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Location: Guatemala

Energy, Technology and Telecommunications

  • Development of Internet projects
  • Infrastructure shareholder’s agreements
  • Software lease and development agreements
  • Concessions, permits, and authorizations before regulatory agency
  • Purchase and maintenance of telecommunications and computer equipment and services
  • Added value telecommunication services
  • Wire and wireless networks
  • Submarine cable negotiations
  • Technology transfer agreements and licenses
  • Internet service providers (ISP)
  • Application service providers (ASP)
  • Internet portals
  • E-commerce
  • Virtual communities

Non-profit Organizations

  • Civil associations, foundations, federations, confederations and employer’s organizations
  • Corporate procedures (incorporation, drafting of bylaws and internal regulations, Legal Books legalization, bylaws reform and new appointments)
  • Legal support at assemblies and meetings
  • Registration at the General Tax Administration (DGT)
  • Public Interest Declaration (Ministry of Justice)
  • Income tax-deductible donations authorization
  • Legal Support with the reporting process to the Office of the Controller-General of the Republic

Transportation

  • Maritime, aviation, multimodal and logistics
  • Seaworthiness certifications
  • Naval mortgages
  • Hull insurance
  • Representation of Protection and Indemnization clubs (PANDI)
  • Preventive embargo and ship arrest
  • Ship and flag registration
  • Charter contracts (by time/by voyage)
  • Legal representation of naval agents and ship provisioning
  • Cargo claims (in bulk and by containers)
  • Bills of lading
  • Port and customs administrative sanctions
  • Handling of INCOTERMS in the implementation of cargo transportation contracts
  • Sailor claims for high sea accidents
  • Claims concerning docker (stevedore) handling
  • Implementation of SOLAS, MARPOS and other international conventions

Media and Entertainment Law

  • Music, motion picture, sports, games, and live entertainment
  • Drafting, preparation, and negotiation of entertainment agreements: personal management agreements, recording agreements, band agreements, distribution agreements, talent agreements, production agreements, and licensing agreements
  • Copyright and trademark advice
  • Litigation
  • Structuring of financing and funding for potential growth opportunities
  • General corporate advice to entertainment entities

Family Law

  • Conflicts of parental authority
  • Alimony, child support and related matters
  • Procedure to modify Court’s resolutions
  • Anticipated liquidation of matrimonial assets
  • Divorce by mutual consent
  • Marriages
  • Prenuptial Agreements
  • Domestic violence processes
  • Guardianship or judicial declarations of abandonment
  • Adoptions
  • Recognition of the child of a married woman
  • Guardianship and curatorship

Project Finance

  • Shareholder/sponsor agreements
  • Engineering, procurement and construction contracts
  • Operation and maintenance contracts
  • Take-off, long-term sales, supply, hedging and throughput agreements
  • Non-recourse and limited recourse guarantee structures
  • Inter-creditor agreements and syndicated loan structures
  • Project asset and cashflow based loan and investment vehicles
  • Securitization, options, derivatives and insurance structures for risk mitigation

Trust and Escrow Services

    We coordinate these services with trusted providers
     
    CUSTODY OF FUNDS:

  • One-time transactions
  • Independent handling of escrow accounts

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    STRUCTURE AND ADMINISTRATION OF TRUSTS:

  • Guarantee
  • Testamentary
  • Administration
  • Investment
  • Property
  • Custody of shares or other assets

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