Pedro Montano
pmontano@scelzaymontano.com.uy

Partner and co-founder of the firm, with more than 30 years of professional experience. He has specialized and centres his professional activity mainly in Criminal Law, Medical Liability, Law and Renewable Energies, Law and Technology. He combines litigation cases with legal consultancy providing national and foreign companies a comprehensive advice.  
He has been recognized by Chambers & Partners as one of the leading attorneys at law in the field of Energy and Renewable Resources.

Education

  • Lawyer, School of Law and Social Sciences, University of the Republic (Uruguay), 1980.

  • Notary Public, School of Law and Social Sciences, University of the Republic (Uruguay), 1984.

  • PhD Europeus with a thesis in Criminal Law at the University of Navarra, Spain, 2001.

Research and academic activity

  • Professor of Criminal Law at the School of Law and Social Sciences, University of the Republic of Uruguay.

  • Researcher on several occasions at the Max Planck Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology, based in Freiburg, Germany.

  • Speaker in several conferences and seminars held in Uruguay and abroad.

  • Lectured a number of conferences at the Austral University (Argentina), University of Chile, University of San Camilo (Brazil); University of Strasbourg (France); Max Planck Institute, Freiburg (Germany); University of Catania (Italy); University of Deusto (Spain).

Publications

  • Criminal Law – Uruguay International Encyclopaedia of Law, Wolters-Kluwer, in collaboration with Profss. Cristina Merlino & Ignacio Curbelo.

  • Medical Law – Uruguay, International Encyclopaedia of Law, Wolters-Kluwer, in collaboration with Profss. Juan José Puerto & Mauricio Iglesias.

  • Responsabilidad Penal de los Médicos, Amalio Fernández, Montevideo, 1986.

  • Responsabilidad Penal de Médicos y Científicos ante las Nuevas Tecnologías de la Procreación, Amalio Fernández, Montevideo, 1991.

  • Eutanasia y Omisión de Asistencia, FCU, Montevideo, 1995.

Memberships

  • Uruguayan Chamber of Law
  • International Academy of Comparative Law

  • Uruguayan Notaries Public Association.

  • Uruguayan Institute of Criminal Law

  • Uruguayan Association of Wind Energy (AUdEE).

  • Uruguayan – German Commercial Chamber

  • France-Uruguayan Commercial Chamber

  • Spanish Commercial Chamber

Practice Areas

  • Energy; Medical Law; Criminal Law; Litigation & Arbitration; Notary Services & Real Estate.

Languages

  • German

  • French

  • English