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Diego Galante

Diego Galante Claimed

Managing Partner

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Profile Overview

Diego Galante is a Lawyer and currently acts as Managing Partner at Galante & Martins.

He maintains professional performance not only in the firm, but also in multiple professional activities, community service and in different investment ventures.

Review:

National and international speaker. International Consultant IDB and WB. Appointed arbitrator in private arbitrations. Professional director in related professional services companies and Professional External Director in various companies and organizations. Columnist in various written and radio media on current affairs and business. Author of various works and technical books, including “Legal Framework of New Technologies” (2001), “Constitutional Political Prosecution” (2021) and articles on Constitutional Law, International Law, Finance, Technologies, Regulations and Investments.

Notable positions:

Managing Partner, Uruguay United States Chamber of Commerce (Amcham), since 2013. Vice President, Uruguayan Tennis Association, 2012. Chairman, Legal & Tax Committee – Amcham Uruguay, 2020.

Distinciones:

“Leading Lawyer 2013”; Distinción “Leading Lawyer 2014”; Distinción “Leading Lawyer 2015, 2016, 2017”; Distinción “Highly regarded lawyer 2018, 2019” (IFLR1000 Euromoney). Premio Banco Mundial Consultor ”Doing Business Report” Uruguayan Partner, 2008. Reconocimiento “Doing Business Contributor”, World Bank Group, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020. Reconocimiento “Lawyer Network Annual Award: Corporate Law Firm of the Year in Uruguay – 2021”. Reconocimiento Grupo World Bank, por “The Global Indicators Group – 2021”. “Highly recommended M&A law representative in Uruguay”, 2023 Global Law Experts Handbook.

Memberships:
  • International Bar Association (IBA),
  • Uruguayan Institute of Maritime Law,
  • Maritime League (Uruguay),
  • British Uruguayan Chamber of Commerce,
  • Uruguay Chamber of Commerce United States,
  • Uruguayan Tennis Association.

Education

Doctor of Laws and Social Sciences, 1990, Faculty of Law, University of the Republic. Registered Agent of Industrial Property, 1993. Senior Management Program, PAD, 2005, IESE-IEEM, University of Montevideo. Teacher and Associate Professor of Private International Law (UDELAR), 1990. CIAT, International Taxation and Tax Cooperation, 2019.