\ Infrastructure & Project Finance
Over the years, Vouga Abogados has accumulated vast experience advising companies on regulatory matters and representing them before regulatory bodies. Our Firm is fully familiar with both national and municipal regulations. Vouga Abogados' wide range of experience in administrative matters includes:
- Administrative and judicial litigation before relevant governmental bodies, including but not limited to before: CNV (Comisión Nacional de Valores), BCP (Banco Central del Paraguay), SIS (Superintendencia de Seguros), INCOOP (Instituto Nacional de Cooperativismo), ERSSAN (Ente Regulador de Servicios Sanitarios), CONATEL (Comisión Nacional de Telecomunicaciones), SEAM (Secretaria del Ambiente), Ministries, DINAC (Dirección Nacional de Aeronáutica Civil), DNA (Dirección Nacional de Aduanas), ANNP (Administración Nacional de Navegación y Puertos), INTN (Instituto Nacional de Tecnología y Normalización), SET (Subsecretaria de Estado de Tributación), DNCP (Dirección Nacional de Contrataciones Públicas).
- Advice on public hearings.
- Design of corporate operations in view of applicable regulations.
- Permit applications for regulated activities.
- Public bids for infrastructure projects.
- Concession of public services.
- Drafting of public procurement, privatization, PPP, anti-competition, multimodal transportation, etc.
- Contracts with the public sector.
- Participación Público-Privada (PPP).
- Financiamiento de proyectos (project finance).
- Contractual clauses for regulatory matters.
- Reportes de due diligence regulatorios.
- Privatizaciones.
- Public debt and financing
\ Leaders
\ Team
\ Largest soft drinks bottler, in contract restructuring during Covid-19
Advised the sole distributor of one of the world´s largest soft drink companies on the re-negotiation of several contracts with clients, particularly with those clients most affected by the pandemic, such as restaurants and bars.
\ World leader in personal care products, in regulatory matters
Advised a leading global company in personal care products analyzing the implications and legality, as well as the follow-up of the parliamentary process, of three bills presented in Congress through which it was intended to control the prices of products considered essential during the pandemic.
\ Largest soft drink bottler, in adaptation of contracts to antitrust regulations
Assisted a major soft drinks company by analysing under competition law various clauses used in contracts with its clients, taking into account the soft drinks company´s high market share in Paraguay.
