Liability of the foreign company’s representative (art. 121 LGS)
The representative of a foreign company bears the same liabilities as company administrators and, for unregulated foreign types, those of directors of stock corporations.
What article 121
Article 121 sets the liability of a foreign company’s representative in Argentina.
The representative of a company incorporated abroad incurs the same liabilities that this law provides for administrators and, in the case of company types not regulated herein, those of directors of stock corporations.
Source: Law 19,550, art. 121 — InfoLEG (updated official text)
Commentary
A person acting for a foreign company in Argentina is not merely an agent: the representative is liable as a local administrator and owes duties of diligence and loyalty. This gives third parties an identifiable responsible person in the country.
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