Delma Paz
PPO AbogadosPPO Abogados’s ‘proactive and diligent’ corporate and M&A team provides a variety of specialised and sophisticated legal services. The firm covers the full range of corporate law matters, including the registration of businesses, preparation of shareholder agreements, and dissolutions and liquidations. The group is often involved in cross-border transactions, assisting both regional and multinational clients, and added to its extensive client base in 2022. The team has an ever-growing knowledge of international matters, such as global compliance policies, international public procurement rules and treaty benefits for investments. Carlos Pinto, Marcial Fernández and Diego Böhrt jointly lead the department. Mattias Garrón is noted for his significant experience in corporate and commercial matters, as well as in project development, M&A and foreign investment. Salomón Eid focuses his practice on transactional, corporate, and finance matters, where he leads the technology practice for the firm. At associate level, recently appointed practice director Delma Paz, and Carolina Arnez, María René Suárez and Ingrid Reese, are all names to note.
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‘The PPO corporate team is an ally for us as a company because it helps us with all the consulting at the local level, since we as an inhouse lawyer are in another country and do not know the local legislation in Bolvia. They are close to us as clients, willing to solve and collaborate from a business perspective and not just a legal one.’
‘Marcial Fernandez stands out as our partner and point of contact with the law firm, who perfectly manages the issues, is up-to-date and provides us with efficient and agile solutions for our business.’
‘The PPO practice is very good. It has bilingual professionals who are sufficiently trained to meet the needs of international clients in Bolivia.’
‘Delma Paz and Carlos Pinto have provided us with excellent and world-class service. Highly recommended office for companies with the intention of doing business in Bolivia.’
‘The team is proactive and diligent, they have a centralised customer service scheme, and they are well structured.’
‘The treatment is personalised and empathetic, and is always capable of coordinating joint actions with areas of expertise.’
‘PPO stands out for its broad sense of collaboration and they try to offer personalised attention, which makes them different from other law firms.’
‘The personalised attention with which the leader of the team attended us (Marical Fernández) was important.’
Key clients
- Unilever
- Ballerina
- Nestlé
- Grupo Bimbo
- Grupo Arcor
- Indústrias de Aceite
- Frigorífico BFC
- Chocolates Para Ti
- Kromasol
- Bebidas Bolivianas
- Diageo
- Compañía de Cervecerías Unidas (CCU)
- Destilería Cuatro Ases
- Eastern Airlines
- Rohlig Logistics
- Interbarge
- Latam Airlines
Work highlights
- Advised Inchcape on the Bolivian aspects of its £1.3bn acquisition of Derco, a multijurisdictional transaction with impact in Chile, Bolivia, Peru, and Colombia.
- Advise Telecel (TIGO) on the negotiation, preparation, and execution of its television rights contract signed with the Bolivian Soccer Federation (FBF) for the 2021-2024 period.
- Advised El Dorial in the transformation of the company from an LLC to a corporation, as part of a restructuring plan to obtain greater sources of financing and a corporate governance implementation.
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Carlos Pinto, Marcial Fernández, Diego Böhrt