Agribusiness

Agriculture is one of the most dynamic sectors of the Central American Economy. We have adised investors and companies in a variety of sectos including meat, tobacco, cococa, coffee, and wood. BLP´s involvement not only includes legal advice, but also a broad business vision with the objective of developing the client´s commercial potential.

Anti-money Laundering Compliance

The international community has been developing strategies for the prevention of money laundering. Accordingly, BLP has established the practice area of Anti-money Laundering Compliance in order to advise local and international clients on matters related to the prevention, management, and control of the risks of corruption, bribery, money laundering and financing of terrorism

Aviation & Maritime

Our practitioners of Aviation & Maritime law are expert in local and international laws and the general operation of the industry, providing clients with the most effective business and legal advice. Our extensive legal team has built an excellent reputation advising multiple clients in transactions of great importance.

Banking & Finance

Financial industry clients look to BLP for our experience in all aspects of lending and debt management, from small business loans and lines of credit to project finance and credit formalization with their own clients, from commercial lending to investment banking.

Business Law

BLP is recognized for its experience in national and international corporate transactions. This recognition comes from the Firm’s broad background in mergers, acquisitions, and due diligence legal services. BLP is known for being client-oriented, protecting the client’s interests while achieving the closing of the transaction. By providing a multidisciplinary approach, BLP involves in due time the specialists in the different areas of the client’s business, achieving successful outcomes on behalf of the party we represent.

Competition & Antitrust

BLP is one of the few firms in Central America with a legal team spefically dedicated to the practice area of Competition & Antitrust. Our overall knowledge of the field, combined with incomparable experience, has enabled us to lead the region in this highly technical discipline.

Cybersecurity & Data Protection

Thanks to technological advances, cybersecurity has become a topic of high importance in every industry. In the same way, the use of personal data by all types of companies is more and more frequent. This poses additional challenges for those who wish to compile, store and process personal information of third parties. At BLP we support our clients in this new and emerging area of law, supporting the needs that arise as new technologies advance, which entail risks for companies.

Dispute Resolution

BLP advises and represents our local and international clients in all aspects of dispute resolution, with an emphasis on matters related to foreign investment and commercial transactions. BLP’s attorneys have experience in international distribution agreements, conflicts between principal and agent, civil proceedings, administrative and regulatory procedures, and many other actionable incentives for civil, commercial and criminal litigation. We are skilled as well as in alternative dispute resolution (ADR) methods, having won significant extrajudicial settlements on important contracts and claims for non-contractual civil liability.

Energy & Infrastructure

Although all the countries of Central America have surpassed the 80 percent electrification mark, in an age when every modern convenience is electrically powered millions of people in the region are without access to electricity. Recent tendencies in the power sector have demonstrated the capacity of Central American countries to develop national and regional policy responses and encourage private and public investment to address urgent energy sector issues. Consequently, common policies, mutual financial concerns, and joint development projects have transformed the region into an investment destination with cross frontier interactions.

Environment, Health & Safety

The firm is aware of the environmental challenges that current times raises to companies. Our team advises clients on how to overcome the flood of increasingly strict challenges represented by both national and international regulation, whose objective is to control the impact of human activities on the environment.

Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)

Conservation of the world in the 21st century demands that companies not only be financially successful, but also be able to contribute to the world’s sustainable development goals: preserve the environment, promote social justice, reduce poverty, among others.

Ethics & Anti-Corruption

The Central American region has been classified as a high-risk area according to Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index. BLP’s Compliance & Anti-Corruption practice provides assistance in the identification and management of corruption and reputational risks.

Free Trade Zones

The Central American region offers considerable competitive advantages for international companies that establish operations in different countries. Among them, the benefits granted by the Free Trade Zone (‘FTZ’) Regime include, according to each country, special customs treatment and tax exemptions on income, sales or VAT, repatriation of capital, remittances, dividends, import of raw materials and equipment, and other national and local tax amnesties. The region has managed to attract international manufacturers and distributors from various industries, such as the Textile Industry, Agroindustry, Light Industrial Manufacturing, Life Sciences and Medical Devices, Automotive, Aerospace, and Electronics.

Global Mobility & Relocation

This burgeoning movement has created the need for qualified foreign workers to engage in the processes of installation, management, and expansion of new and existing operations. As a result, foreign employers seeking to bring in key personnel from outside must regularize this human work capital in accordance with the immigration laws of each country.

Insurance & Reinsurance

BLP is the leading practitioner of Insurance & Reinsurance Law in Central America. As the principal provider of legal advice to insurance companies seeking counsel in their regional operations, the firm specializes in all regulatory aspects of the relevant markets, including regulations on authorizations and registration of new insurers, reinsurers, intermediaries (agents and brokers), auxiliary service providers and cross-border insurance service providers.

Intellectual Property

The Intellectual Property practice at BLP is defined by our people. Our team provides a combination of skills and experience that is unparalleled in Central America. Our focus on service and innovation make BLP the region’s best qualified IP practice.

International Trade

Multinational corporations turn to BLP for our firm’s extensive experience in international trade laws and regulations dealing with commerce and foreign investment.

Labor & Employment

BLP’s regional Labor & Employment practice can provide your organization with the highest level of expertise in corporate governance and labor law. Under an innovative methodology that combines legal analysis with a practical and modern vision of personnel management, our team approach translates into exponential gains for our clients, who by investing their resources in preventive and strategic ways reduce the risk of labor litigation and secure general benefits within the organizational climate.

Mining

The mining industry has been a rampant sector in several countries of the Central American isthmus. Integrated as an important link in the chain of sustainable development of the economy.

Private Clients & Estate Planning

The increasing need for Estate & Succession Planning is especially relevant in today’s context. Central American legal systems foresee the need to implement succession structures that allow the disposition of assets in ways that are more flexible, efficient, and in line with the proprietor’s intentions. In this way, a property owner can institute as heirs those he favors, establishing appropriate terms and conditions.

Private Equity & Venture Capital

BLP is a leader in Private Equity & Venture Capital, with extensive experience in acquisitions of local companies by foreign investors or investment funds. The firm advises on all aspects of investments in Central America, including the most efficient tax structuring for the client, such as the development of commercial strategies for business development.

Public Law, Public Procurement & Regulation

Specialization and experience define our professional practice. Our attorneys are experts, not only in the general aspects of Public Law, Public Procurement & Regulation, but also in the most innovative and challenging aspects of financial regulation, the telecommunications market, collaborative economies and technologies, disruptive data protection, public-private partnerships, energy, and air transport.

Real Estate & Hospitality

BLP is leader providing legal advice in the Real Estate & Hospitality industry. Our attorneys advise a growing list of clients on some of the largest, most complex real estate projects in the region. Over the years, BLP ́s legal team has acquired knowledge and experience in the risks and rewards related to real estate transactions in Central America. On a daily basis, we represent developers, investors, and financial entities in the acquisition, development, structuring, financing, sale and leasing of real estate assets. Our firm offers comprehensive advice and personalized service to our clients in every stage of their real estate investments.

Regulatory Compliance, Prevention and Risk Management

Businesses, in any industry, are challenged to stay compliant with a variety of complex and changing rules to avoid increasingly severe consequences. BLP is committed to helping our clients identify, prevent, and manage their risks in complex regulatory environments, both in their daily operations and transactional matters.

Sanitary Registration of Products

The practice of Sanitary Registration of Products at BLP is defined by our working group: A team of more than 10 lawyers with a mix of skills and combined experience in the field that is without rival in Central America. By balancing reliable procedure with feasible innovation we provide our clients with the best regional service in Regulatory Law.

Tax

As part of our business vision, BLP offers clients an integrated service that incorporates into its structure a Tax practice area whose highly qualified professionals offer vast experience and expertise in tax exposure. At BLP we know that a main concern of a successful enterprise is the proper administration of taxes and the observance of fiscal responsibility. We offer the experience and knowledge to facilitate the efficient development of your company without unforeseen tax consequences.

Telecommunications, Media & Technology

The exponential growth of Telecommunications, Media & Technology ( TMT ) has created a myriad of opportunities in the business world. Major TMT competitors have successfully responded to new openings in Central America with BLP’s expert direction and assistance. Whether our counsel involves the granting of licenses by state regulatory bodies, the deployment of infrastructure, or the acquisition and maximization of existing assets or companies, BLP’s team of professionals dominates the practice area of Telecommunications, Media and Technology.