Litigation and Arbitration

Confidence. We provide legal assistance to our clients in appeals and administrative requests in public institutions, legal assistance in judicial litigation and in arbitrations, with the aim of achieving the most convenient result for our Client. The team is composed both by professionals specialized in procedural law and specialists on the material law applicable to the matter under discussion, advising the Client with a comprehensive strategy.

Civil and Commercial Law

Excellence and efficiency.

The specialization and experience of the members of our team in each of these areas allows us to carry out a depth analysis of each case under analysis, fulfilling with the times that businesses demand. This area includes – among others – the following services:

Comprehensive consultancy in Civil and Commercial Law.
Drafting and negotiation of Civil and Commercial contracts.
Drafting and negotiation of commercial distribution contracts, supply, commercial concessions, franchising, agency, advertisement, etc.
Competition Law.
Consumer Law.
Comprehensive advice on the purchase and sales of real estate.
Assistance in the incorporation and management of civil companies, cooperatives, civil associations and foundations.

Financing Structures & Trusts.

Talento e ingenio.

Talent and ingenuity. In the last years, we have developed great expertise in the design and implementation of financial structures and trusts, mainly in the real estate sector, retirement pensions, guarantee, etc. We have assisted important professional fiduciaries in some of the main operations of the country in recent times.

Our assistance in this area includes the following:

Constitution of Joint Ventures, clusters, strategic alliances and other forms of business association.
Design of legal structures for real estate projects with different destinations (hotels, industries, residential buildings, etc.) trusts in all their varieties (management trusts, trusts at cost, guarantee trusts, etc.).
Design of legal financing structures: common or syndicated loans, leasing, factoring, credit lines, etc.
Implementation of the legal structures previously designed: analysis of the laws and standards involved in the project, drafting and negotiation of the main contracts and ancillaries involved (construction, lease, financing and mortgage contracts) and performance of the tasks required by the project.

Notary

Security.We provide advice and comprehensive notarial assistance in all actions that require the participation of a Public Notary.

Tax

Solvency and experience. The Firm has a vast experience in tax advice product of a recognized academic and technical solvency developed over more than twenty years.

Within the services of this area, we include the following:

Comprehensive consultancy in national and municipal taxation.

National and international tax planning for both individuals and companies.

In the international field, our services range from the selection of the most efficient jurisdictions according to the needs of our clients, through the incorporation of those national and / or foreign entities finally selected.

Audits regarding the convenience of maintaining or adapting corporate and tax structures already existing.
Assistance in obtaining tax exemptions before national or local public entities.
Advice and elaboration of binding inquiries before the collecting agencies and general procurement related to fiscal matters.
Comprehensive legal assistance at tax inspections.
Legal sponsorship in tax litigation before administrative or jurisdictional authorities.

Administrative Law and Tenders

Our Firm provides comprehensive advice on legal relationship of our clients with the State. Among the services we offer, we highlight:

Appeals and administrative requests.
Nullity action against the Tribunal de lo Contencioso Administrativo.
Litigation and claims against the Public Administration.
Comprehensive advice to national and foreign companies in public procurement processes (direct contracting, tenders, public-private participation -PPP-, etc.)

Free Trade Zones

Dynamism. Free Trade Zones are a great attraction for the installation of national and foreign companies that wish to develop their activity in these zones and under their special regulation.

The increase of Free Trade Zones in Uruguay and their activities, have allowed us to advise clients willing to operate under this special regime in a fast and effective way.

In this area, our services include – among others – the following:

Advice on the choice of the Free Trade Zone, that better suits with the proposed goals of the company.
Analysis of the most appropriate corporate structure for each project.
Assistance in the negotiation of user contracts until obtaining the condition of user by the Free Trade Zones Area dependent of the General Office of Commerce.
Comprehensive advice in the negotiation and preparation of all contracts necessary for the development of operations in the Free Trade Zone.