Ferrere Abogados

FERRERE has more than 200 lawyers and is the only Uruguayan law firm with a team dedicated to insurance and reinsurance. The FERRERE insurance team regularly advises most of the insurance companies that operate in the local market, including, among others, companies such as HDI, Mapfre, MetLife, San Cristóbal, SBI (Fairfax) and SURA. The team also advises foreign companies such as AIG, HDI Gerling, Zurich, Swiss Re; leading international broker companies such as Marsh; and travel assistance and travel insurance businesses such as Universal Assistance (Zurich) and Assist-Card (STARR COMPANIES).

Ongoing professional relationships with regulators contribute to the reaction capacity of the team’s members. They act immediately in defense of clients in cases of changes in trends, opportunities or regulatory threats. Their knowledge of regulatory theory and of the industry, beyond specifically legal aspects, facilitates coordination with firms in various jurisdictions.

The team’s leader, Geraldine Ifrán, has almost 30 years’ experience in the firm and in directing its specialized insurance team. In 2023 she was elected President of AIDA (Association Internationale de Droit des Assurances) Uruguay section for the period 2023-2028. She is a Professor in the Graduate Program in Insurance Law at Universidad de Montevideo (Uruguay), as well as a Professor of the Advanced Insurance Course offered by the same University, and is also the author of books on insurance regulation and a local and international speaker on this subject.

Specialties:

  • Obtaining licenses
  • Product design and approval
  • Compliance with regulatory requirements
  • Negotiations and processes with regulatory agencies
  • Mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and strategic alliances
  • Claims / arbitration

Ferrere Abogados

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G.Ferrere gifran@ferrere.com

https://www.ferrere.com/

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Practice Areas

  • Administrative and regulatory law
  • Antitrust
  • Arbitration and mediation
  • Banking and finance
  • Bankruptcy and insolvency
  • Capital markets
  • Company law and corporate governance
  • Compliance and risk management
  • Corporate and commercial
  • Criminal law
  • Customs
  • Data privacy and information technologies
  • Environmental
  • Family law
  • Immigration
  • Intellectual property
  • Joint ventures
  • Labor
  • Life sciences
  • Litigation
  • Mergers and acquisitions
  • Project finance
  • Real estate
  • Tax

Contact Ferrere Abogados

Ferrere Abogados

Email: gifran@ferrere.com
Phone: (598) 2900 1000
Fax: (598) 2900 5000
Website: http://www.ferrere.com
Address: Edificio FERRERE, Juncal 1392. Montevideo 11000. Uruguay
Country: URUGUAY

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