Within our commitment to the philosophy of our firm, the integrity and devotion of all our professionals has been and continues to be a key to our success. In addition to an academic degree, a solid background, and foreign language skills, Hughes & Hughes requires from and offers its lawyers the necessary practical experience, from the simplest solicitation at Court to the organization of a complex business transaction. At the same time, we encourage and arrange for our law professionals to attend courses, seminars, and conferences, as well as graduate law courses and training at well-known foreign schools and firms, so that they may achieve their own individual specialty. We expect from our lawyers the common sense, cross-disciplinary ability, and sound commercial judgement required to handle any legal matter, and to provide feasible and cost-effective solutions. Teamwork is essential within our philosophy. Teamwork enriches the quality of the work performed: each professional benefits from the experience and specialty of his/her colleagues and, most importantly, our clients benefit from multidisciplined solutions and ongoing services. Our clients will always find one of our professionals available, fully cognizant of the status of their matters and in a position to promptly meet their needs. Our Professionals are: CONRADO HUGHES DELGADO. Position: Partner. Born Montevideo, Uruguay, April 22, 1934; admitted, 1964, Uruguay. Education: Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Sociales, Montevideo; Interamerican Law Institute; New York University; Princeton University, Founder and Arbitrator of Cámara Uruguaya de Arbitraje, affiliated to C.I.A.C. (Comisión Inter-americana de Arbitraje Comercial), 1981. Member: International Bar Association; Uruguayan Bar Association; Inter-American Law Association; International Law Association (Founder and Member, Uruguayan Branch); The American Association of Uruguay; Asociación Cristiana de Dirigentes de Empresa. Languages: English, Spanish and Portuguese. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Commercial Law; International Law; Acquisitions; Banking; Privatizations. Email: chughes@hughes.com.uy MARCELA HUGHES. Position: Partner. Born Montevideo, Uruguay, December 18, 1959; admitted, 1986, Uruguay. Education: Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Sociales, Montevideo; Parker School of Foreign and Comparative Law, Columbia University, U.S.A., 1987; Academy of American and International Law, International and Comparative Law Center, Southwestern Legal Foundation, 1989; Harvard Business School (Leading Professional Service Firms, 2005). Member: International Bar Association, Uruguayan Bar Association, Academy of American and International Law Alumni Association, American Association of Uruguay, Institute for International and Comparative Law. Languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese and French. Practice Areas: Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions, Contract Negotiations, International Law, Foreign Investments. Email: mhughes@hughes.com.uy BEATRIZ MURGUIA. Position: Partner. Born Montevideo, Uruguay, August 17, 1957; admitted, 1983, Uruguay. Education: Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Sociales, Montevideo. Member: International Bar Association, Uruguayan Bar Association (Member, Legislation Committee). Languages: English and Spanish. Practice Areas: Labour Law; Commercial Law; Litigation; Banking. Email: bmurguia@hughes.com.uy HAROLDO ESPALTER. Position: Partner. Born Montevideo, Uruguay, January 15, 1963; admitted, 1986, Uruguay. Education: Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Sociales, Montevideo (Doctor in Law and Social Sciences, 1986); Academy of American and International Law, International and Comparative Law Center, Southwestern Legal Foundation, 1993. Obtained the degree of Notary Public, Montevideo, 1988; Academy of American and International Law - International and Comparative Law Center, Southwestern Legal Foundation Dallas, Texas - U.S.A. (1993). Member: International Bar Association, Uruguayan Bar Association, Association of Notary Publics in Uruguay, Industrial Property Agents Association in Uruguay, Academy of American and International Law Alumni Association. Languages: English and Spanish. Practice Areas: Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions, Project Finance, Intellectual Property Law, Real Estate, Notarial. Email: hespalter@hughes.com.uy CESAR ALVAREZ LARRABURU. Position: Partner. Born Montevideo, Uruguay, November 28, 1951; admitted, 1976, Uruguay. Education: Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Sociales de la Universidad de la República (Doctor in Law and Social Sciences, 1976). Assistant Professor, Administrative Law, Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Sociales. Legal Advisor, Presidence (Executive Branch), 1981-1992. Languages: English and Spanish. Practice Areas: Administrative Law; Commercial Law; Court Litigation; Acquisitions; Privatization. Email: calvarez@hughes.com.uy ANDRES DURAN HAREAU. Position: Partner. Born Montevideo, Uruguay, November 17, 1975; admitted, 1998, Uruguay. Education: Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad Católica del Uruguay, (Juris Doctor, 1998); Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad Católica del Uruguay, Postgraduate in Civil Liability, 1999; The Center for American and International Law (Dallas, Texas), Academy of American and International Law (2000); Centro de Posgrado de la Universidad de la República, Business Law Diploma, 2001; Georgetown University Law Center (Washington, D.C.), Foundations of American Law and Legal Education (2001); Georgetown University Law Center (Washington, D.C.), Master of Laws (LL.M. International Legal Studies) (graduated with honors, Fulbright Scholar) (2002). Legal Division, Inter-American Investment Corporation (Washington, D.C.) (2002). Co-author of the Uruguayan Chapters of 'Global M&A', and 'Company Formation', published by Globe Business Publishing Ltd, London, UK in 2007 and 2006 respectively. Member: International Bar Association, American Bar Association, Uruguayan Bar Association. Languages: English and Spanish. Practice Areas: Corporate Commercial Law, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Finance, Project Finance. E-mail: aduran@hughes.com.uy BERNARDO PORRAS. Position: Partner. Born Montevideo, Uruguay, October 28, 1971; admitted, 2000. Education: Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Sociales, Montevideo (Doctor in Law and Social Sciences, 2000). Academy of American and International Law, International and Comparative Law Center, Southwestern Legal Foundation (2001), Ex Secretary General, Academy of American and International Law of the Center of American and International Law, 2001-2002, Assistant Professor of Administrative Law, Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Sociales. Member: Uruguayan Bar Association, Instituto Uruguayo de Estudios Tributarios. Languages: English and Spanish. Practice Areas: Banking Law, Corporate and Commercial Law, Public bids and Administrative Law, Insolvency recovering, Litigation. Email: bporras@hughes.com.uy ENRIQUE RADMILOVICH. Position: Partner. Born Montevideo, Uruguay, November 7, 1966; admitted, 1992, Uruguay. Education: Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Sociales de la Universidad de la República (Doctor in Law and Social Sciences, 1992); Academy of American and International Law, International and Comparative Law Center, Southwestern Legal Foundation, 1996. IV Seminar of Mercosur’s Young Lawyers – Facultad de Derecho Milton Campos (1998) - Belho Horizonte, Brazil. Assistant Professor, Labour Law, Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Sociales. Member: Uruguayan Bar Association, Asociación de Dirigentes de Personal del Uruguay, Academy of American and International Law Alumni Association. Languages: English and Spanish. Practice Areas: Commercial Law; Civil Law; Litigation; Labour Law. Email: enriquerad@hughes.com.uy HECTOR FERREIRA. Position: Associate. Born Rivera, Uruguay, March 20, 1977; admitted, 1999, Uruguay. Education: Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad Católica del Uruguay (Juris Doctor, 1999); Universidad Católica del Uruguay, Graduate Programs in Civil Liability (2000) and Guarantee Transactions in Commercial and Banking Law (2003); Universidad de la República, Graduate Program in Corporate Reorganizations (2001); Academy of American and International Law, Southwestern Legal Foundation, Dallas, Texas (2004); IBA Scholar (Chicago, 2006); University of California, Davis School of Law, Master of Laws (LL.M.) (2008); National Conference of Bar Examiners, MBE/MPRE (New York, 2008); Foreign Associate, Schinner Law Group LLP, San Francisco (2008-2009); Associate Professor, Commercial Law, Universidad Católica del Uruguay; Assistant Professor, Commercial Law, Universidad de la República; Country Expert for Uruguay, International Distribution Institute (IDI), Turin, Italy. Co-author, Uruguayan Chapters of 'Company Formation' and 'Global M&A', Globe Business Publishing Ltd, London, UK (2006 and 2007). Member: International Bar Association; American Bar Association, and Uruguayan Bar Association. Languages: English, Spanish and Portuguese. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Commercial Law; Contract Negotiations; U.S. Legal System; Litigation & Commercial Arbitration. Emal: hferreira@hughes.com.uy MARIA DURAN. Position: Associate. Born Montevideo, Uruguay, August 31, 1969; admitted, 1995, Uruguay. Education: Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Sociales de la Universidad de la República, (Doctor in Law and Social Sciences, 1995). Academy of American and International Law, Center for American and International Law (2005), Member: Uruguayan Bar Association; Association Alumni of the Academy of American and International Law. Languages: English and Spanish. Practice Areas: Private International Law, Corporate Law, Commercial Law, Labour Law, Industrial Property Law, Litigation. Email: mduran@hughes.com.uy ALFREDO TAULLARD. Position: Associate. Born Montevideo, Uruguay, September 16, 1978; admitted, 2004, Uruguay. Education: Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Sociales de la Universidad de la República (Doctor in Law and Social Sciences, 2004); Academy for American and International Law; The Center for American and International Law, Plano, Texas, USA (2006). Member: Uruguayan Bar Association, Alumni Association of the Academy for American and International Law. Languages: English and Spanish. Practice Areas: Commercial Law, Administrative Law, Banking Law, Corporate Recovery and Insolvency, Litigation. Email: ataullard@hughes.com.uy MARIANA ESTRADE. Position: Associate. Born Montevideo, Uruguay, November 15, 1980; admitted, 2003, Uruguay. Education: Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad Católica del Uruguay (Juris Doctor, 2003), The Hague Academy of International Law, The Hague, The Netherlands (Summer Session on Private International Law, July 2006). Member: International Bar Association, Uruguayan Bar Association, Environmental Law Commission of the Uruguayan Bar Association, Association of Attenders and Alumni of the Hague Academy of International Law. Languages: English and Spanish. Practice Areas: International Law, Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions, Contract Negotiations Environmental Law. E-mail: mestrade@hughes.com.uy LUCIA OTTATI. Position: Associate. Born Montevideo, Uruguay, November 1, 1979; admitted, 2003, Uruguay. Education: Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad Católica del Uruguay (Juris Doctor, 2003). Member: Uruguayan Bar Association. Languages: English, French and Spanish. Practice Areas: Corporate Law, Commercial Law, Mergers & Acquisitions, Labour Law. Email: lottati@hughes.com.uy VICTORIA BOSCH. Position: Associate. Born Montevideo, Uruguay, May 1, 1981; admitted, 2005, Uruguay. Education: Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Sociales de la Universidad de la República, (Doctor in Law and Social Sciences, 2005). Member: Uruguayan Bar Association. Languages: English and Spanish. Practice Areas: Corporate Law, Commercial Law, Mergers & Acquisitions, Contract Negotiation, Litigation. E-mail: vbosch@hughes.com.uy JOAQUÍN SARROCA ETCHEVERRY. Position: Associate. Born Montevideo, Uruguay, May 18, 1982; admitted, 2008, Uruguay. Education: Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Sociales de la Universidad de la República, Doctor in Law and Social Sciences (2007); Postgraduate in Mining Law (2007), Centro de Postgrados de la Universidad de la República. Languages: English and Spanish. Practice Areas: Litigation, Corporate Recovery and Insolvency procedures. E-mail: jsarroca@hughes.com.uy ANDRÉS HAM COOLIGHAN. Position: Associate. Born Montevideo, Uruguay, Nov 15, 1978; admitted, 2007, Uruguay. Education: Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Sociales de la Universidad de la República, Doctor in Law and Social Sciences (2007). Banking and Financial Markets Law, postgraduate course, Universidad de Montevideo, School of Law (2008). Interests and Usury postgraduate course, Centro de Postgrados de la Universidad de la República, School of Law. Banking Law course (2007), extra-curricular activity, Universidad de la República, School of Law. Languages: English and Spanish. Practice Areas: Litigation, Banking, Commercial, Corporate Recovery and Insolvency procedures. E-mail: aham@hughes.com.uy ADRIANA FRAGA. Position: Associate. Born Montevideo, Uruguay, October 30, 1967; Education: Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y de Administración, Montevideo (Certified Public Accountant, 1991). Member: Colegio de Contadores, Economistas y Administradores del Uruguay. Languages: English, Spanish and Portuguese. Practice Areas: Accounting, Tax, Finance and corporate advice. Email: afraga@hughes.com.uy MIGUEL ROCCA. Position: Associate. Born Montevideo, Uruguay, June 1, 1968; Education: Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y de Administración, Montevideo (Certified Public Accountant, 1995). Member: Uruguayan Institute of Tax Studies (Instituto Uruguayo de Estudios Tributarios) and Uruguayan Association of Accountants, Economists and Administrators (Colegio de Contadores, Economistas y Administradores del Uruguay). Professor of “General Taxation” and “Tax Technic and Legislation” at Montevideo University, and “Income and Capital Taxation” of the Master in Tax Technic and Legislation at Montevideo University. Languages: Spanish and English. Practice Areas: Tax, Corporate. Email: mrocca@hughes.com.uy NOELIA EIRAS. Position: Associate. Born Montevideo, Uruguay, April 12, 1976; admitted 1999, Uruguay. Education: Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales de la Universidad Católica del Uruguay Dámaso Antonio Larrañaga (Obtained the degree in Business Administration, 1999). Member: Colegio de Contadores, Economistas y Administradores del Uruguay. Languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese, French and Italian. Practice Areas: Corporations, offshore, free zones. Email: neiras@hughes.com.uy FLORENCIA OPPIDO. Position: Associate. Born Montevideo, Uruguay, February 28, 1984; Education: Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y de Administración, Montevideo (Certified Public Accountant, 2007). Member: Colegio de Contadores, Economistas y Administradores del Uruguay. Languages: Spanish and English. Practice Areas: Accounting, Tax, Corporate. Email: foppido@hughes.com.uy MARIA SOFIA GARCIA TERRA. Position: Associate. Born Montevideo, Uruguay, December 31, 1961. Education: Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Sociales, Montevideo. (Obtained the degree of Notary Public, Montevideo, 1988). Member: Asociación de Escribanos del Uruguay. Languages: English and Spanish. Practice Areas: Real State, Corporate. Email: sgarcia@hughes.com.uy MARCELA SEVERI. Position: Associate. Born Montevideo, Uruguay, May 9, 1969. Education: Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Sociales, Montevideo. (Obtained the degree of Notary Public, Montevideo, 1993). Member: Asociación de Escribanos del Uruguay. Languages: English and Spanish. Practice Areas: Notary, Sale-purchase of urban and rural Real Estate, Mortgage. Email: mseveri@hughes.com.uy PATRICIA VILLALBA Position: Associate. Born Montevideo, Uruguay, August 22nd, 1971. Education: Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Sociales, Montevideo. (Obtained the degree of Notary Public, Montevideo, 2005). Member: Asociación de Escribanos del Uruguay. Languages: English and Spanish. Practice Areas: Notarial, Real Estate. Email: pvillalba@hughes.com.uy ELEONORA LIOTTI. Position: Associate. Born Montevideo, Uruguay, January 23rd, 1980. Education: Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Sociales, Montevideo. (Obtained the degree of Notary Public, Montevideo, 2005). Member: Asociación de Escribanos del Uruguay. Languages: English and Spanish. Practice Areas: Notarial, Real Estate. Email: eliotti@hughes.com.uy CONSULTANTS JUAN CARLOS SITJAR. Position: of Counsel. Born Montevideo, Uruguay, February 14, 1940; Education: Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Administración, Montevideo (Certified Public Accountant, 1972). Member: Colegio de Contadores, Economistas y Administradores del Uruguay; Asociación Cristiana de Dirigentes de Empresa. Languages: English and Spanish. Practice Areas: Taxation. Email: jsitjar@estudiositjar.com.uy

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