Dra Virginia Brause > 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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Dra Virginia Brause
Work Department
Corporate and M&A, Venture, Tech & Emerging Growth Companies and Estates & Wealth Preservation
Position
Virginia Brause is a Partner in the Montevideo office, where she leads the Corporate team. Her activity also encompasses Venture, Tech & Emerging Growth Companies and Estates & Wealth Preservation.
Career
Virginia strives to provide -and has been recognized for- the comprehensive, all-round and bespoke legal assistance which makes the firm stand out in the Uruguayan market. In the Corporate Department, she mainly handles multi-national corporations which require her advice in relation to multi-jurisdictional matters.
She is recognized by her clients as a highly efficient problem solver that finds the way to fulfill their complex requirements. Thus, her activity has directly led to the establishment of several leading cases in Uruguayan jurisprudence.
She has gained significant experience in Free Zone Law, which comes in handy at times when increasing number of corporations are eyeing Uruguay and its legal stability with newfound interest.
Virginia also has extensively advised startups in the tech sector, another booming export market. Besides her attorney-at-law studies, she has completed a Master’s Degree in Corporate Law, and, recently, an MBA in both Cranfield University (UK) and the University of Montevideo’s business school.
Experience
- PepsiCo: Advising in successful negotiations with the Government to enlarge its concentrate production plant (one of the world’s largest, which exports to over 30 countries) in Colonia Free Zone with an investment of US$50 million.
- Mondelez: Acting as lead counsel in the Uruguayan division of the global Mondelez-Cadbury M&A, which included a full tax exemption on the transaction.
- ABS Global (Genus Plc): Advising in the drafting, negotiation and closing of its Beef InFocus Calf Program Agreement with United Breeders & Packers (UBP) for the implementation of its worldwide known genetics program in the Uruguayan dairy cattle industry.
- Freddo: Representing this premium ice-cream retailer in the execution of a Master Franchise Agreement with its Uruguayan franchisee for all its Uruguayan branches, with a compulsory enlargement clause ensuring that Freddo will notably enlarge its local operations.
- Arcos Dorados, McDonald´s largest global franchisee: Acting as counsel in the purchase of Latin America and Caribbean operations by the former. Virginia was awarded the Deal of the Year Award by Latin Lawyer. Also, Virginia was hired to render daily corporate counsel to all companies of the Arcos Dorados Group.
- Gatorade: Advising in the negotiation of a multi-million dollar sponsorship deal between the former and Conmebol fo the sponsorship of the continental club championship Copa Conmebol Libertadores.
- Confidential client: Advising a top international commercial airline in its establishment of operations in Uruguay as part of its global expansion plan.
Languages
Spanish, English and Portuguese
Memberships
- Member, Board of Directors, Ronald McDonald´s House Charities, Uruguay Branch, 2011 – present
- Member of the Steering Committee, Cyrus R. Vance Center of New York for the Advancement of Women in the Profession (WIP), 2018 – present
- Member, Dentons Women LEAD
Education
- Cranfield School of Management, Cranfield University, 2019, MBA, Business Innovation & Leadership
- University of Montevideo (Uruguay), 2019, MBA
- University of Montevideo (Uruguay), 2000, Masters Degree in Corporate Law (LL.M)
- University of the Republic (Uruguay), 1994, Attorney at Law
Lawyer Rankings
Uruguay > Corporate and M&A
(Hall of Fame)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.