PPO Abogados

Firm Overview:

PPO Abogados (“PPO”) is unique in its approach toward servicing its clients because it treasures specialization over general legal services, an approach which -except for boutiques-is not practiced by any other Bolivian full-service law firm.

PPO’s corporate department is the biggest in headcount by a large margin. It follows that PPO’s corporate client portfolio, comprised primarily of multinational clients, is by far the largest in Bolivia. We have found that clients (1) appreciate and welcome specialized legal services; and (2) increasingly require sophisticated services that demand familiarity with international matters such as “global compliance policies”, “international public procurement rules” and “treaty benefits for investments”. Our full-service offering allows us to provide this type of comprehensive advice to our clients.

PPO’s corporate department advises a stellar list of clients from all industries. Our lawyers are second-to-none in providing corporate legal services, starting with the registration of businesses, advice with respect to director liability, preparation of shareholders agreements, capital increases and reductions, advice concerning the issuance of shares and debt in the securities market, and including dissolutions and liquidations.

PPO routinely participates in the most relevant transactions in Bolivia, maintaining a steady flow of company and asset acquisitions and commercial agreements (distributor, agency, licensing, franchise, etc.). Most transactions in which the firm participates have a cross-border component.

Practice Areas:

PPO build teams composed of their best lawyers to respond to each client’s unique needs in the following practice areas:

Administrative Law & Regulatory​:

• Antitrust
• Gaming regulation
• Energy​
• Transportation & Logistics​
• Telecommunications​
• Aviation​
• Banking​
• Oil and gas​
• Mining​
• Agribusiness​
• Life Sciences​
• Insurance and Reinsurance​

Anti-corruption and investigations:

Finance

Tax law

• Customs law
• Accounting law​
• Tax Audit

​ Corporate Law M&A​:

• Corporate Law
• Mergers and acquisitions (M&A)​

Intellectual Property​:

• Industrial Property
• Copyright and related matters
• Contentious IP matters
• License,franchise & technology transfer​
• Entretainment
• Privacy and Data proteccion
• Consumer law and Advertising

Criminal defense

Comercial Law

Labor Law

​Litigation and dispute resolution​:

• Arbitration
• Appeals and final instances
• Civil litigation
• Commercial litigation

Public contracting