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Banking & Finance

Uruguay

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Provided by Florencia Castagnola

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Practice Areas

Banking & Finance and Corporate/M&A. Her practice includes advising financial institutions in all types of banking transactions, financings (local o cross-border) and foreign trade, public and private offer of securities, sovereign debt transactions, corporate M&A, compliance matters and the fintech arena. Her area of practice also includes mergers and acquisitions, having, through the years, advised the major international and national companies in relevant projects in Uruguay. She has also focused on providing advice on compliance issues, including areas such as data protection as well as anti-money laundering.

Career

Master in Corporate Law, University of Montevideo (2004-05). Also has an LLM in Corporate Law at New York University (New York, 2005-06). Has taught Financial Law at the University of Montevideo as Assistant Professor. Worked at Cleary Gotlieb Steen & Hamilton (New York, 2006-07).

Personal

She has been recognised by prestigious international publications such as Chambers and Partners and The Legal 500 for her outstanding performance in the area of financial and banking law. She has also been recognised by Chambers and Partners as “Gender Diversity Lawyer of the Year” for her involvement in gender diversity matters. In 2022 she was recognised as Woman Leader by IFLR. She has recently participated in the issuance of the world's first-ever sustainability-linked bond. This deal was awarded as Deal of the Year by IFLR in the 2023 IFLR Americas Awards. Addiitionally, she has participated in the winner deal of the 17th annual Latin Lawyer Awards.

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