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Juan Andrés Urgoiti

Juan Andrés Urgoiti

Work Department

Banking

Position

Juan Andrés is Of Counsel in the Montevideo office. He focuses his practice on asset recovery, bankruptcy, and judicial liquidations, as well as debt refinancing and restructuring. He regularly advises the Asset and Risk Recovery Department of Banco Santander.

He also advises the Legal Department of Banco Santander, leading the team that participates in all the legal proceedings against the Bank, in civil, commercial, and consumer protection matters. He has participated in several important cases in dispute resolution.

Career

Experience Banco Santander: Advising on the bankruptcy and judicial proceedings and liquidations of Santos CMI Construcciones; Cereoil Uruguay S.A.; Cosechas del Uruguay S.A., Grupo WISA, Fripur, Motociclo, and Frigorífico La Constancia. Cosechas del Uruguay S.A., Grupo WISA, Fripur, Motociclo, and Frigorífico La Constancia. Banco Santander: Advising on debt restructuring of Autolider, Molino Cañuelas and Neutral Duty Free Shop. General Electric: Advice in the insolvency proceedings of Casa de Galicia. Confidential client: Advice in judicial dispute regarding the bankruptcy claim arising from the breach of a series of contracts for the micro power generation of photovoltaic energy. Real estate developer: sponsorship in lawsuits filed for contractual liability and declaration of Economic Group, obtaining a favorable sentence before the Court of Appeals.

Languages

Spanish and English

Memberships

Member, Bankruptcy Law Commission of the Bar Association

Education

Universidad Austral, 2022, Diploma in Banking Law and Capital Markets

Universidad de Alcalá de Henares (Spain), 2014, Master in business law

Universidad de la República (Uruguay), School of Law, 2012, Lawyer