Corral & Rosales

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Corral & Rosales has been one of the major law firms in Ecuador since it was established in 1975. The firm offers a wide range of services to its clients. The firm serves mainly foreign firms doing business in Ecuador. Corral & Rosales serves leading international commercial, services, financial and industrial enterprises. The firm’s clients come from North America, Europe and Asia.

Corral & Rosales is a leader in providing assistance to companies engaged in business in Ecuador. We recognise that our clients’ needs are diverse. Our lawyers work with other members of the firm where matters involve different aspects and areas of law. No client is too small or too complex for us. Corral & Rosales strongly encourages its lawyers to develop their business skills and to gain a clear understanding of our clients’ business to better serve their needs.

We have teamed up with correspondents around the world, which allows us to better serve our clients’ needs.

We strongly emphasise the relationship between the partner responsible for the service and the client. We believe that this ‘client-partner’ relationship is fundamental to providing first-rate legal advice. Instead of dividing the client’s brief between several lawyers (except where necessary), each partner is responsible for the entire work of that client.

Corral & Rosales has opted for sustained and coordinated growth, allowing it to provide expeditious and comprehensive legal advice. Our growth has been the result of a consistent commitment to timely, high-quality and cost-effective service to clients.

Over the years, attorneys of the firm have developed relationships with important government, business and media contacts which allow us to better serve our clients.

Main areas of practice

Corporate: Determination of corporate vehicles; incorporation of companies; custody of corporate books; preparation of minutes; transfer of shares; preparation of capital increases and amendments to by-laws; mergers, split/spin-offs; shareholder agreements.
Commercial: Mergers and acquisitions; joint ventures; takeover operations; drafting, preparation and review of contracts and other documents; commercial trusts; international leases; anti-dumping actions.
Competition: Preventive advising and training on competition issues; competition actions; unfair competition; dumping; advertising; consumer protection.
Customs: Imports under especial customs regimes; tax-free zones authorisations and licences; permits and licences for bonded-warehouses; claims.
Financing & banking: Drafting, preparation and review of agreements and other loan documents; financial structuring; project financing; secured transactions; placement of securities; securitisation of assets; trusts.
Government contracting: Pre-contractual phase advice; preparation of tenders and bids; negotiation and execution of contracts; performance of public contracts; concessions and privatisations; representation and defence of related litigation.
Immigration: Obtaining visas for executives and expatriate personnel; work authorisations; changes in immigration status; obtaining registration certificates and identity cards for expatriates.
Intellectual property: Registration, transfer, renewal, cancellation and others in relation to patents, marks, designs, copyrights and other forms of industrial and intellectual property; domain names; electronic commerce; B2B, B2C, P2P and others; new technologies; infringement actions and IP protection; customs measures.
Labour: Management of human resources; agreements (individual and bargaining/union agreements); labour-related agreements and settlements; confidentiality and non-compete agreements; benefit programmes; representation and processing of dismissals; approval of dismissals; internal labour regulations; labour-related litigation.
Mining: Obtaining mining permits and authorisations; drafting and negotiation of related contracts; acquisition of mining rights; identification of sensible aspects of mining activities; environmental permits and issues.
Oil & gas: Obtaining permits and authorisation for operation; assistance and counselling on bidding processes regarding public concessions; drafting and negotiation of related contracts; drafting, preparation and review of agreements and related documents for transfer of rights.
Regulatory matters: Regulatory matters particularly in connection with telecommunications, energy, oil and mining, aviation and the environment; product registrations; obtaining permits, licences and concessions; defence of related infringements.
Tax: Tax planning and preventive advice services; response to consultations; representation and defence in tax-related litigation: claims by reason of undue payments and excess payments.
Arbitration & litigation: Representation and defence in administrative and judicial actions in relation to the above referenced fields; local and international arbitration; ADR; collections.

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