As part of Paraguay's commitment to the International Financial Action Task Force of Latin America (GAFILAT), in November 2019, the Executive Power enacted Law No. 6446 that creates a “General Directorate of People and Legal Structures and Final Beneficiaries ” Under the Ministry of Finance (hereinafter the Law), which will have the following functions: Acting as the authority of application, replacing the Treasury Law, of Law No. 5895/2017 “Establishing Transparency Rules in the Regime of Companies Incorporated by Shares”. Set the guidelines for administrative registration and supervision of persons and legal structures...
Vouga Abogados
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Asuncíón, Paraguay
Overview
With a team of professionals with experience spanning more than three decades, Vouga Abogados is one of the most prominent and experienced law firms in Paraguay.
Vouga Abogados is a full service firm that advises large and small businesses, financial and multilateral credit institutions, NGOs, public entities and individuals, complying with the most stringent ethical standards. Our client base includes a significant number of Fortune 500 companies operating across a broad range of industries.
The Firm has a solid team of legal and accounting professionals, organized in practice groups whose leaders are widely recognized in their fields. Our firm's focus on responsiveness, which is built on strong investments in human resources and technology, enables us to render world-class services in a time-efficient manner. In fact, the team has lead several of the most relevant transactions in the country during the last years.
With offices in Asunción and Ciudad del Este, a regional reach and an international outlook, Vouga Abogados is one of the largest law firms in the country and a main point of call for doing business in Paraguay.
Year this Office was Established: 1976
Lawyers Worldwide: 35
Languages: Spanish, English, German, French, Italian and Portuguese
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Areas of Practice
Professionals
Partners
Perla Alderete
PartnerMirtha Dos Santos
PartnerCynthia Fatecha
PartnerRodrigo Fernández
PartnerRodolfo Vouga
PartnerSiegfried Vouga
PartnerCarlos Vouga
PartnerRodolfo G. Vouga Z.
PartnerAssociates
Manuel Acevedo Scappini
AssociateElio Agüero
AssociatePaola Andriotti
AssociateSilvia Benítez García
AssociateGeorg Birbaumer
AssociateMarcela Dos Santos
AssociateCamila Lorena Dutra Petta
AssociateAlberto Fleytas
AssociateGrecia Florentín
AssociateViviana Gómez
AssociateJorge González
AssociateLaura Lezcano
AssociateEusebio López
AssociateJuan Manuel Ros
AssociateHoracio Sanchez Pangrazio
AssociateJuan Sebastián Silva Velázquez
AssociateLuis Marcio Torales
AssociateAna Belén Vera
AssociateAndres Vera
AssociateWalter David Vera
AssociateCecilia María Vera Bernaola
AssociateOther
Articles
International Arbitration and Financial Institutions - Current Status and the Path Ahead
Traditionally financial institutions have preferred litigation over international arbitration. The reasons are many, but they are mainly related to the fact that arbitrators generally lack the power to render summary judgments, to grant interim measures, and that there is no precedent in international arbitration. However, international arbitration has gain ground in the last few years, due to the fact that arbitral institutions have addressed the main criticisms to the system...
Press
Vouga Abogados advises Banco Atlas and its Subsidiaries in the Merger with Banco Familiar
The start of the merger and consolidation process of the operations between Banco Atlas and Banco Familiar has been recentl
Acquisition of 50% of Biggie
Vouga Abogados advised Azeta Group, one of the most important economic conglomerates in the country and active in various sectors