Free Trade Zones
- Structuring of investment projects under the FTZ
- Application to obtain a FTZ license
- Modifications to the FTZ Regime (authorized activities, industrial plants and facilities, investment / employment levels)
- Regulatory compliance
- Mergers and acquisitions of FTZ companies
- Defense in administrative proceedings
- Consulting on customs matters
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
- One-time transactions
- Independent handling of escrow accounts
- Guarantee
- Testamentary
- Administration
- Investment
- Property
- Custody of shares or other assets
We coordinate these services with trusted providers
CUSTODY OF FUNDS:
STRUCTURE AND ADMINISTRATION OF TRUSTS:
Intellectual Property
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Trademarks:
- Preliminary Searches
- Registration
- Licenses
- Portfolio management
- Oppositions
- Non-Use Actions
- Nullity actions
- Legal counseling and trademark advisory
- Due Diligence
- Domain names registration
- Filings
- Oppositions
- Assignments, licenses and agreements
- Enforcement and protection of IP rights
- Infringement actions
- Counterfeiting litigation
- Trademark watch and monitoring
- Filings
- PTC Filing
- Oppositions
Copyrights:
Brand protection:
Patents and Industrial Designs:
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
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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
- 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
Procurement Law:
Cannabis and Hemp Law
- Legal assistance in registering your new company in Costa Rica
- Services related to opening of Bank accounts, initiation of payroll registrations, activation before our Tax authorities, etc.
- Sanitary registration of products
- IP registration for brands and trademarks
- Legal advice on navigating the recent hemp and cannabis regulations
- Licenses and permits for medical cannabis and industrial hemp
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
Litigation and Arbitration
- Commercial litigation
- Civil litigation
- Agrarian law conflicts
- Labor litigation
- Unfair competition and trademark counterfeiting litigation
- Government and administrative litigation
- Collection proceedings
- Expropriation proceedings
- Arbitration (national and international)
Corporate and Business law
- Implementation of innovative transactions
- Incorporation of legal entities and drafting of Operating Agreements
- Establishing, structuring, and restructuring of businesses, companies, and groups
- Business planning
- Stock option plans
- Outsourcing relationships
- Consortia, partnerships, and joint ventures
- Shareholders Agreements
- Due Diligence
- Corporate governance
- Corporate succession
- Corporate records
- Corporate litigation
- Minority rights
- Creditor’s rights
- Management Agreements
- Elaboration of family protocols and all related matters to Family Planning and Family Offices
Real Estate
- Due dilligence
- Concessions
- Construction
- Urban planning
- Environmental matters
- Development loans
- Expropiations
- Land use permits
- Maritime zone
- Sales and purchases
- Public and private partnership structures
- Structuring of multiple source loans
- Privatizations and related transactions
- Structuring of SPVs for investment
- Complex debt restructuring
- Joint ventures for property development
- Legal representation for development and investment projects, real estate funds, mortgage and creditor investors
Asset Management
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Annual Compliance Service:
- Custody of Legal Books
- Corporate Domicile and Registered Attorney services
- Processing of Corporate and Property Tax payments
- Processing of Government Stamp Tax
- Filing of the Registry of Transparency and Final Beneficiaries
- Filing of the Inactive Tax Compliance Declaration
- Annual Member’s/Shareholder’s Meeting
- Monitoring Service for companies and properties
- Coordination of Home Appraisals
- Filing and payment of Luxury Home Tax
- Filing and payment of Capital Gains Tax
- Municipal Declarations
- Update of Municipal Declarations
- D-140 Filing for Corporate ATVs
- HOA Fees
- Utilities
- Costa Rican Social Security
- Payroll
- Insurance Policies
- Accounting Invoices
- Etc.
Corporate and Property Maintenance Services:
Recurring Payments Service:
Processing of Monthly Expenses, including:
Services
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