Mr Juan Martín Perrotto > Uría Menéndez > Madrid, Spain > Lawyer Profile

Mr Juan Martín Perrotto

+34 91 587 08 21 juanmartin.perrotto@uria.com View profile

Work Department

Banking and Finance, M&A.

Career

Juan Martín is a partner based in the Madrid office of Uría Menéndez. He heads the firm’s Asian practice and is also part of the Latin American practice group. He has spent his career in almost equal parts between Argentina, Spain and China. His practice focuses on M&A and infrastructure projects.

Professional highlights of his infrastructure practice include advising on the statutory and contractual framework for PFI/PPP projects in Argentina and Mexico; the financing of correctional and court facilities, energy and water projects, road, rail and port projects (in China, Argentina and Spain); and his contribution as a member of the group of experts which advises the United Nations on good governance in PFI/PPP projects. In the context of M&A, Juan Martín advises on joint ventures, tender offers, transnational mergers, private equity transactions and acquisitions, with a particular focus on cross-border investments involving China, Europe and Latin America.

Juan Martín also serves as an arbitrator at CIETAC (China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission), the main permanent arbitration institution in China, SIAC (Shenzen International Arbitration Center), KLRCA (Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration) and CAM (Madrid Arbitration Court). He has lectured at major universities in Latin America (Universidad Católica Argentina, Buenos Aires), Europe (Instituto de Empresa, Madrid) and China (China EU School of Law, Beijing). He is a regular speaker at seminars and conferences related to his areas of expertise and has authored or co-authored over 20 contributions to a number of law reviews and a book on public infrastructures (2010).

Languages

English

Memberships

Madrid Bar Association; Buenos Aires Bar Association; Member of the Team of Specialists on PPP/PFI of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE).

Education

Law Degree, Universidad Católica, Buenos Aires, 1994; LL.M. in International Financial Law with Concentration in Securities, Boston University, Morin Center for International Banking and Financial Law Studies, Boston, 2000; Law Degree, Universidad de Oviedo, 2003.