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Diego Galante

Diego Galante

Managing Partner
  • Montevideo, Uruguay

Diego Galante is a lawyer and the Managing Partner at Galante & Martins in Uruguay. He advises private companies, founders, high-net-worth individuals, and family businesses on mergers & acquisitions, corporate governance, compliance, taxation, and dispute resolution. Diego is an international consultant, arbitrator, columnist, and recognized speaker with multiple awards for excellence in corporate law and M&A.

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Diego Galante is a highly accomplished lawyer and the Managing Partner at Galante & Martins. With extensive experience in corporate law, M&A, venture capital, taxation, and dispute resolution, Diego provides strategic advice to private companies, founders, family businesses, high-net-worth individuals, charities, and leaders in various sectors.

Beyond his work at the firm, Diego actively participates in professional and community initiatives. He is a national and international speaker, international consultant for the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the World Bank (WB), and has been appointed as an arbitrator in private arbitrations. He serves as a professional director in service companies and as an external director in multiple organizations. Diego is also a columnist for various print and radio media, and the author of several technical books and articles on constitutional law, international law, finance, technology, and regulations, including Legal Framework of New Technologies (2001) and Constitutional Political Prosecution (2021).

Diego holds notable positions such as Managing Partner at the Uruguay United States Chamber of Commerce (Amcham) since 2013, Vice President of the Uruguayan Tennis Association (2012), and Chairman of the Legal & Tax Committee – Amcham Uruguay (2020). He has been consistently recognized as a leading lawyer in Uruguay, including distinctions from IFLR1000 and Global Law Experts, and awards from the World Bank Group.

He is an active member of professional associations, including the International Bar Association (IBA), Uruguayan Institute of Maritime Law, Maritime League (Uruguay), British Uruguayan Chamber of Commerce, and the Uruguay Chamber of Commerce United States. Diego is known for his strategic insight, commitment to excellence, and leadership across both legal and professional spheres.

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