OTHER JURISDICTIONS FIRM BRIEFINGS Galante & Martins
2012 Firm Overview Cross-border experience
Argentina, Brazil, Guatemala, Mexico
Most active disciplines Disputes: Financial and corporate, Tax Financial and corporate: Banking, Commodities trading and energy derivatives, Investment funds, Equipment/asset finance, M&A, Private equity, Project finance Public: Competition, Construction, Environmental, Land, Projects, Regulatory Tax: Corporate tax, Indirect tax, Transfer pricing
Key energy sectors
LNG, Mining and metals, Oil and gas, Renewables, Power networks and distribution
Key infrastructure sectors Airports and aviation, Ports and shipping, Rail, Roads, Water and sewage
Key partners Robert Miller, Martín Pérez Tomeo, José Luis Sosa, Diego Galante
Galante & Martins has been a part of Uruguay’s legal system since 1951 and is one of the largest firms in the country. The firm is currently advising a Uruguayan public company on the
designing and structuring of renewable energy projects, including a 50MW wind farm. The transaction is valued at $65 million. Galante & Martins is also working with Secco Group to develop a $350 million generation plant that will utilise waste biomass as an energy source. The plant will be located in Montevideo City.
Guyer & Regules
2012 Firm Overview Most active disciplines
Disputes: Financial and corporate, Public, Tax Financial and corporate: Banking, Commodities trading and energy derivatives, M&A, Private equity, Project finance Public: Competition, Construction, Employment, Environmental, Land, Projects, Regulatory Tax: Corporate tax
Key energy sectors
LNG, Mining and metals, Oil and gas, Power networks and distribution, Renewables, Traditional power
Key infrastructure sectors Airports and aviation, Ports and shipping, Rail, Roads, Water and sewage
Key partners Federico Susena, Juan Manuel Mercant
Guyer & Regules’ energy & natural resources department is the largest in Uruguay and has participated in some of the most important deals in the country. The firm took part in the drafting of the framework for the construction and operation and maintenance of the natural gas pipeline that connects Argentina with Uruguay as well as in the drafting of ANCAP’s (the state-owned Oil and gas company) privatisation law passed by the Parliament but annulled by a referendum. In September 2012, Guyer & Regules assisted BG Group, Total, and
Tullow, in the second bidding round for Uruguay’s offshore exploration blocks, organised by ANCAP. The advice included the analysis of reg- ulatory matters and the framework in effect. Guyer & Regules is providing ongoing legal advice to Grupo For-
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tuny in the bidding process for the execution of power purchase agree- ments for wind energy. The firm is assisting Grupo with the negotia- tions with landowners for the land acquisitions for the installation of the wind farm, and also with unavoidable easements for the projects, negotiations with UTE, submission of the offer, and negotiation and preparation of the PPA (Power Purchase Agreement). Guyer & Regules has assisted Axion Energy in its entrance into Uruguay following the purchase of Esso gas stations, and is currently assisting the company in the daily management of its operations and representing it before reg- ulators in matters arising out of downstream regulations.
Hughes & Hughes
2012 Firm Overview Most active disciplines
Disputes: Financial and corporate, Tax, Public Financial and corporate: Banking, Commodities trading and energy derivatives, Equipment/asset finance, Investment funds, M&A, Private equity, Project finance Public: Construction, Environmental Projects, Regulatory Tax: Corporate tax, Indirect tax, Transfer pricing
Key energy sectors
LNG, Mining and metals, Oil and gas, Power networks and distribution, Renewables, Traditional power
Key infrastructure sectors Airports and aviation, Ports and shipping, Rail, Roads, Water and sewage
Key partners Marcela Hughes, Haroldo Espalter, Bernardo Porras
Hughes & Hughes has been involved in many high-profile transactions in the Uruguayan energy and infrastructure sectors. Attorneys Marcela Hughes, Mariana Estradé, and Clara Villaamil
worked with DYCASA to submit a proposal in September 2012 for the reconstruction of Route 3. The value of the proposal is confidential. In August 2012, the firm provided regulatory, corporate and tax related assistance to Italian firm Ansaldo Energia in a $600 million bid, called by the national Electricity Public Entity, to operate a combined cycle power plant in Punta del Tigre. In October 2012, Hughes and Lucia Ottati represented an Australia-
based petroleum exploration and development firm, Petrel Energy, in due diligence of Schuepbach Energy Uruguay and Schuepbach Energy España. The Hughes & Hughes lawyers provided counsel to Petrel in the acquisition of Schuepbach’s petroleum exploration interests in Uruguay and Spain for an undisclosed amount. Currently, the firm is representing Odebrecht Energia in a biomass energy project, and representing Hoegh in bid for a LNG plant.
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