Juan Federico Fischer is the managing partner of Fischer & Schickendantz, one of Uruguay’s leading law firms. Both a lawyer and an MBA, he manages the firm’s foreign investment consulting unit, advising multinationals and individual investors on foreign direct investments in real estate developments, acquisition of local companies, agricultural enterprises and privatizations.
Juan was born in France and besides Uruguay, has lived in Washington D.C., New York, Chicago, London, and Central America. His overseas work experience spans deals in the United States, Canada, most of South America, Mexico, Panama, Britain, Spain, Italy, and Romania. He lectures globally on foreign investment in Uruguay, and is a permanent source to international publications on investment conditions in Uruguay.