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Practice Area

\ Corporate & Commercial Law

Contamos con un equipo especializado en derecho corporativo y comercial ampliamente reconocido por haber colaborado con una amplia gama de inversores extranjeros en alcanzar sus metas y desarrollar sus negocios en Paraguay.
This highly specialized team of professionals is recognized for their highest ethical standards and knowledge of the law.
With decades of experience, we have developed a deep understanding of the culture, values and needs of our corporate clients, advising them on a wide range of issues, including, but not limited to:

  • Constitución de sociedades comerciales (S.A., S.R.L., EAS, Sucursales, etc.) y personas jurídicas en general, tales como fundaciones, asociaciones de utilidad pública, asociaciones de capacidad restringida, y otros.
  • Comprehensive advice in the corporate area, review and drafting of documents, agreements and contracts of corporate, commercial or civil nature.
  • Preparation of opinions, answers to telephone or written inquiries, related to the normal or ordinary operations of the Client.
  • Asesoramiento sobre nuevas leyes, proyectos de leyes y fallos jurisprudenciales relevantes, relacionados con actividades específicas desarrolladas por el Cliente y toda clase de consultas relacionados con la operatoria normal u ordinaria del Cliente.
  • Advice to foreign investors on how to do business in Paraguay.
  • Assistance in matters of corporate governance, integrity policies and corporate social responsibility.
  • Advice on corporate reorganizations and/or restructuring processes, mergers, spin-offs, reduction of capital stock, liquidation and dissolution of companies, etc.
  • Organización de asambleas ordinarias y extraordinarias de accionistas, para modificaciones estatutarias, emisiones de acciones con o sin prima de emisión, reuniones del Directorio, redacción de actas de asambleas y directorios.
  • Maintenance and management of corporate books and records.
  • Comunicaciones, registros y actualizaciones ante la Dirección General de Estructuras, Personas Jurídicas y Beneficiarios Finales (DGEJPBF).
  • Share Purchase and Sale Agreements, and completion of required corporate filings and communications.
  • Negotiation, review and drafting of memorandums of understanding, letters of intent, collaboration agreements, confidentiality and non-competition agreements, shareholder agreements, service and consulting agreements, toll manufacturing agreements, joint venture and partnership agreements, agency, distribution, franchise and concession agreements.
  • Assistance in structuring, documenting and executing credit facilities, e.g. secured and unsecured, committed and uncommitted credits, syndicated loans, asset-based loans.
  • Negotiation, review and drafting of assignment of receivables and assumption of debt agreements.
  • Advising on termination of contracts as well as enforcement of agreements and enforcement of security interests.
  • Legal due diligence and compliance audits.
  • Incorporation/constitution and restructuring of family companies.
  • Representation and proceedings before different governmental or municipal agencies to obtain permits, authorizations and approvals.

\ Leaders

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Senior Partner

\ Rodolfo Vouga Muller
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Partner

\ Perla Alderete
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Partner

\ Rodolfo G. Vouga Z.

\ Team

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Associate

\ Paola Andriotti
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Associate

\ Maria Gloria Cabrera Ojeda
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Associate

\ Camila Lorena Dutra
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Associate

\ Andrés Vera
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Associate

\ Walter David Vera
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Associate

\ María Paula Figueredo

\ 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.

\ Publications

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New requirements for registration as Insurance Brokers and Claims Adjusters
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The Superintendence of Securities amended provisions of the General Regulation of the Securities Market regarding tariffs
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The Superintendency of Securities regulates stock market advisory services in the General Regulations of the Securities Market.

\ Address
Juan de Salazar 657
Asunción – Paraguay

\ E-mail
info@vouga.com.py

\ Telephone
+595 21 202 049

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