Héctor B. Viana > 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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Héctor B. Viana
Work Department
Corporate/finance, real estate, technology related, agribusiness and restructurings.
Position
Hector B. Viana is the Managing partner in the Montevideo office. He is responsible for handling matters of leading multinational companies, such as, General Electric, Disney (Fox Group), Google, Hidrovias, Dole, Linde, Marfrig, and other internationally first rated companies. His main practice areas are corporate/finance, real estate, technology related, agribusiness and restructurings.
Career
Experience
- Google LLC: Representing Google in Uruguay in its defense of a leading case regarding the right to be forgotten. Plaintiffs alleged that press coverage on a criminal investigation was inappropriate, claiming that Google must erase all links and online press related to those facts, invoking recent Data privacy rules and some recent European precedents on the matter of right to be forgotten.
- Acon Bios Investors LP: Advising Acon Bios Investors LP in partnership with Humus Capital Partners LLC (HCP), on the acquisition and investment in Biosidus, Argentina (bio-pharmaceutical), furthering their international expansion.
- Corporación Nacional para el Desarrollo (Governmental agency for the structuring of PPPs and other infrastructure projects): Assisting in the structuring of two infrastructure projects (Energy related and Real Estate related) using financial trusts as vehicles.
- GreenWood Resources, Inc., acting for Global Timber Resources: Representing the client in a private bidding process for the sale of 42,000 approx. hectares of freehold and leased timberland assets in southeast Uruguay.
- Trump: Assisting in the licensing of the brand on one of the most sophisticated towers in Punta del Este, and its later accommodation for launching of this iconic residential condominium.
- Cereoil Uruguay S.A. (largest commodity trader in Uruguay): Representing on its restructuring with a club of banks (including all major banks of Uruguay).
- Fox Latin American Channel LLC: Represented in its defense of a trademark and unfair competition complaint for the use of Divas TV.
Languages
Spanish and English
Memberships
- Member, Board of Directors of the Uruguayan-USA Chamber of Commerce
- Member, Auditing Committee of the National League for the Defense of Commerce
Education
New York University, 1989, LL.M.
University of the Republic (Uruguay), 1987, Attorney at Law
Lawyer Rankings
Uruguay > Intellectual property
The practice at Dentons Jiménez de Aréchaga specialises in IP infringement claims, due diligence and IP-related litigation and arbitration. The group has experience advising clients in the tech sector. Héctor Viana, whose background is in corporate real estate and finance law, handles IP issues related to clients he regularly manages, among them Amazon, Volkswagen and Facebook. At senior associate level, Mariana Lartigau has experience with trade marks and copyright issues, and also supports with IP-related due diligence. Maite Gaynicotche focuses on data protection and cybersecurity matters.
Uruguay > Real estate
The team at Dentons Jiménez de Aréchaga is ‘committed to its client’s objectives’ and assists with all stages of real estate projects, from planning to approval. The practice counts major banks Banco Santander and Banco Itaú as well as developers among its clients, and handles industrial, commercial, office and residential real estate developments. ‘Great leader’ Héctor Viana heads up the practice and handles property acquisitions and real estate developments; he is also knowledgeable on commercial, corporate, tax and regulatory issues. Of counsel and public notary María José Rovira supports on all real estate matters and is described as ‘organised‘ and ‘meticulous’; and senior associate Aparicio Howard specialises in civil law and disputes that arise from real estate deals.