Avocats – Uruguay

Héctor Viana

Hector B. Viana is the Managing partner in the Montevideo office. He is responsible for handling matters of leading multinational companies, such as, General Electric, Disney (Fox Group), Google, Hidrovias, Dole, Linde, Marfrig, and other internationally first rated companies. His main practice areas are corporate/finance, real estate, technology related, agribusiness and restructurings.

Dentons Jiménez de Aréchaga

Ignacio Demarco

Ignacio Demarco is partner in the Montevideo office. He is a member of the Labour and Employment and Social Security Department.

Dentons Jiménez de Aréchaga

Inés Melgar

Associate

Hughes & Hughes

Isabel Hounie

Counsel

Ferrere

Isabel Laventure

Partner

Ferrere

Javier Berdaguer

Javier Berdaguer, lawyer, mainly works in Intellectual Property Department and Corporate & Banking Department. Partner at Guyer & Regules.

Guyer & Regules

Jimena González

Jimena González is an Associate in the Montevideo office. She has vast experience handling the day-to-day needs of clients and resolving complex regulatory matters for multinational clients. She is a member of the Commercial and Civil Law group. Jimena focuses on corporate matters such as company transactions, acquisitions and commercial agreements. She also specializes in mergers and acquisitions, agricultural-livestock corporations and environmental law (with a focus on ESG approach).

Dentons Jiménez de Aréchaga

Jonas Bergstein

Bergstein Abogados

Juan Andrés Urgoiti

Juan Andrés is Of Counsel in the Montevideo office. He focuses his practice on asset recovery, bankruptcy, and judicial liquidations, as well as debt refinancing and restructuring. He regularly advises the Asset and Risk Recovery Department of Banco Santander. He also advises the Legal Department of Banco Santander, leading the team that participates in all the legal proceedings against the Bank, in civil, commercial, and consumer protection matters. He has participated in several important cases in dispute resolution.

Dentons Jiménez de Aréchaga

Juan Deffeminis

Posadas

Juan Ignacio Torres Negreira

Leading Associate

Bergstein Abogados

Juan Manuel Albacete

Juan Manuel Albacete, lawyer, mainly works in the Banking and Corporate Department and Tax Department. Partner at Guyer & Regules.

Guyer & Regules

Juan Manuel Mercant

Juan Manuel Mercant, lawyer. Expert in Banking & Finance, Energy & Infrastructure and Antitrust. Experience in huge project finance transactions (assisting lenders or sponsors) and major competition cases. Partner at Guyer & Regules.

Guyer & Regules

Leonardo Melos

Head of Litigation Group

Bergstein Abogados

Leonardo Slinger

Leonardo Slinger, lawyer, mainly concentrates his activities in the Labour and Litigation Departments. His practice includes advising on labour matters, companies’ reorganisations, negotiations with unions in conflictive collective cases, social security issues and migrations. Specialist in labour law, he also handles labour, civil and commercial litigation. Professor of labour law at three law schools in Uruguay. Partner at Guyer & Regules.

Guyer & Regules

Lucía Aguerre

Lucía Aguerre is a Senior Associate and head of the Intellectual Property Department at Dentons Jiménez de Aréchaga (Montevideo).

Dentons Jiménez de Aréchaga

Lucía Barrios

Posadas

Lucía Carbajal

Posadas

Magdalena Castagno

Associate

Hughes & Hughes

Magela Ramon

Senior Associate

Hughes & Hughes

Maite Gaynicotche

Maite Gaynicotche is an Associate in the Montevideo office. She actively participates in the Banking, Corporate and Data Privacy & Cybersecurity and Technology practice groups, providing assistance on a daily basis to local and international clients operating in Uruguay on banking and corporate law matters, as well as privacy and technology issues. She has also advised Banco Santander in numerous litigation processes regarding bankruptcy and asset recovery.

Dentons Jiménez de Aréchaga

Manuel Lecuona

Partner.

Ferrere

Marcela Severi

Associate

Hughes & Hughes

Marcos Payssé

Marcos Payssé, lawyer, mainly works in Banking, Corporate and M&A Department. Partner at Guyer & Regules.

Guyer & Regules