Gumucio & Abogados

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Firm Overview

Founded in the city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, in 2013, by managing partner Daniel S. Gumucio Carrasco, Gumucio & Abogados, is a law firm whose main mission is to provide effective and dynamic solutions through strategies solutions to the different legal contingencies related to the business sector, providing economically viable results for the client, constantly trying to achieve the highest quality standards in the service.

The law firm’s clients list include national and foreign companies; industrial, commercial, pharmaceutical, automotive, oil, mining, environmental, construction, retail, hospitals, non-profit institutions, among others. It also involves the most important business groups (holdings) in Bolivia.

Managing Partner: Daniel Gumuncio Carrasco
Senior Partner: Ximena Gumucio Carrasco
Number of partners: 2
Number of other lawyers: 18

Areas of Expertise

Labour Law:

Labour and employment legal audits, Union conflicts management, Union claims negotiation, identification of labor and employment related risks, planning of preventive policies; elaboration and implementation of union agreements; confidentiality agreements; Labour disputes on Administrative, judicial, arbitration, and constitutional courts; social security issues; Work Contracts, Employer Registrations, fulfillment of all the Administrative Obligations as Employer, trying to deliver solutions that facilitate the business development of clients, optimising the return on their investment and minimising risks.

Commercial, Corporate & Business Law:

The firm offers high quality services in the areas of corporate law, including: constitution and registration of companies and branch offices; Custody and administration of corporate record books and other corporate records; mergers and acquisitions, restructuration of companies; review of audits and due diligence; joint-ventures; corporate government; public and private tenders; commercial contracts; concessions; dissolution and liquidation of companies; corporate modifications; transactions; foreign investment; dispute resolution of corporate matters.

Civil Law:

Civil contracts related to purchases, services, loans, bonds, pledges, mortgages, civil works, leases, donations, deposits, among others; termination and rescission of civil contracts; procedures on validity, interpretation and execution of civil contracts; constitution of civil associations, foundations and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), civil litigation, recovery of debts.

Intellectual Property:

Trademarks and patent titles searches and registration; registry changes and renewals; transfers and mergers, drafting and registration of trademark license agreements, administrative and judicial disputes related to intellectual property registration (oppositions, cancelations, infringement of intellectual property rights, annulment and others), administrative and judicial impugnation’s.

Litigation:

We have extensive experience in the area of litigation which characterize their law firm; experience extends to managing, coordinating and directing the defense of numerous concurrent claims, involving multiple claimants and/or defendants, across different areas such as labour and employment, civil, administrative, commercial, tax and criminal matters.