Professional experience
He works in the firm’s Corporate Law Department, mainly focusing on Antitrust, Projects and Energy, and Banking and Finance Law. His practice includes advising national and international companies on project development, as well as banking institutions on financial and commercial transactions. He has vast experience in stock purchase agreements, mergers and acquisitions, shareholders’ agreements, loans, infrastructure projects and business contracts.
In the area of Antitrust, he regularly advises companies on economic concentration transactions and in cases related to anti-competitive practices.
In 2022, he worked in the Madrid office of Linklaters, in the areas of Corporate and Financial Law, as well as Capital Markets.
In the academic field, he is a Professor of Comparative Law – Legal Systems, at the Law School of Universidad Católica del Uruguay and a contributor to “Revista de Doctrina y Jurisprudencia de Derecho Civil “ (Journal of Civil Law Doctrine and Jurisprudence).
Publications
- “Nulidad y sanción” (2014). Revista Ruptura.
- “Anuario y Regla de Reconocimiento” (2014). Revista Ruptura.
- “Aceptando la discrecionalidad judicial” (2015). Revista Ruptura.
- “El concepto de consumidor en el derecho uruguayo” (2017). Revista Rueda.
- ‘Breve crítica a la aplicación directa de principios constitucionales en el Derecho Civil’. Revista de Doctrina y Jurisprudencia de Derecho Civil.
- ‘Acerca de la relevancia de la falta de cooperación del acreedor’. Revista de Doctrina y Jurisprudencia de Derecho Civil.
- ‘¿Por qué protegemos? Reflexiones acerca de las razones para regular las Relaciones de Consumo en Uruguay’, Revista de Doctrina y Jurisprudencia de Derecho Civil.
- ‘Covid-19 and the change of circumstances in comparative contract law’, International Bar Association (IBA), Young Lawyers’ Committee publications.
- ‘Viabilidad del pacto de retroventa con finalidad de garantía’. Revista de Doctrina y Jurisprudencia de Derecho Civil
Education:
- Doctor of Law and Social Sciences – Universidad de la República
- LLM in Comparative and European Private Law – Edinburgh Law School – The University of Edinburgh
- Specialized in Civil Law with an emphasis on Contractual Civil Law – Universidad Católica del Uruguay
Languages:
- Spanish and English.