Market: Uruguay

Featured in Latin Lawyer Elite 2021

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12 May 2021

Gómez-Acebo Pombo in Madrid and Hughes & Hughes in Montevideo have helped Dutch investment group DIF Capital Partners acquire a Uruguayan subsidiary of German wind turbine manufacturer Enercon in a deal that also involved a debt refinancing.

07 May 2021

Uruguayan law firm Guyer & Regules has helped Dominican car trader Magna Motors acquire Uruguay’s sole distributor of BMW vehicles, Automotores Motor Haus, for US$20 million.

28 April 2021

David Toscano, a former senior associate at Latin American firm Ferrere who has worked on investment claims against Ecuador, has launched his own disputes boutique in Quito.

21 April 2021

Uruguay’s antitrust authority has imposed remedies on a merger for the first time as it conditionally approved Iberia’s proposed purchase of Air Europa.

19 April 2021

Guyer & Regules has helped consortium Grupo San José raise US$97 million through a loan and debt issuance to fund the construction of a toll-free motorway in southern Uruguay.

14 April 2021

Guyer & Regules has helped German chemical company BASF and its Uruguayan subsidiary settle a litigation case with local agribusiness company Solaris regarding the termination of distribution contracts.

12 April 2021

Guyer & Regules and Amorín Abogados have helped Uruguayan hotel operator Tonosol restructure a US$30 million debt package as part of a deal that also saw the company sell its hospitality business to US real estate group White Elephant.

26 March 2021

Belgian logistics group Katoen Natie has agreed not to pursue a US$1.5 billion International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) claim against Uruguay after the state extended the life of its concession for a container terminal at the port of Montevideo.

19 March 2021

DLA Piper LLP in New York and Guyer & Regules in Montevideo have helped the Uruguayan branch of BBVA raise US$15 million in the country’s first sustainable bond issuance.

08 March 2021