{"id":723,"date":"2025-07-02T07:05:22","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T07:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/levoshin.com\/?p=723"},"modified":"2025-07-02T07:08:43","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T07:08:43","slug":"burford-vs-argentina-ypf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/levoshin.com\/en\/burford-vs-argentina-ypf\/","title":{"rendered":"Burford vs. Argentina: The $16B Legal Battle over YPF"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-\u043d\u0430\u0446\u0438\u043e\u043d\u0430\u043b\u0438\u0437\u0430\u0446\u0438\u044f-ypf-\u043a\u0430\u043a-\u043d\u0430\u0447\u0430\u043b\u0441\u044f-\u043a\u043e\u043d\u0444\u043b\u0438\u043a\u0442\">YPF\u2019s Nationalization: Where It All Began<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This story deserves a movie. And like all great dramas, it starts with national pride and ends at the doors of a U.S. courthouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2012, President Cristina Kirchner\u2019s government nationalized the oil company YPF. Argentina bought the controlling stake from Spain\u2019s Repsol\u2014but conveniently \u201cforgot\u201d about other shareholders, particularly the Petersen Group, linked to the Eskenazi family. Losing the chance to sell their 25% stake, they didn\u2019t fight alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-burford-capital-\u044e\u0440\u0438\u0434\u0438\u0447\u0435\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0435-\u0438\u043d\u0432\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0438\u0446\u0438\u0438-\u0441-\u043c\u0438\u043b\u043b\u0438\u0430\u0440\u0434\u043d\u043e\u0439-\u043e\u0442\u0434\u0430\u0447\u0435\u0439\">Burford Capital: When Lawsuits Become Investments<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Enter Burford Capital\u2014a litigation finance firm that invests in lawsuits. In 2015, it bought the claims from Petersen and Eton Park, hired lawyers, and launched a legal battle against Argentina in New York. After 10 years, the court ruled in their favor: Argentina had violated shareholder rights. The damages? $16.1 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-\u0441\u0443\u0434\u0435\u0431\u043d\u043e\u0435-\u0440\u0435\u0448\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0435-\u0432-\u043d\u044c\u044e-\u0439\u043e\u0440\u043a\u0435-16-1-\u043c\u043b\u0440\u0434-\u0438-\u0430\u043a\u0446\u0438\u0438-ypf\">The Verdict: $16 Billion and 51% of YPF<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, a federal judge in Manhattan ordered Argentina to hand over 51% of YPF shares to comply with the ruling. Those shares are valued at $6\u20138 billion. And if Argentina doesn\u2019t hand them over voluntarily? 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It\u2019s a reminder: not even sovereign states are immune to commercial law\u2014especially when their assets are parked in New York.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And yes, if Netflix turned this into a series, it would have it all\u2014oil, politics, Wall Street lawyers, an aging Argentine dynasty, a judge in a black robe, and headlines worth billions.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How Burford Capital turned a forgotten nationalization into a $16B legal win against Argentina.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-argentina","category-business"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ 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