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Incorporation and Related Services

  • Stock, Limited Liability and Simplified Companies
  • Corporate Director, Secretary, and Bookkeeping
  • Representation of Shareholders and Quotaholders

 

M&A and Acquisition of Assets

  • Shareholders agreements and non-compete agreements
  • Comprehensive legal audit (due diligence)
  • Subscription of shares and contracts for sale of shares and assets
  • Structuring of complex acquisition transactions
  • Analysis of tax effects, including free tax organizations
  • Antitrust notifications
  • Private equity

 

Corporate Governance

  • Incorporation and registration of civil and commercial companies, the establishment of branches and representative offices, incorporation of civil associations and foundations
  • Shareholders agreements, joint vote agreements and private shareholders agreements
  • Performance and liability of directors, managers and officers of the company
  • Merger, spin-off, dissolution, liquidation and reorganization of companies
  • Custody, administration and update of corporate books and records of companies, drafting of minutes and proxies, submission of registrations and filings with the Public Registries
  • Support at board meetings and shareholders meetings

 

International Business Transactions and Commercial Contracts

  • Business cooperation agreements, consortiums, joint ventures and strategic alliances
  • Agency, distribution and commercial agency agreements
  • Agreements related to credit transactions, loan structuring and financing and loan securities, collateralization and securitization agreements
  • Supply, manufacturing, CMOs and manufacturing & supply agreements

  • Advice on foreign investments, advantages and disadvantages
  • International commerce
  • International or cross border transactions
  • Foreign legislations in aliance with foreign firms
  • International expansión
  • Foreign exchange regulations

  • Advice on banking, asset management, insurance and private equity matters
  • Installation in the country of financial entities
  • Filing and authorization with regulators and other local authorities of banks and representative offices of foreign banks
  • Financial entity mergers and acquisitions
  • Legislative and regulatory aspects of banking, financial services, foreign currency exchange and capital markets
  • Advising on management of third party funds.
  • Advice on restructuring of pension plans in M&As
  • Analysis of the legal structure of pension plans
  • Legal proceedings involving pension entities.
  • Structuring of investment and mutual funds.
  • Restructuring of financial institutions
  • Legal due diligence of financial institutions, funds and companies
  • Secured and unsecured lending
  • Sovereign debt and sub-sovereign obligations
  • Single lender and syndicated loans
  • Leasing
  • Public and private offerings of debt and equity securities
  • Underwriting agreements
  • Preferred stock issues
  • Securitization
  • Asset purchase agreements
  • Hedging agreements
  • Structured finance

Structuring of Strategies for Dispute Management

  • Alternative methods for dispute resolution
  • Drafting of dispute resolución agreements
  • Implementation of programs aimed at preventing and managing disputes

 

Commercial and Investment Arbitration 

  • Institutional and ad hoc arbitrations
  • Enforcement of arbitration clauses and awards
  • Advice related to legislation and treaties that regulate arbitration proceedings

 

Dispute Boards

  • Implementation of programs for early mitigation of disputes and early dispute resolution
  • Advice on choice of regulations, contractual suitability and panel formation
  • Technical and legal support to dispute boards

 

Litigation 

  • Handling of cases with multiple proceedings and venues
  • Global procedural strategy, preliminary and preparatory measures
  • Preliminary protective orders and injunctions

 

Debt Restructuring and Bankruptcy Proceedings 

  • Restructuring of financial debts and swap agreements
  • Out-of-court preventive agreements
  • Refinancing of comercial loans
  • Bankrupcy proceedings

 

Tort Liability

  • Products liability
  • Malpractice
  • Class actions

  • Environmental Technical and Legal Advice.
  • Preparation of Environmental Impact Assessments.
  • Obtaining an Environmental Impact Statement (DIA – Environmental Licenses).
  • Assistance in administrative summaries, criminal proceedings and environmental civilians.
  • Implementation of Environmental Regency and Audit Systems.
  • Project studies, opinions and reports on compliance with environmental standards.
  • Training (for managers and staff).
  • Assistance in obtaining and marketing Certificates of Environmental Services.
  • Preparation of an environmental legal compliance matrix adapted to the client’s needs.

  • Issuance and placement of shares and debt instruments (negotiable instruments) at the stock exchange
  • Secured transactions
  • Equity and debt transactions with quoted securities
  • Trusts, asset securitization
  • Regulatory aspects of the public offering regime

  • Advice concerning multiple legal aspects related to corruption investigations pursuant to Paraguayan law
  • Analysis of potential corruption cases and vulnerable áreas under the FCPA within the business areas operated by the client

  • Preventive advice on individual labor relationships
  • Advice on hiring modalities, working day systems, benefits and allowances systems
  • Advice on restructuring processes, employment termination processes, preventive audits and labor risks
  • Legal support in outsourcing processes and relationship with contractors
  • Advice on union matters, negotiation of collective agreements, representation during inter-union conflicts
  • Hiring of expatriate employees, immigration regime, implementation of compensation and human resources policies at a global level
  • Court and out-of-court support and representation in personal and collective conflicts, mediation and conciliation processes, advice on labor and social security inspections

  • Tax planning of local and international transactions
  • Advice on national and municipal taxes
  • Tax audit
  • Filing of actions and defenses before collection agencies and follow up of legal proceedings
  • Advice and defense on customs matters

  • Advice and assesment of scope of product liability insurance, directors and officer’s liability insurances and errors and omissions insurances, claim handling
  • Environmental liability insurances
  • Assessment of risks derived from local and international insurances (umbrela and captive insurances, alternative transfer of risks)
  • Surety bonds, interruption of exploitation, credit, machinery and engineering breakdown and other complex coverages, advice on product development, claim handling
  • Life insurance and related products
  • Special insurance and supplementary assistance
  • Advice, claim handling and arbitration related to reinsurancce matters

  • Project structuring
  • Purchasing management strategy
  • Risk allocation and management
  • Regulatory advice and advice on integrity and compliance matters
  • Public or private bids
  • Real estate trusts and other financing methods
  • Hotel and buildings construction contracts
  • Urban development, country clubs and private neighborhoods
  • Drafting and negotiation of design and engineering agreements
  • Drafting and negotiation of EPC, turnkey and EPCM agreements
  • Negotiation and preparation of agreements for contractors and suppliers
  • Client training regarding contract management
  • Legal advice on public private partnership agreements (O&M, DB, DBO, DBM, BTO)
  • Purchasing management strategy

Mining

  • Special regimes for the promotion of mining investments
  • Prospecting, exploration and development contracts
  • Governmental tenders and bids to obtain mining permits and licenses
  • Regulatory aspects and administrative proceeding
  • Projects financing, loan agreements with royalties, colateral securities
  • Project development and structuring
  • Tax, customs and labor aspects

 

Oil & Gas

  • Regulatory aspects of the industry on an national and local level

 

Energy

  • Legal advice for the development of renewable energy projects
  • Agreements of purchase and sale of power
  • Electricity and gas regulatory framework
  • Power generation, marketing, transportation and distribution
  • Distributed power projects and cogeneration projects
  • Easements and other real property rights

  • Search for the background of trademarks and patents and legal analysis of the feasibility of registration of new trademarks
  • Filing of trademark applications and renewals
  • Filing and follow up of oppositions
  • Filing and maintenance of patents
  • Industrial and intellectual rights transfer and license agreements
  • Protection of industrial and intellectual property rights

  • Managing of IP rights in IT projects.
  • Registration of domain names.
  • Internet agreements
  • IT services and hardware maintenance agreements
  • Software licensing agreements
  • Source code escrow agreements
  • Software and hardware development agreements
  • Electronic Data Interchange agreements
  • Internet and web hosting services
  • Privacy policies as well as terms and conditions of websites
  • Drafting and implementation of in-house policies on email and internet use
  • Import and export of software and hardware
  • E-commerce
  • Cybersecurity matters

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