate acquisition.
iShop, Inc. owns and operates an online ecommerce site that distributes household
goods to its customers worldwide. iShop wishes to scale its customer base through the
acquisition of AllGear LLC, an online sporting goods distributor. iShop engages a domestic
law firm to perform a legal review of the assets of AllGear, and iShop is shocked to receive
its first monthly invoice from the firm totaling $62,000 for 200 hours of labor from two junior
associates ($250/hr.) and 20 hours from a partner ($600/hr.). The legal review is not even
close to completion, and iShop’s legal costs are already skyrocketing out of control. iShop
contacts Novadios for a solution, and Novadios proposes the utilization of a blend of
Argentine and U.S. labor to create savings while preserving quality.
Novadios commits two mid-level Argentine associates, one senior Argentine associate,
and one U.S. partner at a combined cost of $9,000 per month—representing a cost savings of
86%. iShop engages Novadios, and the Novadios attorneys present Company A with a
comprehensive and professional diligence report concerning AllGear’s assets. The project is
delivered on time, accurately and within budget, and iShop purchases AllGear with the
confidence and peace of mind gained from the Novadios experience.

Example 2 – Novadios operates alongside lead outside counsel in litigation support.

Pharma Company is a pharmaceutical manufacturer that produces and distributes a

leading antidepressant drug to its worldwide distribution base. The drug has a long history of
success, however, Pharma Company becomes the subject of a class action alleging that the
antidepressant has caused some detrimental side effects. U.S. Firm, a top-tier law firm,
represents Pharma Company in the litigation and receives a discovery request to disclose all
corporate emails written between 1999 and 2002 concerning the research and development
of the drug in question. It is a daunting task involving an initial privilege review of over
100,000 emails, and U.S. Firm estimates utilizing the services of its junior associates
($225/hr.) to conduct 1,000 hours of review, one mid-level associate ($350/hr.) to conduct
500 hours of review, and one partner ($650/hr.) to devote approximately 100 supervisory
hours, resulting in a total estimated cost of $465,000. Pharma Company is concerned, but it
feels like its hands are tied because it has a long-standing relationship with the partner of
U.S. Firm.
Fortunately, Novadios offers Pharma Company a perfect solution. Novadios provides
its mid-level attorneys ($45/hr) to work under the direct supervision of U.S. Firm’s partner,
thereby supplanting the need to engage U.S. Firm’s junior and mid-level associates. As a
result, the total project cost is reduced to $132,500, representing a cost savings of 72%. The
Novadios attorneys, fluent in written and spoken English, work closely with the U.S. Firm
partner to complete the review on time and at the estimated price. Pharma Company is
pleased with the level of efficiency and savings, and Novadios is retained by Pharma
Company to manage future discovery requests related to the class action. U.S. Firm is also
impressed and retains Novadios to provide cost-savings solutions that enable U.S. Firm to
retain its long-standing and valued client base.
Example 3 – Novadios digitizes volumes of data from physical contracts.

Alliance Insurance recently implements a new contracts database software system

that requires the analysis and digitization of massive amounts of data pulled form tens of
thousands of contracts in the company’s archives. Alliance already uses large Indian
outsourcing companies for its customer service call centers, but Alliance is reluctant to
send its sensitive legal data halfway around the world. Alliance needs a facility that is
closer to home but with similar cost savings to India, so Alliance seeks out alternatives and
turns to Novadios.
Alliance is impressed by the “nearshore” Western hemisphere advantages that
Novadios offers, and finds particular comfort in the fact that a senior U.S. attorney
directly supervises the legal labor force in Argentina. Alliance can communicate with the
U.S. attorney supervisor in real-time and make
instant changes to the project because
Novadios and Alliance are only one time zone
apart, and site visits by Alliance personnel can
be easily managed without crossing the
dateline. The quality of labor, ease of
communication, and proximity of Novadios
inspires confidence in the partnership, and
Novadios becomes Alliance’s long-term legal
outsourcing provider.

Example 4 – Novadios handles day-to-day legal matters as virtual in-house counsel.

MediaCo, based in New York, is weathering a tough market that requires it to

reduce its in-house legal force and severely limit its outside legal budget. However,
General Counsel of Media Company still requires the knowledge and support of a fully
functional in-house legal team. General Counsel is overburdened by the day-to-day legal
duties she must now personally handle, and is unable to focus effectively upon her broader
senior management responsibilities. Seeking a solution, General Counsel contacts
Novadios about its dedicated virtual in-house service, and Novadios designates full-time
legal staff to act as Media Company’s exclusive counsel. The dedicated desk of attorneys
are physically isolated and secured from the rest of the Novadios operations, fully-
integrated within Media Company’s IT systems and phone lines, and are trained to comply
with Media Company’s legal standards.
In a matter of days, Media Company begins processing all of its legal agreements
through Novadios, including its day-to-day operational agreements, such as technology
licenses, supply and distribution agreements, vendor contracts, employment and
engagement agreements, leases, and intellectual property licenses. In addition, because
the Novadios team in Córdoba operates just one hour ahead of New York, the Novadios
attorneys work on congruent schedules alongside Media Company’s staff, as if they were
located just down the hall. A successful, long-term relationship between MediaCo and
Novadios is established, and the dedicated and familiar Novadios attorneys grow and
develop alongside MediaCo’s successes.
Description of Services
Novadios handles a variety of legal and business tasks
with customized solutions to meet the customer’s needs.
Whether you are seeking assistance with the day-to-day
legal processing, or an hours-intensive long-term project,
Novadios manages these projects efficiently and with the
highest standards of quality. A description of some of
our core services are offered is below.

Document Review
A professional legal review of high-volume documents in
connection with a contemplated business transaction or
pending litigation can result in exorbitant legal cost. Novadios
recognizes that an efficient utilization of resources can often
be the lynchpin to a company’s success in such scenarios, and
utilizing Novadios can save a company up to 90% in legal fees.
Novadios is able to conduct document review wherever,
whenever and however the customer requires.

Contracts Administration
The contracts administration service offered by Novadios is
intended to get the client’s house in order. Through this
service, Novadios will review, document, automate and track
existing contracts, including tracking key dates and deadlines,
monitoring and administering notice requirements, renewal
terms, and expiration dates. Novadios can do this as a self-
contained unit, or by operating alongside and enhancing an
existing contracts administration department and/or document
data system.

Contract Drafting & Negotiation

Whether a startup or an established business with an overflow
of legal work, Novadios offers its customers access to its
highly-educated English fluent attorneys, each experienced in
negotiating and drafting standardized contracts such as
technology licenses, confidentiality agreements, employment
agreements, leases, and sales/supply/distribution
agreements. Novadios attorneys are trained to adhere to a
client’s standard practices in order to create drafting and
negotiation consistencies, and an experienced U.S. licensed
attorney will supervise all work product. If required, and
consistent with all our offered services, specific Novadios
attorneys and legal assistants can be dedicated to work
exclusively as the customer’s legal representatives. This
virtual in-house legal team can be fully-integrated with the
customer’s IT systems and phone lines, making it seem as
though the Novadios legal team is just down the hall.
Corporate Governance
Novadios offers a corporate governance practice that provides
its public and private clients, and their directors and officers,
corporate secretary functionality, counseling and general
administrative services. With Novadios, a company can rest
assured that its proxy materials, minute books and corporate
resolutions are appropriately drafted and maintained, and
state and federal regulatory filings are timely submitted.

Data Mining Consulting

Novadios offers a hybrid legal and management consulting
service that identifies cost and risk inefficiencies within a
company’s legal department and proposes solutions to
maximize the department’s overall effectiveness. Through this
service, Novadios will conduct internal reviews of existing
agreements and legal procedures, highlighting for management
areas of undue risk and drafting inconsistencies being
undertaken by specific employees or entire departments.
Novadios will propose short-term and long-term solutions to
ensure legal uniformity across a company’s current and future

Latin American Services

Though Novadios focuses on providing U.S. and U.K. legal
services to its customers, Novadios is able to provide Latin
American business and legal support if a customer wishes to
do business in Latin America or has Spanish language matters
in their home country. Novadios’ legal labor force is based in
Córdoba, Argentina, the economic center of Latin America,
and the skilled and experienced staff is fluent in Spanish and
English. For instance, Novadios may be engaged to provide
business development services to U.S. companies seeking to
establish a Latin American presence, or can conduct
interrogatories in Spanish pursuant to a litigation that
involves bilingual elements. If requested, Novadios can refer
a customer to established local counsel located throughout
Latin America that can handle specific substantive legal
matters for companies with activities in Latin America.
Frequently Asked Questions
1) What does LPO mean?
“LPO” stands for “legal process outsourcing.” Typically, LPO providers
are volume-focused businesses that offer low cost legal services by
utilizing foreign, or “offshore” legal service providers, primarily based
in India and East Asia. These services are aimed at managing a
customer’s lower to mid-tier standardized or routine legal needs, such
as document review, contract management and administration, and the
drafting and negotiation of routine agreements such as licensing,
distribution, marketing and supply agreements. With operations in
Argentina, Novadios is a unique “nearshore” Western hemisphere
alternative to offshore LPOs located in India and East Asia.

2) Why should we engage Novadios over other LPOs?

Novadios is a Western hemisphere “nearshore” alternative to offshore
providers located in India and East Asia. Our proximity to the U.S.
offers unique qualitative advantages and communications benefits.
Closely shared time zones (EDT +1) enable our customers to exercise
real-time control over their outsourcing operations, and site visits are
managed without the need to cross a dateline.
A senior U.S. attorney serves as project manager
and directly supervises the legal labor force in
Argentina, so customer directives are understood
clearly and implemented accurately without
delay. The Novadios legal staff are each fluent
in spoken and written English, experienced in
working with U.S. and European customers, and
share many professional conventions and social
customs with the West.
Simply put, Novadios is familiar and close, and
this inspires confidence and peace of mind.

3) Can Novadios work with an in-house department or law firm?

Yes. In fact, we think this may be an ideal solution for many of our
customers. We understand that our customers might have long-
standing relationships with outside firms, and have built up reliable and
trustworthy in-house legal departments over the years. Novadios is
able to work alongside, or under the direct supervision of, these
existing structures to enhance and broaden their capabilities while
maximizing cost effectiveness.
4) What type of legal services can be outsourced to Novadios?
Novadios handles all of your process-based legal needs—meaning
Novadios is best suited for high-volume, standardized legal work. In
many cases this may be the review and processing of day-to-day
contracts, such as supplier and license agreements, and in other
cases this may be a major document review endeavor in connection
with a corporate transaction or litigation. Specifically, Novadios
offers document review, contracts administration, contract drafting
and negotiation, corporate governance, data mining consulting, and
Latin American services, among others. Please refer to the
Description of Services section for further details on the many ways
Novadios can assist.

5) Who is involved in the delivery of the Novadios services?

The Novadios legal staff is located in our operations facility in
Córdoba, Argentina. These are highly educated, English/Spanish
proficient lawyers and legal assistants, each thoroughly trained in
their respective area of practice and many with numerous years of
professional experience under their belt. All work is supervised by a
senior U.S. attorney with top-tier
law firm experience and
exceptional law school educations.
If you prefer, you may browse the
dossiers of each of our staff
members and hand select the
available practitioners to render
your legal services.

6) Does Novadios render legal services pursuant to U.S. ethical

standards?
Yes. Not only has the Córdoba bar adopted ethical rules similar to
the standards passed by the prominent state bar associations in the
United States, but, additionally, all attorneys and legal assistants at
Novadios are properly trained and examined to ensure that, at all
times, our relationship with our customers will comply with, and
exceed, the prevailing New York and California standards of ethics.
7) Can my confidential information be entrusted with Novadios?
Yes. Not only do our attorneys and legal assistants adhere to the same
ethical standards adopted by the New York, California and the Córdoba
bars, but a customer’s physical data can remain, at the customer’s
preference, within the United States at all times and transmitted
electronically to our legal staff via data-secure connections with
restricted end-user capabilities.
Novadios employs sophisticated software
protocols, physical security, and
hardware configurations to prevent the
unauthorized copying, reproduction or
downloading of customer data. Rest
assured, Novadios ensures the maximum
degree of protection is accorded to your
information, and, in most cases,
exceeds the standards adopted by many
top U.S. law firms.

8) Will I save money by using Novadios?

Absolutely. Depending on the project, Novadios typically charges
hourly rates that are 70% to 90% below the price of traditional domestic
legal representation, and this includes supervision from our experienced
U.S. qualified attorneys as well as training and ramp-up work. And, as
always, your initial consultation is free of charge. If you would prefer
to conduct a test run on a discrete project utilizing Novadios’
capabilities, please mention this to your Novadios consultant.
Articles
Management
on Outsourcing
Team
We understand that outsourcing your legal services may be a
new concept for your company. However, the outsourcing
industry has thrived for over a decade, and globalization
creates cost savings opportunities. But don’t take our word
for it, have a look at what others are saying...

“As the ailing U.S. economy prompts companies to cut costs, it has also
spawned legal problems. As a result, clients are pressuring the law firms
they hire to trim fees. That means more routine work like legal research,
due diligence and document review is being done [overseas] at roughly half
the costs as in the U.S., outsourcers say.”

- With Times Tight, Even Lawyers Get Outsourced

The Wall Street Journal, 2008

“Latin America has arrived front and center as a desirable offshore

destination, a niche that India is most commonly thought to occupy. As a
“near-shore” destination, Latin America offers significant value and
resources when compared to Asia, especially for U.S.-based companies
attracted to the region’s cost advantages, cultural affinity and abundant
resources.”

- Destination Latin America: A Near-Shore

Alternative
A.T. Kearney, 2007

“Technology will enable projects to be ‘unbundled’. This

may mean that parts of the project are outsourced . . . and
that they are done in a systematized manner. This could
have a significant impact on the need for junior lawyers,
particularly if they start to price themselves out of the
market.”

- Ten trends that will shape the legal

market
Times Online, 2007
 “The momentum behind the current popularity of
LPO is a reaction to the steadily increasing legal
costs in the U.S. and to some extent as well the
economic headwinds in the recently faltering global
economy.”

- Is LPO Right For Your Company?

Global Services Media, 2008

“It is a simple fact that law firms make the most money on their
junior- to mid-level associates. These people are kept busy doing a
variety of tasks, some complex, but many very simple. With rates of
first-year attorneys’ at large firms now at $300 or more, and with
work goals of about 1,900 to 2,100 hours per year/per associate, the
economics become clear. A first year associate may be worth
$600,000 or more in revenue during his or her first year of service.
Yet the fully loaded costs of such an associate is around $275,000 or
so. Keeping these people busy—at the client’s expense—is among
the highest of priorities within a major law firm.”

- Are We There Yet? The Growth of Legal

Process Outsourcing
Gary M. Zeiss, 2007

“According to KPMG, traditional domestic document review expenses have

ballooned to an estimated 58 to 90 percent of a corporation's total litigation
expenses.”

- Offshore Document Review Decreases

Litigation Costs, Extends Reach of Law Firms
Business Wire, 2008

“Clients are pushing law firms like Jones Day and Kirkland & Ellis to
send basic legal tasks [offshore], where lawyers tag documents and
investigate takeover targets . . . . The firms are reacting to a trend
that will move about 50,000 U.S. legal jobs overseas by 2015,
according to Boston-based Forrester Research Inc.”

- Jones Day, Kirkland Send Work

to India to Cut costs
Bloomberg.com, 2007
 “[O]utsourcing companies contend that law firms around the world already take
the same risks when they subcontract work to local firms in their home countries.
They note it is standard practice in the legal industry to use outsiders, even if
they are not accredited attorneys, as long as the work is supervised by a lawyer.
And as in other sensitive areas involving outsourcing, including accounting and
research, analysts predict that the huge cost savings will more than offset the
risks, attracting increasing amounts of business.”

- More U.S. Legal Work Moves to India’s Low-

Cost Lawyers
The Wall Street Journal, 2005

“Starting salaries for attorneys at

some large firms now stand at
$160,000. So a U.S. company’s
simple problem can generate
hundreds of thousands of dollars in
fees.”

- Call My Lawyer… In India

Time Magazine, Apr. 3, 2008

“In addition to the cost consideration

of LPO, it may also enhance home-base
productivity by ‘freeing up’ the
customer to focus on strategic and
value-added legal work . . . .”

- Is LPO Right For Your Company?

Global Services Media, 2008

“For companies in North America and Europe the interest in Latin

America is twofold, as they view it as an alternative destination for
English-based services as well as a location to serve their large Spanish-
speaking clientele and business processes.”

- Destination Latin America: A Near-Shore

Alternative
A.T. Kearney, 2007
 “Indeed, outsourcing could ultimately change the way legal work is done in Western countries,
industry analysts and company executives say. They expect it to free up American and British
lawyers from time-consuming paperwork, allowing small firms to take on bigger cases—while
cutting the number of legal jobs needed in the U.S.”

- More U.S. Legal Work Moves to India’s Low-Cost Lawyers

The Wall Street Journal, 2005

“DuPont’s legal department has been a pioneer in cost-

cutting since the early 1990’s, saving more than $100
million over that time through automation, outsourcing,
and reducing the number of outside law firms its uses.
Offshoring is the logical next step.”

- Let’s Offshore the Lawyers

Global Business, 2006

“Bar committees in New York City, San Diego County, and Los Angles County have ruled,
expressly or implicitly, that lawyers may contract with foreign lawyers not admitted to
practice in any jurisdiction in the United States, or with nonlawyers outside the United States,
to perform legal work for U.S. clients. These authorities hold that foreign legal outsourcing
does not constitute aiding the unauthorized practice of law.”

- Ethics Opinions Allow Foreign Legal Outsourcing

American Bar Association, 2007

“Mention offshore outsourcing, and Americans

fume. But who would cry if we outsourced the
work of lawyers, with their fat fees and endless
strategies for adding years to litigation? Sounds
like a great idea . . . .”

- Let’s Offshore the Lawyers

Global Business, 2006

“Isn’t he your high-priced lawyer?”

Our People
 SENIOR MANAGEMENT
ROBERT PIERCE, JR., ESQ. – VICE PRESIDENT, TRANSACTIONAL SERVICES GROUP
Robert Pierce, a member of the California Bar, is the Vice President of the Transactional Services
Group and is in residence in the Córdoba offices of Novadios. Bob undertakes key management and
supervisory roles within the practice group and the company as a whole. He has nearly two decades
of domestic and international legal experience, most recently as Director & Associate General
Counsel at Adobe Systems Incorporated where he managed a large team of lawyers and non-lawyer
intellectual property specialists supporting strategic technology transactions, commercial
agreements and business compliance activities. Bob has held in-house positions at various other
Silicon Valley companies and has worked in private practice both inside and outside the U.S. He
graduated in 1993 from Stanford Law School and holds his BA in Political Science and Business from
UCLA. Bob authors The Software Lawyer Weblog, and he is undertaking training to qualify as a
solicitor in the Law Society of England and Wales.

JOAQUÍN ACUÑA, ESQ. – PRESIDENT, NOVADIOS GLOBAL OPERATIONS

Joaquín Acuña is the President of Novadios Global Operations. Prior to founding Novadios, Joaquín
was deeply involved in Córdoba´s outsourcing success story since his return from the United States to
his native Córdoba in 2003, when he founded the law firm of Viramonte & Acuña – Abogados. In this
capacity, Joaquín has advised numerous outsourcing clients in operations setup and ongoing business
activities in the region. Joaquín represented Apex America from its operational set-up as a new
outsourcing enterprise in 2003 through to the company’s acquisition by Sykes Enterprises in 2006,
and he served as lead counsel representing Action Line Córdoba, the region’s largest call center, in
the company’s sale of its equity to a U.S. hedge fund in 2007. From 2001 to 2003, Joaquín worked as
an associate in the business department of the San Francisco office of Morrison & Foerster, LLP.
Joaquín holds an MBA from the Royal Holloway School of Management at the University of London
and graduated in 1996 with a JD from Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (Argentina). Joaquín is a
member of both the Buenos Aires and the Córdoba Bar Associations.

ASH ANDERSON, ESQ. – PRESIDENT, NOVADIOS USA

Ashley Anderson, a member of the California Bar, is the President of Novadios, LLC and manages the
U.S. headquarters. Prior to founding Novadios, Ash was the Chief Operations Officer and General
Counsel of Comedy.com, LLC, a media start-up based in Santa Monica, California. From 2004 to 2006,
Ash served as the Director of Legal Affairs at ABC Studios where he managed the production of the
studio’s primetime television assets, including Lost and Ugly Betty. Ash began his legal career as a
corporate lawyer in the private equity groups of Kirkland & Ellis, LLP and Morrison & Foerster, LLP in
San Francisco. Ash graduated in 2000 with a JD from Stanford Law School. He also holds a Masters in
law from Oxford University, and a BA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is
undertaking training to qualify as a solicitor in the Law Society of England and Wales.

MATIAS AVILA NORES, ESQ. – PRESIDENT, NOVADIOS ARGENTINA

Matias Avila Nores is the President of Novadios, S.A. and manages the Argentine operations facility.
Prior to founding Novadios, Matias opened his Córdoba law firm, Estudio Avila Nores, parlaying 12
years of experience working for the leading Buenos Aires law firms, Allende & Brea and the Mercosur
office of the Paris-based law firm Bureau Francis Lefebvre. During this time, Matias managed the
day-to-day work of associates in all stages of M&A transactions (including due diligence, acquisition
and ancillary document drafting and negotiations, and closings). His major clients included Citibank
N.A., AIG Capital Partners, and Eximbank N.A. Matias holds an LL.M. from Duke University School of
Law and a Masters in Business Law from the Universidad Austral (Buenos Aires). Matias graduated in
1996 with a JD from Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (Argentina). He is a member of both the
Buenos Aires and the Córdoba Bar Associations.
 REPRESENTATIVE LEGAL STAFF
DANTE PUSIOL, ESQ. – COUNSEL
In 2003, Dante Pusiol co-founded Spinlock S.R.L., an Argentine research and development company
specializing in nuclear magnetic resonance technology, where he served as its General Counsel and
helped scale the company through the formation of U.S. subsidiaries and joint ventures. While at
Spinlock, Dante managed an international customer base that included Shell International Exploration &
Production, the University of New England, the US and South African branches of Pannar and the
Ukraine arm of Syngenta Seeds, and he managed and protected the company’s intellectual property
interests. Dante joined Novadios in August 2009, and has both supervised and worked on numerous
licensing, sourcing and other strategic matters across various industries including those of media,
gaming and telecommunications. Dante has a JD from the Universidad Católica de Córdoba, and he is
presently pursuing an LL.M in Intellectual Property Rights from Universidad Austral in Buenos Aires. In
2007, he studied at Leiden University in The Netherlands where he focused on international and E.U.
law, including IT and competition law. He is fluent in written and spoken English.
SEBASTIÁN HEREDIA, ESQ. – COUNSEL
Sebastián Heredia is an author and co-author of several publications relating to personal loan
securitizations, insider trading case law, anti-dumping procedures and accounting fraud. In 2008, he
worked as a consultant for Montamat & Asociados in Buenos Aires where he litigated anti-trust and anti-
dumping matters. He also served as a teaching assistant in Corporations Law at the Universidad
Nacional de Buenos Aires. Prior to this, Sebastián studied at the Universidad Pública de Navarra, Spain,
where he expanded his substantive focus, working on European Anti-Trust Law and International Trade
Law. Since joining Novadios in November 2009, Sebastián has had significant exposure to cutting-edge
matters, including digital media deals, gaming agreements, diverse software license agreements,
leasing, telecommunications and hospitality-related transactions. Sebastián has a JD from Universidad
Católica de Córdoba and is to graduate with an LL.M in Corporate Law from Universidad Austral in
Buenos Aires. He is fluent in written and spoken English.
CAROLINA MARKOWSKYJ, ESQ. – COUNSEL
After studying for three months in New York, Carolina Markowskyj returned to her hometown of
Córdoba, Argentina to obtain her law degree at one of the province’s most prestigious law schools.
While an associate at the local firm, Rodriguez Junyent, she represented the city’s municipality as one
of its litigators assisting with document review, discovery and deposition preparation. Prior to this
experience, Carolina worked with the criminal courts assisting a psychiatric profiler. Carolina joined
Novadios in February 2010, and is involved with telecom, e-commerce and hospitality-related deals.
Carolina holds a JD from Universidad Católica de Córdoba and is a qualified Notary Public. She is fluent
in written and spoken English.
HANNAH ST. VINCENT – LAW CLERK
Hannah St. Vincent, a native Australian, joined Novadios in July 2009, and she is resident in the
Córdoba offices where she provides expert project management and administrative support. Hannah
brings with her experience in both the legal services and journalism industries. She holds a BA in
Politics and Post Graduate Diploma in Journalism (PgDipJour) from Murdoch University, Western
Australia, and she is currently training to be a solicitor in the law courts of England and Wales through
the University of London’s External Programme. Hannah is proficient in written and spoken Spanish.
LINDSAY MOORE – LAW CLERK
Lindsay Moore, an Ohio native, has been resident in the Córdoba offices since March 2010. Lindsay
provides project management and editorial support, as well as administrative responsibilities for the
Novadios legal staff. Lindsay studied International Studies with a minor in Anthropology at Ohio
University, and she is presently taking further International Studies courses at the Universidad
Empresarial Siglo 21 in Córdoba. She is fluent in Spanish and is proficient in Italian and Swahili.
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Novadios, LLC Novadios Argentina S.A.

269 South Beverly Drive 25 de Mayo 36, 1er. Piso
Suite 1120 Córdoba, X5000AAC
Beverly Hills, California 90212 Argentina

Tel. 310-388-6773
Fax. 302-341-6252
contact@novadios.com
www.novadios.com
Novadios, LLC Novadios Argentina S.A.
269 South Beverly Drive 25 de Mayo 36, 1er. Piso
Suite 1120 Córdoba, X5000AAC
Beverly Hills, California 90212 Argentina

Tel. 310-388-6773
Fax. 302-341-6252
contact@novadios.com
www.novadios.com