Corporate/M&A - Uruguay
Band 2
What the Team is Known For
Dentons Jiménez de Aréchaga possesses a well-regarded practice group with a wealth of experience handling sophisticated corporate matters in Uruguay. The team regularly advises hailing from the food and beverage, agribusiness and retail spheres on a range of mandates, including mergers and acquisitions and stock purchase, distribution and franchise agreements. The department also provides counsel on corporate governance and supports clients in the startup arena, assisting both strategic investors and emerging fintech players.
Strengths
The team at Dentons Jiménez de Aréchaga provide fast turnaround times and are attentive to urgent deadlines. Their practitioners are also very strong in corporate governance matters.
Notable practitioners
Significant partner Nicolás Herrera Alonso has extensive experience assisting clients with strategic acquisitions, divestments and corporate restructurings. He also advises clients on their entry into the Uruguayan market and the drafting of commercial agreements.
Nicolás Herrera Alonso is always available to understand situations and provide the correct business strategy, creating tailor-made solutions. His client service is professional, friendly and close.
Key partner Fernando Jiménez de Aréchaga continues to assist notable construction and banking clients with a range of corporate transactions in Uruguay. He is dual-qualified to practise in Uruguay and New York.
Fernando Jiménez de Aréchaga has a high capacity for analysis, which allows him to immediately understand the problems that arise.
Noteworthy partner Virginia Brause is singled out for praise by the Uruguayan market for her work assisting key international clients from the food and beverage industry in large-scale M&A deals.
Virginia Brause is a pleasure to work with due to her integrity, transparency and ethics. Alongside this, she provides strategic solutions to problems that arise, with a very good commercial vision.
Associate-to-watch Jimena González garners praise in the Uruguayan market for her strong work in due diligence processes for M&A.
Jimena González's answers are clear and fast, and she is an excellent professional.
