Posadas, Posadas & Vecino names new partners

Uruguayan law firm Posadas, Posadas & Vecino has named three new partners, effective 1 January 2020, bringing the firm’s total number of partners to 19.

Valeria Techera (pictured, left) is the head of the firm’s dispute resolution and consultancy, and has been in the post for the last 13 years, specialising in advising on contracts in the mining, forestry and telecommunications sectors. She holds a master’s degree in contractual civil law from the Universidad Católica del Uruguay, where she is a professor in the law faculty.

Lucía Carbajal (pictured right) works in the firm’s corporate law department and specialises in advising clients on M&As in diverse sectors such as energy, foods, pharmaceuticals and tourism and on project financing. She holds a PhD in law and social sciences from the Universidad de la República de Uruguay and is currently studying a master’s degree in law at the Universidad Católica del Uruguay.

Matías Rachetti works in the firm’s tax law department and has more than 12 years’ experience in that area, specialising in tax planning and advising companies on fiscal matters. He has a PhD in law from the Universidad de Montevideo, and is currently engaged in postgraduate studies in international taxation at the same university.