Mariana Estrade

Practice Areas

Mariana is specialized in the fields of M&A, Corporate and International Law advising local and foreign companies, to set up and develop their businesses in our country. She also has ample experience in Project Finance -in particular of Energy Projects- and during the last years, she has been largely devoted to the environmental area, assisting clients with all environmental compliance and regulatory issues, the performance of legal environmental audits and with respect to environmental aspects related to land planning and land uses’ regulations.

Professional Memberships

- Uruguayan Bar Association

- International Bar Association (IBA)

- Officer IBA Section on Public and Professional Interest (SPPI) Council (since 2019)

- Co-chair IBA Young Lawyers Committee (2017 - 2018)

- Member of the Board of Directors of the Uruguayan Bar Association (2015 - 2016)

- Member of the Environmental Law Committee of the Uruguayan Bar Association

- Member of the Uruguayan Center of Environmental Law, Facultad de Derecho, Universidad de la República

Publications

- “How do countries who are signatories to the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods enforce product liability claims for goods sold?” (Estudios Jurídicos No.3, 2007)

-“The ICSID Convention and the Uruguayan Constitution” (Newsletter of the International Bar Association Legal Practice Division, Latin American Regional Forum, VOL. 5 No. 1, March 2012)

- “Environmental principles applicable to shared natural resources – analysis of the ICJ Final Judgment on the Pulp Mills case (Argentina v

Uruguay)”, (Newsletter of the International Bar Association Legal Practice Division, Environment, Health and Safety Law Committee, VOL. 8, No. 1, April 2012).

- “Aprobación del Protocolo de Cartagena: ¿un cambio de visión para Uruguay”, (Article submitted to the X Jornadas Rioplatenses de Derecho (May 10-12, 2012, San Isidro, Argentina).

Personal

- Assistant Professor in Environmental Law at the Universidad de la República del Uruguay (since 2008)

- Assistant Professor in Private International Law at the Universidad Católica del Uruguay (2005 – 2012)

- Awarded with a Merits’ Scholarship by the Universidad Católica del Uruguay during the Law Career.

- Awarded with a scholarship for young lawyers granted by the International Sales,

Franchising and Product Law Section of the International Bar Association to attend the

IBA’s Annual Conference taking place in Singapore, 14th - 19th October 2007.

- Was speaker at several conferences and seminars regarding Environmental Law and Corporate Law, including: “Is Latin America ready for private water? Uruguayan Regime: Past lessons and water sector after the 2004 Constitutional Amendment” (IBA

Annual Conference, Buenos Aires, 2008);

- “Legal mechanisms for the access to justice in environmental matters” (CAU, 2008); “International Instruments related to Climate

Change” (CAU 2009)

- “Pulp mills and shared natural resources” (CAU, 2010)

- “Land Planning and Sustainable Development Act” (CAU, 2013).

Work Highlights

She is part of the team that assists UPM-Kymmene in its project of the new pulp mill and its associated infrastructure (railway network, roads and port terminal specialized in pulp in the Port of Montevideo), with an approximate cost of USD 4 billion, having participated both in the negotiation process of the investment contract with the government of Uruguay, as well as currently during its implementation and development, leading the area of ​​environmental, corporate and regulatory legal advice.

Industry Sector Expertise

Mergers &Acquisitions

Corporate Law

Environmental Law

International Law

Project Finance

Projects & Energy

Languages Spoken

-English

-Spanish

Education

Awards