Dr Nicolás Herrera Alonso > 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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Dr Nicolás Herrera Alonso
Work Department
Banking and M&A, Corporate Law, Banking Law, Mergers and Acquisitions, Capital Markets, Project Financing and Natural Resources.
Position
Nicolás Herrera Alonso is a partner of the Montevideo office. He leads the Banking and M&A teams in Uruguay. His practice is focused on Corporate Law, Banking Law, Mergers and Acquisitions, Capital Markets, Project Financing and Natural Resources.
Career
Nicolás has vast experience in providing consultancy services to local and multi-national companies in relation to highly complex financial, banking and corporate operations. He assists local and international financial entities on structured financing, project financing and transactions with derivatives, as well as on mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, and general corporate and trading matters.
Among his most outstanding participations in recent years, he led the legal team that, on behalf of Goldman Sachs and Klaff Realty, acquired “Tienda Inglesa”, a supermarket chain of great relevance and tradition in Uruguay. During the last years, he provided legal advice to international banks for the largest financing in the solar and wind energy market; the equity trust legal & financial structuring for the construction of the “Torres Nuevo Centro” building complex. Moreover, he was also in charge of the legal team regarding the acquisition of Créditos de la Casa and Creditel by Santander Bank (Spain), and the local legal structuring for the first-ever PPP investment in Uruguay.
He has been consultant and member of the board of directors at different credit union companies and saving groups. He was part of the board of directors and Audit Committee of Banco Santander S.A. (Uruguay), the largest private bank in Uruguay. Currently, he is member of the executive committee of the Banco Santander S.A. (Uruguay) as a legal counsel and member of the board of directors of Uruwood, a subsidiary of forestry company UPM Uruguay.
Experience
- Softcargo Group: Leading the team in advising this company in the acquisition by Wisetech Global Partners, a global leader software group.
- Brendisol Trading S.A.: Advising on the share purchase of Brendisol Trading S.A., important company in the clothing sector in Latin America.
- Tienda Inglesa: Counselling on the acquisition of Tienda Inglesa, the supermarket chain, representing Goldman Sachs and Klaff Realty.
- PPP: Leading the legal team which carried out the legal and local financing of the first-ever PPP investment in Uruguay.
- Créditos de la Casa: Acting as legal counsel in the acquisition of Créditos de la Casa (financial entity) by Banco Santander, (Spain).
- Energy Projects: Advising on the legal structuring for equity investors in the first two photovoltaic energy projects in Uruguay.
Languages
Spanish and English
Memberships
- Member, Executive Committee as legal counsel, Banco Santander Uruguay, 2019–present
- President, Board of Directors, Creditel (Financial Company of Santander Group), 2013 –2019
- Member, Audit Committee, Banco Santander Uruguay, 2008–2013
- Member, Board of Directors, Banco Santander Uruguay, 2008–2013
- Member, Uruguayan Bar Association
Education
- University of Montevideo (Uruguay), 2000, Master Degree, Banking Law
- University of Montevideo (Uruguay), 1999, Master in Corporate Law
- University of the Republic (Uruguay), 1997
Lawyer Rankings
Uruguay > Banking and finance
(Leading individuals)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
(Leading individuals)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.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals Uruguay > Corporate and M&A
- Leading individuals Uruguay > Banking and finance
- Banking and finance Uruguay
- Corporate and M&A Uruguay