Five years ago, the BLP law firm completed its regionalization process by arriving in Guatemala with a multidisciplinary team committed to the firm’s vision: to become true business partners of its clients. BLP’s success story began in 2003 in Costa Rica. The regionalization process of the firm began in 2014 with offices in Nicaragua and…
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The Constitutional Court has declared as without merit the actions brought against the Regulations of Convention 175 of the International Labor Organization (ILO) on Part-Time Work issued through Government Agreement 89-2019 of the President of the Republic. As a result, the Regulations on Part-time Work are now in effect, raising questions about part-time hiring including…
BLP advised the seller, Grupo Orbis (Pintuco), on this regionally impactful transaction employing attorneys from each of our offices in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala, as well as coordinating with lawyers in Panama. Besides conducting due diligence in the jurisdictions of Central America, BLP also analyzed the competition in each of the countries and if required…
In a plenary session on February 10, 2021, the Congress of the Republic approved Decree 2-2021 ordering the Leasing Law, which will enter into force once it is validated by the Presidency of the Republic and published in the Official Gazette, as expected to happen in the next few days. With the entry into force…
Without a doubt, the Coronavirus, COVID-19 has represented the greatest economic and labor challenge that has been faced worldwide in the last 100 years. The high level of contagion of the disease, forced governments to take drastic measures to contain the new coronavirus, which include: the suspension of work activities in workplaces, the closure of borders,…
The Foundation for the Development of Guatemala -FUNDESA (for its acronym in Spanish)- has promoted measures for economic reactivation in times of crisis, through public investment projects on a priority basis. One of these projects consists of reducing the gap in road infrastructure, and to this end, it has promoted the Bill 5431, which contains…
On Monday, April 6, 2020, the Guatemalan Migration Institute -IGM- in compliance with the presidential provisions, in relation to the state of calamity, issued a statement on its official page which contains special provisions to protect foreigners with the quality of tourists so that they can remain in Guatemala for the duration of the decreed state of…
Given recent governmental measures to address the COVID-19 situation, we provide a summary of the main provisions that facilitate the continuance of business and commercial activities by using remote communication technologies, digital signatures, and digital checks. Remote communication technologies allow parties to participate and make decisions in shareholders and directors meetings, as well as convoking meetings….
Due to the State of Calamity decreed by the Guatemalan government, because of COVID-19, restrictive measures have been enacted to prevent the spread of the virus. Said measures have restricted the opening of shopping centers, offices and other private establishments, as they are not among the exceptions granted for the continuation of operations. Consequently, questions…
We inform you that, due to new presidential provisions in the event of public calamity and orders for strict compliance, published on March 29, 2020 in the Diario de Centroamérica, provisions of March 16 – 21, 2020 are repealed. Therefore, it is determined that all air, land and sea borders throughout the national territory are…
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