Members of the Firm
Nahum Bergstein, born Montevideo, Uruguay, October 12, 1932; admitted 1957, Uruguay. Education: Montevideo Law School, Doctor at Law and Social Sciences, 1957. Author: “Conflicts of Interest in the Legal Profession”, 1977; “Race Discrimination and Criminal Law”, 1981; “The Violation of Bank Secrecy”, 1987. Professor of Law, Montevideo Law School, 1968-1989. President, National Jewish Committee, 1981-1986. Vice President, Latin American Jewish Congress, 1981-1986. Vice Minister of Education and Culture, 1988-1990. Chairman of the National Environmental Protection Commission, 1988-1990. National Copyright Council, President, 1987. Ethics Commission, Ministry of Public Health, Member, 1990-1991. Member of the Senate of the Republic, 1998-2000. Member of the House of Representatives, 2000–2005. Member: List of Arbitrators, Protocol of Brasilia for the Settlement of Disputes, Treaty of MERCOSUR. Member: Uruguayan Bar Association, Uruguayan Institute of Criminal Law. Nelly Kleckin, born Montevideo, Uruguay, June 21, 1932; admitted 1972, Uruguay. Education: Montevideo Law School, Contract Lawyer (“Notaire Publique”), 1972. Member: Asociación de Escribanos del Uruguay. Orit Ejgenberg, born Kfar Sava, Israel, August 15, 1972; Education: School of Economics, Business Administrator and Accountant, 2000. With UTE (State-owned electricity company), 1993-2004. Sebastián Guido, born Montevideo, Uruguay, December 4, 1976, Education: Montevideo Economics School. Accountant 2005. Member of the Public Accountants Association. Alejandro Hernández Maestroni, born Montevideo, Uruguay, 1967; admitted, 1992, Uruguay; Education: University of Uruguay School of Law (Doctor in Law and Social Sciences), 1992; University of Montevideo, Master in Law and Taxation, 2000; Professor Commercial Law and Legal Practice, 1992. Professor, Transport and Insurance Law, Catholic University of Uruguay. Main Researcher, Product Liability in Latin America Project, National Law Center for Inter-American Free Trade. Tucson, Arizona, 2000-2001. Consultant, Inter-American Development Bank (improvement for reciprocal guaranty system in Uruguay), 2000. Editor-in-Chief, Revista de Derecho y de los Tribunales, 2006-2009. Director, Banking and Finance Department, Estudio Ferrere, 1999-2009. 
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Jonás Bergstein, born Montevideo, Uruguay, September 3, 1963, admitted 1987, Uruguay. Education: Montevideo Law School, LL.B., 1987; Harvard Law School, LL.M., 1988. Author: “Foreign Investment in Uruguay: A Law and Development Perspective”, 20 U. Miami Inter-Am. L. Rev. 359 (1989); “Termination of Distributor Agreements under Uruguayan Laws”, 1996; “Taxation of Financial Ivestment Corporations”, 2006. With Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington, D.C., 1988; with Mattos Filho e Suchodolski Advogados, Sao Paulo, 1988-1989. Lecturer, Supreme Court of Justice, Center for Judge’s Continued Legal Education, 2002-present. Lecturer on Foreign Investment, Business Studies School, 1990-1991. Chair, Tax Law, Montevideo Law School, 1995-present; Member: Uruguayan Bar Association, Uruguayan Tax Institute, American Society of International Law, Inter-American Bar Association, International Bar Association.
María Alicia Badanian, born Montevideo, Uruguay, October 28, 1964; admitted 1992, Uruguay. Education: Montevideo Law School, Contract Lawyer (“Notaire Publique”), 1991. Member: Asociación de Escribanos del Uruguay.
Alicia Gambetta, born Montevideo, Uruguay, July 7, 1977, admitted 2004, Uruguay. Education: Montevideo Law School, Contract Lawyer (“Notaire Publique”) 2004. Chair, International Private Law (Conflicts of Laws), Montevideo Law School, 2007-present. Member: Asociación de Escribanos del Uruguay and Conflicts of Laws Commission of the Asociación de Escribanos del Uruguay.
Gabriel Ejgenberg, born Montevideo, Uruguay, January 10, 1976; admitted 2000, Education: Montevideo Law School, Doctor at Law and Social Sciences; Harvard Law School, LL.M., 2006. Author: “Joint Venture Agreement under Uruguayan Law” (1998). With Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, London, 2006-present; with Fox, Horan & Camerini, New York, 2006.
Leonardo Melos, born Montevideo, Uruguay, July 22, 1976; admitted 2001, Uruguay. Education: Montevideo Law School, Doctor at Law and Social Sciences, 2001, Center of Judicial Studies of the Supreme Court of Justice, 2005-2006. Judge, Maldonado, Uruguay, 2006-2007. Chair, Procedural Law, Montevideo Law School, 2002-present. Author: “Court notices through E-mail” XVIII Latin American Procedural Conference (2002), “Software Infringement: Is the Sanction Final?” Internet and Computer Law (2003) (with Viega).
Viviana Meyran, born Montevideo, Uruguay, April 14 , 1966, admitted 1991, Uruguay. Education: Montevideo Law School, Doctor at Law and Social Sciences, 1991. In house counsel of Oetker group in Uruguay (1994-2001). In house counsel of AMBEV group in Uruguay (2001-2008) .
Domingo Pereira, born Minas, Uruguay, October 19, 1973, admitted 2002, Uruguay. Education: Montevideo Law School, Doctor at Law and Social Sciences, 2002. Chair, Taxation, Montevideo Law School 2004-present.
Ana Ines Terra, born Montevideo, Uruguay, April 17, 1964; admitted 1993, Uruguay. Education: Montevideo Law School, Doctor at Law and Social Sciences, 1993; Intellectual Property Agent (Patent and Trademark Attorney, 2000).
Carlos de Cores, born Montevideo, Uruguay, January 9, 1953; admitted 1977, Education: Montevideo Law School, Doctor at Law and Social Sciences. External Counsel, Banking Group Río de la Plata, 1979-1996. General Counsel, Banco Pan de Azúcar, 1994-1998. Legal Counsel, Banco de Crédito, 1998-2003. Author of more than thirty law-review articles published in local and foreign law journals on a wide array of civil, commercial and banking matters (investment funds, contracts, securities, factoring, etc.). Professor of Law, Contracts and Civil Liability, Law School, Catholic University of Uruguay, 2002-present. Professor of Law, Civil Law, Law School, University of Montevideo, 1998-present. Associate Professor, Banking Law, Law School, Catholic University of Uruguay, 1998-present. Adjunct Professor, Civil Law, Montevideo Law School, 1999-present.
Jorge Talice, Education: Montevideo Law School, Doctor at Law and Social Sciences. Professor of International Private Law, Montevideo Law School, 1973-1985. Uruguayan Ambassador in Peru, 1986-1989. Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs in Uruguay, 1989-1990. Uruguayan Ambassador in Switzerland, 1993-1998. Uruguayan Ambassador in Liechtenstein, 1993-1998. Uruguayan Ambassador in Belgium, 2000-2003. Uruguayan Ambassador in Luxembourg, 2001-2003. Uruguayan Ambassador in France, 2003-2005. Member of the Latin-American Arbitration Group of the ICC, Paris, France (International Chamber of Commerce). Co-author of the Uruguayan International Commercial Arbitration Bill, 2004.
