Lawyers in Uruguay

Agustina Pérez Lete

Senior Associate

Ferrere

Agustina Rodríguez

Senior Associate

Ferrere

Agustina Silva

Senior Associate

Hughes & Hughes

Agustín Mayer

Regional Managing Partner

Ferrere

Alberto Baroffio

Partner

Ferrere

Alejandra García

Senior Associate

Ferrere

Alejandro Alterwain

Counsel

Ferrere

Alejandro Miller

Alejandro Miller, lawyer, mainly works in the Banking & Corporate Department, specialising in corporate, bankruptcy, insolvency proceedings and maritime law.

Guyer & Regules

Alejandro Pintos

Partner

Ferrere

Alfredo Arocena

Senior Associate

Dentons Jiménez de Aréchaga

Alfredo Taullard

Partner. Complex Litigation/ Asset Recovery and Insolvency/ Arbitration/ Commercial Law/ Mining Law

Hughes & Hughes

Andrés Aznarez

Posadas

Andrés Tiscornia

Andrés Tiscornia is a Senior Associate in the Montevideo office and a member of the Litigation and Dispute Resolution team. He assists clients in varied litigation practices that includes commercial, civil and penalty litigation matters as well as arbitration procedures.

Dentons Jiménez de Aréchaga

Antonella Coitinho

Associate

Castellán Abogados

Aparicio Howard

Aparicio Howard is a Senior Associate in the Montevideo office. He is member of the Corporate and Litigation groups. His daily practice focuses in Civil Law, Commercial Law and Real Estate.

Dentons Jiménez de Aréchaga

Beatriz Spiess

Beatriz Spiess, notary. Specializes in structuring, financing and promotion of real estate investments, assisting developers in all stages of their projects (housing and commercial). She also advises retail companies in commercial leases and agreements. She has vast experience advising both sponsors and lenders in the purchase, sale and project financing of renewable energy projects, mainly photovoltaic and wind. Moreover, her knowledge of regulatory and environmental matters has been key in providing regulatory analysis and advice regarding compliance, in both energy and infrastructure projects.

Guyer & Regules

Bernardo Porras

Partner. Co-head of the Hughes & Hughes Dispute Resolution Department. He is specialized in Dispute Resolution, Asset Recovery and Insolvency, Arbitration, Administrative Law, Private-Public Projects, and Banking Law.

Hughes & Hughes

Bruno Steneri

Bruno Steneri is a Senior Associate in the Montevideo office. He is a member of the Litigation and Dispute Resolution group, in addition to the Insurance and Reinsurance area and the Antitrust team. One of Bruno's main focuses is the daily advice to Banco Itaú Uruguay in the implementation of loans to the Bank's clients, in the enforcement and recovery of assets in bankruptcy proceedings and debt restructuring, assisting Banco Itaú Uruguay in numerous litigations. He has advised Banco Itaú with respect to asset recovery, obtaining a high recovery rate in several proceedings. He also participates in the restructuring of debts of the bank's clients. In antitrust matters, he participates in complaints as either a plaintiff or defendant, prepares for investigations, assists with merger notifications, and advises both sellers and buyers. In the Insurance and Reinsurance area, he advises Zurich Santander Seguros Uruguay S.A. in its daily operations in the different products offered in the market and in the drafting of the different policies so that they are adapted to the current insurance regulations and also in compliance with the provisions on consumer protection. Since 2022, he has been a member of the Lawyers' Committee of the Uruguayan Association of Insurance Companies ("AUDEA"). Additionally, he advises and defends Zurich against policyholder claims. Between 2014 and 2018, he served as an assistant to Professor Camilo Martínez Blanco in the Insolvency Law department at the University of Montevideo. In 2022, he returned to the same department as an assistant professor, and starting in 2023, he has been granted a dedicated section in the "Legal Industry Review" magazine where he writes articles on a range of insolvency-related topics. For seven years, he was a member of the "Litigation and Arbitration" team at Ferrere Abogados. During this time, he provided counsel to companies and organizations in pre-litigation negotiations and complex litigation. His responsibilities included analyzing and selecting strategies, planning, preparing legal briefs, and executing agreements. Additionally, he has been involved in various arbitration proceedings, such as those related to commercial, construction, engineering, and energy issues.

Dentons Jiménez de Aréchaga

Carlos Brandes

Carlos Brandes, lawyer and notary. Head of Dispute Resolution Team. His vast practice includes complex civil and commercial litigation, international commercial arbitration, civil fraud litigation, torts and antitrust, being specialist in procedural and civil and commercial law. Partner at Guyer & Regules.

Guyer & Regules

Carlos Falco

Partner.

Ferrere

Carolina Bianchi

Carolina Bianchi is an associate in the Montevideo office. She is a member of the Corporate, Banking and Project Finance practice groups. Her focus is on Infrastructure and PPP projects, particularly those involving the construction of new railroads in Uruguay. She has advised in relation to the administrative procedures regarding the vial PPP's and the negotiation of the project contracts, and structuring the financing of said operations. She also deals with various corporate issues as well as administrative matters in the corporate assessment area.

Dentons Jiménez de Aréchaga

Clara Porro

Senior Associate

Ferrere

Clara Villaamil

Senior Associate

Hughes & Hughes

Corina Bove

Corina Bove, lawyer, specializes in corporate and banking matters. Her practice includes participation in mergers and acquisitions, public and private securities' offerings, project finance as well as corporate and banking law. She also assists clients on trust matters, mainly those related to financial transactions and M&A. Partner at Guyer & Regules.

Guyer & Regules