On July 7th 2011 the Cluster Association for the Naval Industry and Montes del Plata signed an agreement with the support of our firm that will enable the building of three new national barges. This marks a new impulse for Cerro’s Logistic Naval Pole. By means of this fluvial transport modality MDP will provide wood logs to the cellulose pulp mill currently being built in Colonia. Each barge will accommodate 5 thousand tons and will be able to transport a cargo equivalent to 170 truckloads.
The Uruguayan - German Chamber of Commerce and Industry held on May 4th 2011 in the German embassy a Business Club event about development of new infrastructure in Uruguay. The speakers where: engineer Beatriz Tabacco from MTOP (“Infrastructure investment opportunities in Uruguay”), lawyer Miguel Castellán (“Legal framework for private companies and state owned companies association”) and accountant Gustavo Weigel (“Financing alternatives for investment projects in Uruguay”)
On Wednesday May 14th 2011 at the Club Naval took place the formal launching of the cluster association for the naval Uruguayan industry as an institution that will lead the work both in the private and public sector to improve these companies competitiveness. The Industry, Energy and Mining minister, engineer Roberto Kreimerman opened the event in which was present the Defense minister Luis Rosadilla. Castellán Consultancy Lawyers gives professional support to the cluster in this promising stage of the Uruguayan naval industry. Read more about this endeavor in the media.
Castellán Consultancy Lawyers issues a newsletter about the bill of public – private participation, currently being studied on Parliament.
Media coverage about the Bom Gosto – Leitbom merger that created Lácteos Brasil S.A, the biggest private dairy company in Brazil, with production capacity of 8.3 daily millions of milk. Castellán Consultancy Lawyers assists the company in the installation of a plant in San José project.
AJE Uruguay together with the Emprender program and AJE Cádiz (Spain) held the first virtual business meeting on April 13th 2011 in presence of lawyer Santiago Castellán at the building of the Uruguayan Chamber of Industry. This event helped liaising 10 Uruguayan companies with 10 Spanish ones.
Castellán Consultancy Lawyers issues a newsletter about the bill of public – private participation, currently being studied on Parliament.
On November 16th 2009 together with the Commercial Association of Uruguay and with the support of the National Chamber of Commerce and Services of Uruguay Castellán Consultancy Lawyers held at the Uruguayan Stock Market a working breakfast about the new regulations regarding the protection of personal data and habeas data. The speakers were lawyer Fernando Vargas (Consultant with the Uruguayan Chamber of Technologies and Information), lawyer Ivana Calcagno (Castellán Consultancy Lawyers partner) and lawyer Álvaro Eirín (Legal IT Professor at UM – UDE)