Ranked in 2 Practice Areas
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Band 1

Projects & Energy

Uruguay

6 Years Ranked

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Banking & Finance

Uruguay

16 Years Ranked

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Provided by Juan Manuel Mercant

Latin America

Practice Areas

Expert in Banking & Finance, Energy & Infrastructure and Antitrust. Experience in huge project finance transactions (assisting lenders or sponsors) and major competition cases.

He has participated actively in corporate and structured financing. Recently, he acted as leading advisor for several renewable energy and fuel fossil companies and infrastructure projects, at different stages: design, development (agreement negotiation with authorizing entities including Power Purchase Agreements and Product Sharing Agreements, Public- Private Partnerships, Concessions), building and operation (EPC and O&M agreements), farm-in and farm-outs of projects and their financing. In Antitrust matters, he leaded the main landmark cases in anticompetitive behavior, cartels and pre-merger controls.

Career

Juan Manuel teaches graduate courses “Antitrust” at the Catholic University of Uruguay.

Pérez Alati, Grondona, Benites, Arntsen & Martínez de Hoz – Buenos Aires (1999).

Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, New York, (2000-01).

Personal

He has been recognised by prestigious international publications such as Chambers and Partners, The Legal 500, IFLR, Latin Lawyer and Who’s Who Legal for his outstanding performance in the above-mentioned áreas. He has been recognised LACCA Approved Lawyer by the Latin American Corporate Counsel Association. He is ranked among the top deal makers in Uruguay by Latin Lawyer and has recently participated in one winner deal of the IFLR Americas Awards Deal of the Year.

He is member of:

-The World Energy Council – Uruguayan Chapter

-The Uruguayan Bar Association since 1999

-Officer of the Latin American Regional Forum of the IBA since 2015.

-The Energy Think Tank of the Catholic University.

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