Chambers Review
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Corporate/Commercial - Bolivia
What the Team is Known For
PPO Abogados, based in Santa Cruz, boasts a sizeable practice group offering key experience advising domestic and international companies on cross-border M&A transactions, joint ventures and corporate restructuring. The department is well placed to assist with regulatory matters, as well as commercial contracts and the closing of subsidiaries in the country. The firm's client roster includes notable players from the telecommunications, as well as food and beverage sectors.
Strengths
PPO offers a high-quality service. The disposition of its partners and associates is very valuable, and they are market-savvy. Response times are extremely fast and they generate rapport with clients.
PPO Abogados has a good, purposeful team. The firm's lawyers have excellent knowledge and are very helpful, providing deep analysis and proposing solutions.
Notable practitioners
Long-standing partner Carlos Pinto offers extensive expertise assisting notable clients from the mining, food and beverage, and agriculture industries with acquisitions and commercial agreements.
Carlos Pinto masters the topics in which he specialises and develops matters with reliability.
Dynamic partner Diego Bohrt consolidates his place in the rankings this year on the back of further solid feedback for his corporate regulatory expertise in the Bolivian market. He has notable clients in the telecommunications, retail and pharma industries.
We have had a great experience working directly with Diego Bohrt. He demonstrates great agility, pragmatism and speed of response.
Partner Marcial Fernández Galindo comes highly recommended by clients for his work in Bolivia's corporate sphere. He frequently advises on acquisitions, corporate restructuring and compliance matters.
Marcial Fernández Galindo is an extremely attentive and professional lawyer.
Delma Paz provides very good external legal support and service.
Lindsay Sykes is well equipped to handle cross-border corporate transactions for an array of international clients. She is qualified to practise in both Washington, DC and New York and has worked for Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and Clifford Chance.
Lindsay Sykes' international outlook means she easily relates to the complexities of a global client. She understands the compliance and commercial implications, and is a well-rounded Bolivian lawyer.