Which law firms do Latin America’s biggest companies like best?
Competition between law firms is tough. With so many options to choose from, window shopping has become the norm for many GCs looking for external counsel in Latin America. Loyalty is important to GCs, but legal teams are not afraid ...
New Benefits for the Oil Industry in Nicaragua
Law No. 1,012, published on 12-19-2019, reforms the articles of Law No. 286 Special Law on Exploration and Exploitation of Hydrocarbons. Law No. 286 is the norm that regulates the exploration, drilling and other activities related to ...
New Benefits for the Energy Industry in Nicaragua
Nicaragua’s Energy Industry was recently reformed by publication in the Official Gazette of Law 1,011 that amends Article 32 of Law 272, Law of the Electricity Industry.
The amendment creates an exemption from all taxes on an ...
Law for the Strengthening of the Competition Authorities in Costa Rica
On August 29, the Law for the Strengthening of the Competition Authorities was adopted in its second and final voting session. This Law aims to strengthen and improve the implementation of competition laws and policies by the Commission to Promote Competition (Coprocom) ...
Free Trade Zones in Costa Rica: Country benefit and current issues
The Foreign Trade Corporation of Costa Rica (PROCOMER) presented the report named Balance of the Free Trade Zones: Net Benefit of the Regime for Costa Rica 2014-2018, which analyzes and exposes what the Free Trade Regime represented for the country ...
New deadline for regularizing environmental instruments in Guatemala
On January 3, 2020, the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources decreed an extension of three years to the period of regularization of environmental instruments in Guatemala. Thus, existing projects have until December 16, 2022, to apply ...
Over 250 Cuban lawyers receive ILAC-IBA Diploma in International Commercial Law
More than 250 lawyers from Cuba received a diploma in International Commercial Law at the graduation ceremony held on November 15 at the University of Havana. The International Legal Alliance Consortium (ILAC) has coordinated the diploma since 2016. The course is implemented by ...
