About this office:
Dr. Rodolfo Mezzera (Minister of Education in 1917) started the Firm in 1907 with Dr. Gabriel Terra (later President of Uruguay) joining in 1926 Dr. Ramón Bado (Senator, Minister of Internal Affairs, Minister of Agriculture). Dr. Rodolfo Mezzera Alvarez (Professor of Commercial, Maritime and Aviation Law, and Dean of Facultad de Derecho y Cioncias Sociales), joined in 1935. From that moment on, the Firm actively advises both national and international companies up to the present.
Statement of Practice Summary:
General Practice, Litigation, Mediation, Civil Law, Commercial Law, Administrative Law, International, Labour Law, Criminal Law, Agency and Distributorship, International Contracts, Foreign Investments. Banking, Securities Regulation, Corporate Law, Admiralty and Maritime Law, Insurance, Aviation, Real Estate, Taxation, Mining, Patent, Trademark, Free Zones, Environmental Law, Internet Law, Communication Law.
Year Established: 1907
Representative Clients:
Federal Express Corp. (air cargo - USA); Wachovia Securities Uruguay; Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC; Wachovia Corporation; Central Bank of Uruguay; Thesis (Uruguay) Administradora de Fondos de Inversión S.A. (Fund Manager); United Airlines Inc. (airline - USA); Air Canada (airline - Canada); Sea Containers Services Ltd. (containers lease - G.B.); Nedlloyd Lijnen (Shipowners - Holland); Norsk Hydro a.s., (Norway); Subaru Uruguay (car importers); Impresit Sideco SAICIF (Civil Engineering Construction) Argentina; Manliba S.A. (Garbage Collector) Argentina; AFITYC (Tobacco manuf. Union); Centro de Navegación (ship owners and ship agents union); Compañia Industrial de Tabacos Monte Paz S.A.; La Republicana S.A. (tobacco manuf.); Fernando Garcia S.A. (general store); S.A. Cristalerias del Uruguay (glass manuf.); Cámara de Importadores de Vehículos Automotores (car importers union); Netgate (Internet access provider); Credit Agricole (Bank-France); Diaz, Pistrelli y Asociados (Arthur Andersen) (Auditors-Argentine); Esso Española S.A. (Fuel-Spain); Hydro-Québec International (Energy Production-Canada); Yara (crop nutrients - fertilizers); Malaysia Airlines (Airline-Malaysia); Mobil Chemical Co. (USA); United States Aviation Underwriters Inc. (Airline Insurance-USA); Sheraton Hotel & Resort (Hotels-USA); Cristalpet S.A. (plastic containers manuf.); Radio Sarandi (communications); La Tahona S.A. (Real Estate Private Developments); Edwards Lifesciences (Medical devices); Pisano (vineyards). References: United States Embassy (Montevideo); Cámara de Comercio Uruguay-Estados Unidos; Crèdit Uruguay Banco; Banco Santander; Solomon Blum Heymann & Stich, LLP (NY); Freindenberg, Freindenberg & Lifsic (Buenos Aires); Vitolo Abogados (Buenos Aires); Miguel Neto Advogados (Sao Paulo).
Languages: Spanish, English, French, Italian and Portuguese.
Law Firm Affiliations: INTERLEGAL NETWORK