Firm Name:    BERKEMEYER, Attorneys & Counselors     

Year Founded:           1951   

# Lawyers:                 27

# Support Staff:        68

PROFILE: 

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.

PRACTICE AREAS: 

General Practice:  Mergers & Acquisitions; Investment; Finance; Commercial Contracts; Transactions; Franchising, Licensing, Agency and Distribution law; Corporate Finance; Joint Venture; Project Finance; Private Equity; Employment; Environmental; Energy & Telecommunication; Immigration; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Intellectual Property

FIRM ACHIEVEMENTS: 

The law firm has participated in international transactions, acquisition of business by multinational companies and advises local and international companies.  The law firm constantly provides solutions and strategies to complex issues derived from the commercial operations of our clients.

As it has been stated by Chambers:  “Clients are happy with the service provide and appreciate the lawyer’s expert advice on new legal developments in Paraguay.  Clients also praise the good working relationships the firm foster with them and say they have full confidence in the lawyers here”. p.358, Chambers Latin America 2010.

FIRM AWARDS:

- Top Ranked CHAMBERS Latin America Firm of the Year 2010.

- Certificate of Acknowledgment for collaborating with the World Bank in the “Doing Business Project”.

- Acknowledgment of CAPACINFAR (Paraguayan Chamber of Pharmaceutical Research Companies)

- Recommended firm by Latin Lawyer

- Law firm of the year (Latin America/Caribbean) -Highly Recommended by the World Leaders International IP Awards

- Distinction to Dr. Hugo Berkemeyer as a founding member of ASIPI (Inter American Association of Intellectual Property)

- Distinction to Dr. Hugo T. Berkemeyer after finishing his mandate as President of ASIPI (Inter American Association of Intellectual Property)

CLIENTELE: 

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.