Jonás Bergstein is an expert in finance taxation and corporate transactions. He has advised companies in project finance, merger and acquisitions procedures, international tax planning, and distribution systems. Mr. Bergstein is uniformly ranked by Chambers, Latin Lawyer and Legal 500 as one of the leading practitioners in such fields.

A graduate from Harvard Law School, Mr. Bergstein was a foreign associate with a Brazilian Law Firm before joining Bergstein Abogados more than two decades ago.

Mr. Bergstein is an Associate Professor of Taxation at the Montevideo Law School (Universidad de la República), and has been a Lecturer at the Supreme Court of Justice Center of Legal Studies (Centro de Estudios Judiciales del Uruguay - Introduction to the Case Method) and at the Montevideo Business School (Foreign Investment in Uruguay).

Jonás Bergstein lectures regularly on tax matters. His books and law-review articles on are widely quoted by the Uruguayan Supreme Court of Justice (Suprema Corte de Justicia) and by the High Administrative Court (Tribunal de lo Contencioso Administrativo) his areas of expertise. Mr. Bergstein served as co-editor of the Uruguayan Bar Association Law Journal (2012-2016). He is a member of the arbitration panel of Uruguay’s Energy Regulatory Agency (URSEA).