We provided legal counsel to the Development Fund for the Financial System and Support to the Productive Sector (FONDESIF) whose principal activities are to obtain and channel external funds for the development of micro-credit activities and to manage financial support for assistance to banks and financial entities.
Our Law Firm has been very active in the creation and development of the Financial Group BISA, especially regarding incorporation and starting business of the insurance, securities brokerage, leasing, factoring and investment funds operations. We also act as external counsel for Bank BISA and BISA Insurance and Reinsurance S.A., the leading insurance company in Bolivia.
Our legal services included incorporation of AON Bolivia S.A. and AON RE Bolivia S.A., branches of the AON RISK CORPORATION Group, doing business on insurance brokerage and reinsurance.
Our Law Firm regularly advises large and medium-sized enterprises on loan and credit transactions, and represents lender banks and borrowers. We are involved in all phases of the process, from the preparation or review of offers up to the drafting and negotiation of the final agreements.
Moreover, our expertise covers financing for acquisitions. We advise on the design of security interest and guarantee structures and arrangements and on the drafting and negotiation of agreements, as well as rendering legal opinions.
We advise on the design and documentation of a broad spectrum of financial products. We act for clients in the area of business banking and in complex transactions such as factoring, asset finance and commodities financing, among others.
We are also an active service provider in other areas such as retail banking, including consumer finance, mortgages, and in private banking, where we provide a mix of corporate, commercial and tax advice, drawing on our experience in both areas.
We work with our clients to set up and obtain authorization for all kinds of financial institutions. Our expertise extends to a whole host of regulatory issues and compliance with financial services legislation. We also advise on enforcement proceedings against institutions, directors and senior executives, in both the administrative and judicial phases.
Our lawyers specialize in advising major industrial corporations on the negotiation of insurance contracts and policies to cover large risks, and have experience in the drafting, reviewing and legal interpretation of such documents.
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