Foreign investment is one of the core areas of Peroni Sosa Tellechea Burt & Narvaja’s practice and the team advises major international and local players on their operations in Paraguay. It fields a robust M&A and JV practice, guiding clients from due diligence processes and Paraguayan regulatory matters to acquisitions and corporate structuring. The team’s stellar client list sees it active in projects and agency and distribution agreements across the pharmaceutical, real estate and agribusiness sectors and the group also boasts particular expertise in the aviation industry. The firm plays a key role in the drafting of legislation and corporate compliance is a key element of its practice. Advising major players in the mining, oil and aviation sectors, practice head Esteban Burt handles M&A and corporate structuring and restructuring. Francisco Peroni excels in the negotiation and drafting of distribution, representation and agency agreements. Strengthening the team’s tax offering, Eduardo Alfaro advises clients on foreign investment projects. Victoria Burt leads the firm’s compliance practice. Senior associate Vanessa Oddone focuses on the energy sector and specialises in matters related to bitcoin and data centres. Estefania Elicetche is an active associate in the team, participating in cross-border transactions.
Key clients
- Latam Airlines
- ABInBev (Cervecería Paraguaya y Fábrica Paraguaya de Vidrios)
Work highlights
- Representing FLS Group in a $200m project aimed at converting 68,000 hectares of degraded grassland into 50,000 hectares of sustainably managed commercial plantations and 18,000 hectares of reforested mosaic-planted nature conservation areas.
- Supporting Rhenus Group in its $136m acquisition of Colombia-based BLU Logistics and a majority shareholding of LBH Group.