Ms Clara Porro > Ferrere > Montevideo, Uruguay > Lawyer Profile
Ferrere Offices
EDIFICIO FERRERE
JUNCAL 1392
MONTEVIDEO
Uruguay
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Ms Clara Porro
Work Department
Corporate, M&A, PPP and Foreign Investment
Position
Senior Associate
Career
Clara Porro is a specialist in corporate and M&A and has unrivalled experience advising local and international clients. She has 8+ years of experience and has been involved as part of the leader teams in several of the most important transactions carried out in Uruguay in the last years. In this context, Clara Porro has participated on numerous high-profile investment projects, as well as local and international mergers and acquisitions, leading the team in Ferrere or working with other foreign legal firms.
In addition to the M&A projects, she regularly advices many of the most renowned local and international companies on their strategic and corporate matters.
Clara Porro has also participated in government procurement projects, advising foreign companies planning to invest in Uruguay in public-private partnerships, as well as on public tenders.
Languages
English, Spanish
Education
Attorney, Universidad de Montevideo (Uruguay), 2016.
Personal
She is currently an assistant instructor in Commercial Contract Law at Universidad de Montevideo.
Lawyer Rankings
Uruguay > Corporate and M&A
The large corporate and M&A practice at Ferrere is composed of ten partners, three counsels and 59 associates, whose wide range of specialisations allows ‘a comprehensive approach to each case’. The team is lauded for its ‘high degree of expertise’ in major M&A transactions. It counsels both buyers and sellers in acquisitions and offers corporate guidance to multinationals in the tech, construction and finance sectors. Martín Cerruti
heads the team and assists foreign multinationals with major M&A deals. Geraldine Ifrán is ‘highly respected in the market’ and focuses her practice on insurance matters – she is singled out by clients for her ‘solid knowledge and attention to detail’. Santiago Fontana is noted for his experience in agribusiness matters and foreign investment projects, while at associate level, environmental practice leader Cristina Vignone provides corporate guidance. Associate Carolina Piacenza has specific expertise in complex company law and corporate governance and restructuring, and senior associate Clara Porro is signalled for her ‘knowledge and customer service’. Former senior associate Alejandra García left the firm, effective September 2022.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Intellectual property
- Labour and employment
- Projects and energy
- Real estate
- Tax