Vouga Abogados

Legal Services | Paraguay
tel: +595 21230 100 | fax: +595 21 214 556
Av. Peru 505 and Av. España | Juan de Salazar 657 esq Prof. Ramirez | Asuncíón | Paraguay

Main Contacts

Rodolfo Vouga

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Partner

Rodolfo G. Vouga Z.

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Partner

Offices

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

Notable

Areas of Practice

  • Agribusiness
  • Antitrust
  • Banking & Finance, Capital Markets, Pension & Investment Funds
  • Bankruptcy, Insolvency and Restructuring
  • Consumer Protection Law
  • Corporate and Commercial Law
  • Corporate Compliance and Ethics
  • Distributorship, Agency, Representation and Franchising
  • Environmental Law
  • Family Businesses, Estate Planning and Inheritance
  • Information Technology
  • Infrastructure and Project Finance
  • Insurance and Reinsurance
  • Intellectual Property
  • International Trade and Mercosur Law
  • Labor, Industrial Safety and Social Security
  • Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Maritime, Air and Transport Law
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Mining, Energy and Natural Resources
  • Oil & Gas
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Public and Administrative Law
  • Real Estate, Construction and Engineering
  • Sports and Entertainment Law
  • Tax and Customs Law
  • Telecommunications, Broadcasting and Media

Articles

Paraguay: Anti-Laundering Legislation - Implications of Law 6.446 / 19

Vouga Abogados, January 2020

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...

International Arbitration and Financial Institutions - Current Status and the Path Ahead

Vouga Abogados, July 2019

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...

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Press

Vouga Abogados Advised Continental Grain Company on a Key Transaction in the Agribusiness Sector

Vouga Abogados, March 2025

Vouga Abogados advised Continental Grain Company, a global investment firm in agribusiness and food, on the sale of Corporación de Alimentos e Higiene del Paraguay S.A. (CAHPSA) to Nutrex, strengthening Nutrex’s presence in both the local and regional agribusiness market.The transaction, announced on March 17 and closed last month, involved the transfer of CAHPSA’s grain processing plant, along with its brand portfolio and other strategic assets. This acquisition is part of Nutrex’s investment plan in Paraguay, aimed at expanding its operations and consolidating its export capacity...

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