About this office:
From its foundation in 1951 Berkemeyer, Attorneys and Counselors has been recognized as one of the leading firms in the country. A substantial part of its practice involves counseling foreign corporations and individuals in Paraguay and the Mercosur. The firm has assisted national and international corporations in significant transactions concluded in Paraguay.
The firm is exclusively devoted to the protection of the interest of its international clientele and provides legal services in all areas of law as well as in different languages, with the highest professional standards. One of the most important aims of the firm is the development of close relationships with its clients in order for them to take full advantage of the firm's broad range of expertise and of the practical and creative legal solutions to achieve the clients' objectives.
Statement of Practice Summary:
Agency, Distributorship and Franchising, Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Arbitration and Mediation, Banking and Finance, Commercial Law, Corporate and Project Finance, Corporate Law, Energy and Natural Resources, Environmental Law, Immigration, Intellectual Property, International Business Transactions, Insurance, Investments, Contracts, Labor, Litigation, Mercosur Law, Mergers and Acquisitions, Privatizations and Concessions, Real Estate, Securities, Taxation, Telecommunications.
Documents by Lawyers at this office | |
Data Protection in Paraguay
Rodrigo Aguirre, Maria Antonia Gwynn, November 25, 2009
Pursuant to the legislation in force, companies processing personal data in Paraguay do not need to notify the data protection authority. Article 5 of Law No. 1969/2002 establishes that persons or companies data can be published when they describe or provide a prospect on a pecuniary situation,...
Year Established: 1951
Representative Clients:
Coca-Cola de Paraguay S.A.; General Motors Corp. (USA); Dow AgroSciences Paraguay S.A. (PARAGUAY); Nortel Networks (USA); McDonald's Corporation (USA); Schering Plough S.A. (PARAGUAY); Abbott Laboratories (USA); Monsanto Argentina S.A.; JTI-Trading S.A; Caterpillar Financial Services (USA); Best Western International, Inc.; FCE Bank plc; Intel Corporation; Pfizer Inc.; Shell International Limited; Altria; Wyeth; GlaxoSmithkline; Diageo; Sanofi-Aventis; Henkel; Michelin.
Languages: Spanish, English, German, French, Japanese and Portuguese.