CORPORATE & FRANCHISE LAW

Assistance in the incorporation of companies and branches; design of efficient schemes to channel foreign investment; planning of structures for cross-border transactions; drafting of minutes and shareholder agreements; assistance in the amendment of corporate by-laws; bookkeeping; company mergers & acquisitions; corporate reorganization and liquidation procedures; counseling to boards of directors and managers with respect to corporate governance matters; conduction of due diligence processes, and; ongoing advice regarding day-to-day business activities

Drafting of franchise and license agreements; reviewing and revising of franchise and license agreements; counseling regarding renewal and termination of franchise and license agreements; advice regarding legal issues relevant for franchises and licenses about local laws, and; ongoing advice regarding day-to-day business activities

Planning of commercial transactions; drafting of agreements such as collaboration, distribution, commercial agency, among others; drafting of employment agreements and service agreements, among others; drafting of purchase and sell agreements, among others, and; ongoing advice regarding day-to-day business activities

National and international tax consulting; planning of efficient tax schemes; general and family estate planning; adherence to tax benefits and amnesties, and; conduction of due diligence processes

Counseling for the acquisition of real state; study of deeds; design of efficient schemes to channel foreign investment, and; review of acquisition public deeds; review of lease agreements

Design of contracting schemes; advice for the hiring of national and foreign staff; advise for the conduction of disciplinary proceedings; counseling for the termination of labor agreements; accompaniment during voluntary conciliations before the labor ministry or labor judges; design of remuneration and labor benefits structure; design of voluntary retirement plans; counseling for the compliance with labor and social security regulations; conduction of due diligence processes, and; conduction of audit processes

Structuration of personal data protection programs; development of corporate governance programs, legal opinions, training and conduction of due diligence processes aimed to comply with the rules of personal data protection and financial data protection; assistance during the procedures for requesting compliance decisions before the data protection authority for transfers of data; advice and representation in administrative investigations performed by the data protection authority due to violation of the rules of personal data and financial data protection; accompaniment in administrative visits performed by the data protection authority; advisory and judicial representation in actions against the decisions of the data protection authority at ordinary courts

Drafting of agreements such as: website and software development, software licensing, hardware acquisition and leasing, technology development and transfer, online service provider; counseling for electronic transactions; drafting of user agreements and terms for service; advice in matters related to digital and electronic signature, as well as electronic invoicing

Filing or renewal applications of sanitary authorization, mandatory sanitary notification codes or health registrations before the National Institute of Drug and Food Surveillance (Instituto Nacional de Vigilancia de Medicamento -INVIMA); study and drafting of legal and technical documentation for filing or renewal of sanitary authorizations, mandatory sanitary notification codes or health registrations; assistance for obtaining certificates of good manufacturing practices before the INVIMA; drafting and filing of reconsideration actions and answers to official actions; review of labels and advertising for approval of the INVIMA; products categorization studies; obtaining concepts of the specialized chamber of pharmaceutical and biological products review committee; company and commercial establishment registration before INVIMA

Draft of medical consents for clinical trials; draft of contracts and requirements; draft of strategies for test data protection and for approval before the INVIMA; review of supporting documentation to be submitted to the INVIMA for the approval of clinical trials with experimental drugs