Our service is based exclusively on helping our clients to achieve their commercial and organizational goals, add value and not simply conduct activities and process transactions.

BUSINESS FORMATION

We provide advice and assistance with respect to business incorporation and registration, process of obtaining required licenses and permits, creations and protection of intellectual property rights and competition and anti-trust compliance in order for our clients to start-up their business in Bolivia and to structure corresponding business transactions legally. 

Many of our clients retain us to act as their "outsourced in-house counsel". This arrangement has three principal benefits:

1. We develop an in-depth understanding of our client's business, culture and legal needs;
2. We maintain a long-term relationship, which facilitates efficiency of service; and
3. We become an integral part of our client's management team.

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND COMPLIANCE

Corporate governance and shareholder activities represent progressively multifaceted and critical areas of focus for both public and private companies' Boards of Directors. The corporate environment is complex and constantly shifting - increasingly, the Boards of Directors are under the pressure to incorporate and follow good governance practices.

We provide advice on matters that cover compliance with Bolivian laws and regulations that govern duties of directors, structure of the board of directors and the committees of the board, executive compensation, shareholder agreements relating to board representation and voting rights, structuring of equity ownership including vesting issues. We assist businesses in developing and establishing comprehensive corporate governance plans including support in revision of corporate policies and procedures (corporate compliance programs, ethics codes, bylaws etc.).

CORPORATE TRANSACTIONS

The successful execution of corporate transactions - whether you are looking to merge, acquire, float, invest, exit, buy in or buy out - requires both excellent legal knowledge and sound business experience.

We regularly provide assistance and support with respect to merges, acquisitions and disposal of assets, demerges, joint ventures and we ensure that our client’s both commercial and legal objectives are met.

We are specifically focused protection of foreign investment in Bolivia and our portfolio of the work include a number of Due Diligences of target assets in Hydrocarbon and Mining Sectors.

COMMERCIAL CONTRACTS

For businesses and organisations, the key requirement is to ensure that the contractual arrangements allow the full commercial benefits to be realized, thus the well-structured and well-documented commercial agreements are absolutely essential.

We have extensive legal experience and expertise at all levels in this field. We focus at addressing issues at the start of the deal, thus misunderstandings can be avoided in the longer term. We offer a full range of services, including advising, drafting, reviewing and negotiating commercial arrangements, assisting from start to finish until agreement is reached.