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Location: España

Intellectual Property

    Trademarks:

  • Preliminary Searches
  • Registration
  • Licenses
  • Portfolio management
  • Oppositions
  • Non-Use Actions
  • Nullity actions
  • Legal counseling and trademark advisory
  • Due Diligence
  • Domain names registration

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    Copyrights:

  • Filings
  • Oppositions
  • Assignments, licenses and agreements

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    Brand protection:

  • Enforcement and protection of IP rights
  • Infringement actions
  • Counterfeiting litigation
  • Trademark watch and monitoring

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    Patents and Industrial Designs:

  • Filings
  • PTC Filing
  • Oppositions

Banking and Finance

  • Investment agreements
  • Project finance
  • Loan structuring during merger or acquisition processes
  • Public and private offerings
  • Debt structuring and restructuring
  • Credit facilities
  • Regulatory compliance
  • Debt prosecution
  • License procurement for banking and finance institutions
  • Banking and Insurance negotiation, mergers proceedings, shareholder’s agreements, and authorization before the Superintendence of the Financial System
  • Bank acquisitions

Insurance

  • Development of insurance related products
  • Insurance and reinsurance policies
  • International insurance operations
  • Insurance related litigation
  • Registration of insurance companies and insurance brokerage agencies
  • Registration of products
  • Insurance operator licenses
  • Assistance with any and all regulatory matters related to insurance matters
  • Mergers and Acquisitions of insurance companies
  • Coordination and diligences before the Regulation Authority (SUGESE)
  • Assistance and advice on everyday regulatory and corporate matters for companies regulated by SUGESE
  • Review and advice of insurance contracts

Competition Law

  • Preparation of guidelines, manuals and internal compliance programs for companies on Competition Law matters
  • Execution of audits to diagnose compliance with Competition Law
  • Presentations and lectures on Competition Law
  • Representation and assistance in the approval of mergers and acquisitions before the Competition Authorities
  • Mediation and support to establish defenses before the Competition Authorities
  • Representation for filing claims before the national authority for anticompetitive behavior from competing companies or other market agents

Regulatory Compliance

  • Specialized counseling in compliance and corporate governance: compliance verification, due diligence processes, anticorruption evaluation, corporate compliance planning and supervision, corporate risk prevention
  • Ethical investigations and implementation of a Claim’s Management system
  • Counseling on the application and interpretation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) Law
  • Audits in compliance of administrative policies and Human Resources
  • Preparation of ethical codes, periodical revisions and support in the correct application by employees
  • Counseling related to the FCPA Law and money laundering: constant updates and proper application
  • Registry of natural persons and/or corporations in compliance with Law 8204 and its bylaws
  • Elaboration of guidelines for legal compliance and manuals on compliance procedures for anti-money laundering
  • Due Diligence preparation and elaboration of reports in order to comply with the resolution regarding the Registry of Transparency and Final Beneficiaries, to be made before the Costa Rican Central Bank
  • Corporate amendments to comply with the Corporate Governance Voluntary Code and other mandatory corporate governance guidelines; according to each specific entity and its business activity
  • Drafting of corporate governance codes

Public and Administrative Law

    Administrative Law :

  • Defense and determination of clients’ interests before the different government institutions in all related areas:
    customs, regulated public services, aqueducts, energy, municipal, health affairs, among others
  • Defense in administrative proceedings
  • Litigation
  • Regulatory affairs, sanitary and local licenses
  • Mediation and conciliation with government entities

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    Procurement Law:

  • Analysis of public procurement notice
  • Remedies to clarify or modify the public procurement notice and appeals
  • Bidder’s support during the Public Bidding process
  • Pricing review to maintaining the economic equilibrium of the contract
  • Litigation of penalties and fines during execution of contracts
  • Resolutions of controversies with contractors and parties

Labor Law

  • Labor Due Diligence
  • Integral advice on labor issues
  • Workshops addressed to corporate HR departments
  • Labor settlements
  • Labor dispute prevention
  • Drafting and preparation of internal company policies
  • Labor lawsuits
  • Consultation on good labor practices

Immigration

  • Legal advice in immigration matters
  • Residency for retirees
  • Residency for people on a fixed income
  • Residency for investors
  • Residency for self-employed people or entrepreneurs
  • Residency for foreign workers
  • Permanent residency
  • Residency by kinship
  • Teachers, students and volunteers special category permit
  • Short Stay visa
  • Tourist visa extension
  • Social Security enrolment
  • Citizenship
  • Driver’s license homologation
  • Company registration before the Immigration Department

Tax

  • International tax planning & family tax planning
  • Local Tax consulting and advisory services
  • Tax due diligence services
  • Tax compliance in direct and indirect taxation
  • Tax dispute resolution (administrative and judicial)
  • Assistance with tax audits
  • Tax Policy
  • Claims and petitions before Tax authorities

Mergers and Acquisitions

  • Acquisitions, including share deals, security deals and asset deals
  • Due Diligence
  • Takeovers
  • Divestitures
  • Leveraged buyout transactions
  • Spin-offs
  • Recapitalization and other corporate restructurings
  • Issuer and third-party exchange offers
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Assessment to buyers, sellers, target companies, investment banks, and other stakeholders in M&A transactions
  • Competition approvals, governmental approvals, anti-trust regulation and other ancillary processes