Maite Gaynicotche > 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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Maite Gaynicotche
Work Department
Banking, Corporate and Data Privacy & Cybersecurity and Technology practice groups
Position
Maite Gaynicotche is an Associate in the Montevideo office. She actively participates in the Banking, Corporate and Data Privacy & Cybersecurity and Technology practice groups, providing assistance on a daily basis to local and international clients operating in Uruguay on banking and corporate law matters, as well as privacy and technology issues. She has also advised Banco Santander in numerous litigation processes regarding bankruptcy and asset recovery.
Career
Experience
- Banco Santander:Assessment on a permanent basis on banking, financing, regulatory, commercial and contractual issues, as well as restructuring, bankruptcy and asset recovery matters. In litigation, she has represented Banco Santander in major insolvency and bankruptcy proceedings, and asset recovery. Likewise, she participated in the due diligence processes of Grupo Santander for the acquisition of New Age Data, a Uruguayan company focused on the administration of payment terminals and the provision of payment solutions and services to the retail sector, with a strong presence in all departments of Uruguay; and Ecolicuá, an online car insurance comparison tool and purchase platform.
- Creditel and Crédito de la Casa: Daily assessment on contractual, regulatory and commercial matters to Banco Santander’s retail financial services companies.
- Paganza: Daily advice to Santander Group’s Electronic Money Issuing Institution (IEDE) on regulatory, commercial and contractual matters.
- Zurich Santander Seguros:Daily assessment on insurance, regulatory, commercial and contractual issues.
- FirstCaribbean International Bank:Provided advice as local counsel to FirstCaribbean International Bank, CaixaBank and Banco de Sabadell (Miami Branch) in their capacity as lenders in a secured term loan facility to Seawind Key Investments (and others). The purpose of the refinancing was the repayment of the facility obtained from the Inter-American Development Bank and FirstCaribbean International Bank for the construction of Breathless and Secrets Hotels in Jamaica.
- Google Inc.: Advice in relation to local regulatory aspects, including regulations on consumer protection, data protection, protection of minors, media content and advertising, among others, in relation to the different projects and services that the company plans to launch in the country. In litigation, she participated in the ongoing leading case for the alleged right to be forgotten.
- TikTok: Advice in relation to local regulatory aspects, including regulations on consumer protection, data protection, protection of minors, media content and advertising, among others, in relation to the different projects and services that the company plans to launch in the country.
- Mondelez Uruguay: Advice on Privacy and Data Protection matters.
- Ericsson Uruguay: Advice on Privacy and Data Protection matters.
- Red Pagos:Assessment on the company’s data privacy infrastructure, policies, procedures and activities in the context of the company’s sale of shares to Prosegur Group.
- Viscofan: Assessment on contractual issues.
Languages
Spanish and English
Memberships
- Member, Uruguayan Bar Association
- Member, Iberoamerican Private Law Association
Education
Catholic University of Uruguay, 2021, Law School, Master’s Degree in Law with focus in Contractual Law
Catholic University of Uruguay, 2020, Law School, Contractual Law Specialist
University of Montevideo (Uruguay), 2020, Law School, Course on Data Protection applied to Banking and Taxation
University of Montevideo (Uruguay), 2020, Law School, Course on Fintech and Digital Banking
University of the Republic (Uruguay), 2017, Attorney at Law
University of Montevideo (Uruguay),
Postgraduate Degree on Law and Digital Transformation, 2021-2022.
Lawyer Rankings
Uruguay > Banking and finance
Dentons Jiménez de Aréchaga
‘stands out’ for its expertise in the fintech sector, and the banking and finance team advises numerous clients in the payment systems and open banking space. Noting a recent increase in infrastructure projects, the team has also been advising on a growing number of project finance transactions; renewable energy and PPP financings are particularly active areas for the group. The practice has also strengthened its capabilities in the consumer finance space, adding a number of financial entities to its clientele. Three partners jointly lead the team: Nicolás Herrera Alonso focuses on banking and capital markets matters, advising key clients such as JP Morgan; Mariela Ruanova has an established reputation in the technology sector and counts payment solution providers among her diverse roster of clients; and Fernando Jiménez de Aréchaga Jr spearheads the team’s project financing matters. Senior associates Mariana Lartigau, Alfredo Arocena, Maite Gaynicotche and Alejandra Martínez are also key members of the team.