Alfredo Arocena > Dentons Jiménez de Aréchaga > Montevideo, Uruguay > Lawyer Profile
Dentons Jiménez de Aréchaga Offices
EDIFICIO JIMÉNEZ DE ARÉCHAGA
ZABALA 1504
11000 MONTEVIDEO
Uruguay
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Alfredo Arocena
Work Department
Projects and Energy/ Corporate
Position
Alfredo is a senior associate of the Montevideo office. He is a member of the Corporate and Banking Law and the Projects and Infrastructure departments.
Career
Alfredo focuses on corporate and financing transactions, especially mergers and acquisitions and project finance, and in public procurement processes (particularly public-private partnerships and concession contracts). In his daily practice, Alfredo advises on corporate and commercial law matters both to local and foreign clients from a variety of sectors, including, energy, infrastructure, agribusiness, finance, and services.
Alfredo is a co-author of the Uruguayan Private Equity chapter of the Global Practice Guide 2023 of Chambers & Partners.
In 2022 Alfredo worked in the Dentons’ offices of Bolivia, where he acquired good comprehension of such market and developed strong contacts with clients of such office, especially bilateral investors of Uruguay and Bolivia.
Experience
- Vesta Software Group: Advised the client in the acquisition of Datalogic, Uruware and GSoft, Uruguayan companies from the IT services and software development sectors.
- Consortium Copetrol, Acodike and Elindur Investment: Advised the consortium comprised of Paraguayan Copetrol, Acodike and Argentinian Elindur Investment in the acquisition of 100% of the shares in Axion Comercialización de Combustibles y Lubricantes S.A., a company engaged in the business of distribution and sale of fuel and lubricants which counts with a network of 98 gas stations.
- Marfrig: Advised the meat processor in the contracts related to its project to increase its Tacuarembó, Uruguay, slaughterhouse in the context of a US$50M investment.
- Banco Santander anc Caixabank: advising the financial institutiones, as local counsel, in the debt refinancing of Ladaner S.A., a company which owns Cerro Grande Wind Farm (50 MW) located in the department of Cerro Largo, Uruguay.
- Sacyr Concesiones, Saceem, NGE Concessions, and Berkes: Advised the construction companies in the bidding, project development and financing of the Central Railway Project (investment of approximately USD 1.1 billion).
Languages
Spanish and English
Education
Queen Mary University of London, 2019, Master of Laws (LLM)
University of Montevideo (Uruguay), 2015, JD
Lawyer Rankings
Uruguay > Banking and finance
Dentons Jiménez de Aréchaga‘s banking and finance department has a strong track record in the Uruguayan market, having been the adviser of choice for Banco Santander for over thirty years. Although the firm advises clients from a wide range of sectors, including retail and fintech, it has notably consolidated its experience in project financing transactions in recent years: it advised Grupo Vía Central on the Ferrocarril Central project, a public-private partnership railway project for which $1.1b has been raised. The practice is co-led by Nicolás Herrera Alonso, who assists local and international financial entities with structured and project financing and provides consultancy services to local and multinational companies; Mariela Ruanova, specialist in banking law with a focus on innovation and technology; and Fernando Jiménez de Aréchaga Jr, a project financings expert who has worked on some of Uruguay’s most notable PPP projects in recent years. Senior associates Mariana Lartigau, Alfredo Arocena, Carolina Bianchi and Maite Gaynicotche provide valued support to the practice group.
Uruguay > Corporate and M&A
The practice group at Dentons Jiménez de Aréchaga is regularly instructed by clients from the agribusiness, tech, finance and food and drink sectors for its counsel on M&A transactions, regulatory matters and corporate governance. Founding partner Virginia Brause
co-heads the team and advises the practice’s major international clients, including PepsiCo, McDonald’s and Credit Agricole; leading alongside her, Nicolás Herrera Alonso assists local and multinationals companies with financial, banking and corporate operations. Fernando Jiménez de Aréchaga‘s expertise lies in advising buyers and sellers on M&A transactions in the infrastructure and renewables sectors. At senior associate level, Mariana Lartigau leads due diligence for M&A transactions and project finance, and Alfredo Arocena specialises in project financing, agribusiness, and energy. Jimena González supports on a host of corporate governance matters.
Uruguay > Projects and energy
Dentons Jiménez de Aréchaga has a strong reputation for the financing and refinancing of renewable energy projects, as well as handling PPP matters. The practice group has advised on several major wind and solar projects in Uruguay, such as the recent sale of a wind farm owned by Grupo Cobra to Cubico Investments. In the project finance arena, the team has significant experience with PPP highway projects, including recent advice to the sponsors on major road project Circuito 5. Fernando Jiménez de Aréchaga Jr heads the department, bringing great experience in project financing and an excellent track record in PPP work. Senior associates Alfredo Arocena and Carolina Bianchi have supported on much of the firm’s major project financing matters in recent years.