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Bernardo Porras

Bernardo Porras

Work Department

Dispute Resolution

Position

Partner. Co-head of the Hughes & Hughes Dispute Resolution Department. He is specialized in Dispute Resolution, Asset Recovery and Insolvency, Arbitration, Administrative Law, Private-Public Projects, and Banking Law.

Career

Bernardo Porras joined Hughes & Hughes in 1997 and was admitted to the bar in 2000. He became partner in 2008.

Specialized in dispute resolution, insolvency, restructuring, banking and governmental liabilities; has strong experience counselling bank liquidations in dealing with transnational litigation and asset recovery, especially assisting victims of financial frauds.

Professor of Administrative Law, Universidad de la República Oriental del Uruguay.

Lecturer at national seminars on diverse matters related to Administrative and Procedural Law, including Project Finance, PPP’s, Public Trusts and Antitrust Law.

Former President of Legal Matters’ Commission of the Uruguayan Bar Association.

Languages

Spanish English

Memberships

Uruguayan Bar Association International Chamber of Commerce – Fraudnet INSOL International Uruguayan Association of Counsel in Insolvency and Company Restructuring Matters Uruguayan Tax Studies Institute Uruguayan Administrative Studies Institute Uruguayan Procedural Law Association

Education

Doctor in Law and Social Sciences, Montevideo, Uruguay; 2000 Academy of American and International Law, Dallas, TX. 2001

Leisure

Family activities, Soccer, Golf.

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