Juan Federico Fischer
Attorney At Law

Juan Federico Fischer is a partner at LVM Abogados & Consultores (LVM), one of Uruguay’s leading law firms. Both a lawyer and an M.B.A., Juan manages the firm’s foreign investment consulting unit, advising multinationals and individual investors in privatizations, real estate developments, and purchase and acquisition of local companies.

In his 14 years as a corporate attorney, Juan has worked with some of Uruguay’s most important privatizations (Punta del Este Airport, 1994; Montevideo port, 1995 and 2000); in major local corporate debt restructurings; in international debt restructurings (regional debt-equity swap of Italy’s Parmalat, 2004); and in mergers and acquisitions (AstraZeneca spin-off of Avecia, 2000; Katoen Natie’s purchase of Zonamerica stock, 2000; Katoen Natie’s acquisition of the Montevideo port, 2006; Sherwin Williams’s acquisition of Pinturas Industriales, 2007). He has advised and is counsel to dozens of multinationals, including Computer Associates, Bechtel Corp., UBS Warburg, Cable & Wireless, HSBC, and Globo of Brazil, and to multilateral institutions such as the World Bank Group.

Currently, Juan is specialized and engaged in major real estate developments, including the first community for American retirees in Uruguay, a US$30-million investment near the seaside town of Piriapolis. Juan’s firm, LVM, is the local advisor to First American Corp., the world’s largest title insurer.  LVM is also a leading advisor to individuals seeking to buy properties and to obtain residency in Uruguay.

Juan graduated from Uruguay’s Catholic University School of Law in 1994, 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 was born in France in 1970, and, in addition to Uruguay, has lived in Washington, D.C., New York, Chicago, London, and Central America. His overseas work experience includes deals in the United States, most of South America, Mexico, Britain, Spain, Italy, and Romania.  Juan is fluent in Spanish, English, and French.