Litigation & Arbitration -

Corporative Services -

Banking & Finance -

Business Counselling -

Public and Private Contracting

I. ACQUISITIONS, MERGERS & ALLIANCES
Advice for individuals, companies or banking institutions in the planning and structuring of all type of transactions: leveraged buyouts, strategic partnerships and general corporate financing. Legal structure, labour liabilities, tax matters, agreements, licensing and procedures.

 

II. BANKING & FINANCE
Counselling about all aspects of banking and financial activities for the proper development of business or personal needs. Banking regulations, procedures & licensing, Project financing, mergers, acquisitions, reestructuring of debt and alliances. Credit operations and collection procedures. Trust: personal or company. Insurance and Guaranties.

 

III. BUSINESS COUNSELING
Analysis, Administration and Development of Projects. Analysis of the Market, Legal Evaluation and Feasibility Studies. Counseling in Business, Financial and Tax issues. Strategic Planning with emphasis in Marketing and Finances. Investments / Financing. Acquisitions, Mergers and Reorganizations.

 

IV. CONSTITUTIONAL & SPECIAL PROCEDURES
Constitutional Procedures: Administrative consultations, Habeas Corpus, Appeals based on Constitutional Rights and Unconstitutionality Claims against officials, public entities or individuals who violate human, civil, political, economic, social or cultural rights or who act according to erroneous interpretations or applications of the normative.
Special Procedures: Bankrupcies, Meeting of Creditors, Chapter 9 or 11 and Wills or Succession Proceedings. Due Diligence and Scrow Services. Legal Auditing. Lobbying activities with government institutions and companies.

 

V. CONSUMER PROTECTION & ANTITRUST
Consumer and Competition Defence, Antitrust, Unfair Competition. Procedures. Litigation and Counselling.

VI. CORPORATE SERVICE
Legal counselling for local and international companies. Incorporation and registration of corporations, administration, shareholders and Board of Directors matters, amendments of articles of incorporation: reorganization, fusion, transformation, dissolution or liquidation of corporations.
Regulations, licensing, and procedures on business and corporate matters. Corporate planning and organization, investments, business and corporate agreements, international transactions and all aspects of corporate functioning.

 

VII. CREDIT & COLLECTING
Credit Operations: documentation, guarantees and  debtors, constitution, procedures and registration of credits. Collection Procedures: Administrative and Judicial. Trust: personal or company. Insurance and Guaranties.

 

VIII. ENVIRONMENTAL PROCEDURES
Legal - Environmental analysis for development projects. Counselling for environmental safety instruments implementation: environment impact assessment, management, auditing and others.

 

IX. FAMILY  PROCEDURES
Civil Marriage, Patrimonial Regime, Divorce, Judicial Separation, Paternity, Filiation, Adoption, Alimony, Rigths and Obligations.

 

X. IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION
All aspects related with application for residence, retired or investor status, naturalization, working permits and procedures related.

 

XI. INCORPORATION & ESTABLISHMENT OF COMPANIES
Companies Incorporation: Local, Offshore / IBC. Constitution, registration and amendment of business corporations, associations, foundations and others, domestic or foreign. Establishment of companies: Commercial, industrial or service companies. Local and foreign.

 

XII. INTELLECTUAL & INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY
Registration and procedures for product and service trademarks, company and trade names, advertising signs, geographic indications, Protection of Technical Solutions and Utilitarian Articles: inventions (patents), utility models, vegetable varieties, integrated - circuit designs, industrial designs, software and sanitary registration (pharmaceutical, agronomical, cosmetic products, foods and beverages). Copyrights and Related Rights. Unfair Competition. Litigation and Counseling.

 

XIII. INTERNATIONAL TRADE
Franchises, Commercial representation and distribution, imports / exports, agreements, treaties and regulations. Free Trade Treaties application.

 

XIV. INVESTMENT & TAX BENEFITS
Advising individuals planning their future about estate planning matters, the company in search for practical solutions for your businesses, or the investor maximizing the tax benefits, in order to recommend tax efficient legal and business structures.
Counselling for national or foreign clients doing business in Costa Rica, as well as foreign investments. Tax-planning, compliance and impact of local or international transaction and operations.  Incentives and Special Regimes: Free Trade Zones, Export, Tourism and Investment and others.

 

XV. LITIGATION, ARBITRATION & NEGOTIATIONS
In the following subjects: Commercial, Civil, Administrative, Constitutional, Criminal, Labour and Family Law. Alternative resolution to conflicts, arbitration and procedures before public or private entities. Direction of Negotiations whether local or international

 

XVI. NOTARIAL SERVICES
Notarial documents elaboration in general: acknowledgments, authentications, wills, succession proceedings, affidavits, declarations, certifications, transactions and alienation of real estate or movable assets, constitution of credit guarantees: mortgages, pledges or others guarantees, powers of attorney. Incorporation: constitution, registration and modification of business corporations, associations, foundations or others, domestic or foreign (Offshore – IBC).

 

XVII. PUBLIC & PRIVATE CONTRACTING
Contracting with the Government, institutions or private companies through bidding process and concession in general. Counselling during all administrative contracting process for contractual execution.

 

XVIII. REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS & DEVELOPMENT
All legal, business and practical matters related to residential, commercial, industrial and touristic real estate, assuring security in your transactions. Support in all aspects of negotiation, planning, acquisition, rental, alienation, financing and development of projects. Zoning & Building regulations: urban, touristic and marine costal zone. Residential, commercial, industrial and touristic condominium. Title review, clearance & appraisals. Tax Planning, Due Diligence & Scrow Services. Insurance & Guaranties. Regulations & concessions. Procedures, litigation & counselling. Relationships with architects, engineers, contractors and real estate agents.  Local & International.

 

XIX. TRUST & ASSET MANAGEMENT
Asset protection structures through domestic or foreign companies (Offshore - IBC). Asset Management and Estate Planning. Trust for the administration of assets or guarantees. Constitution and counseling.

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