Juan Federico Fischer
Contact
- Rincón 487, 4th Floor.
- Montevideo 11000, Uruguay.
- Tel: (+598 2) 915-7468
- Fax: (+598 2) 916-1352
- jfischer@fs.com.uy
- www.fs.com.uy
Biography
Juan Federico Fischer is the managing partner of Fischer & Schickendantz (www.fs.com.uy), one of Uruguay's leading law firms. Both a lawyer and an M.B.A., he manages the firm's foreign investment consulting unit, advising multinationals and individual investors in foreign direct investments in real estate developments, acquisition of local companies and privatizations.
In his 16 years as a corporate attorney, Juan has accumulated experience in a vast array of cross border deals, including:
- advising and implementing project financing with the International Finance Corporation (World Bank Group) for Uruguay's first airport privatization: Punta del Este airport, 1994;
- advising in one of the first privatizations of port services, in Uruguay's main port, Montevideo; Entretin S.A., 1995;
- negotiating and structuring the sale of equity in Uruguay's main port terminal to Belgian operator Katoen Natie, representing different shareholders, on two occasions, in 2000 and 2007;
- advising in major local corporate debt restructurings, including that of Uruguay's main consumer credit financing company, Creditos (1996); and international debt restructurings (regional debt-equity swap of Italy's Parmalat, 2004),
- advising in mergers and acquisitions: AstraZeneca spin-off of Avecia, 2001; Sherwin Williams' acquisition of Pinturas Industriales, 2007;
- advising and structuring the set up of foreign-owned agricultural ventures, such as the USD 60 M equity Don Augusto Agro group, 2010; USD 58 M Investancia S.A., 2011; advice to USD 500 M multinational farm fund launched by Galtere, 2010.
- advising and structuring the set-up of the regional corporate structure for Computer Associates Inc.
- advising in the structuring and financing contracts with GE Capital of aircraft purchases by Globo Telecomunicacoes of Brazil, 2008, 2009.
- advising bidding consortium (Bechtel Corp. And International Water Ltd.) on Uruguay's main water supply privatization, 1999
- advising on residential real estate projects, including the 150-acre Sugar Loaf Ocean Club & Spa, Uruguay´s first coastal development designed for American buyers; Jose Ignacio Polo Club (a 350-acre project under the direction of renowned architect Carlos Ott); Carmelo Polo, in Colonia (owned by Belgian/French investors); and Apart 356 (the largest project in Montevideo´s newly renovated historic district, owned by Spanish investors).
- Juan and his firm are one of the main references to foreign buyers of real estate in Uruguay, and also counsel to Stewart Title Guaranty and First American Title Insurance Co., the two acting title guaranty firms in the country
Juan graduated from Uruguay's Catholic University's School of Law in 1995, and in 2002, he obtained an M.B.A. degree from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management, where he majored in strategy and finance. Juan is fluent in Spanish, English, and French.
Juan was born in France and besides Uruguay, has lived in Washington D.C., New York, Chicago, London, and Central America.
His overseas work experience spans deals in the United States, most of South America, Mexico, Britain, Spain, Italy, and Romania.
He lectures globally on foreign investment conditions in Uruguay. Recent interviews as an advisor to foreign real estate investors include: