PRACTICE AREAS

Corporate

At Bermejo & Bermejo we advise our clients on the entire spectrum of corporate law. Since the creation of our firm and to date we help our clients with the latest trends in corporate law to create strategies that allow them to grow their businesses. 

We offer comprehensive, tailor-made and business-minded legal services in diverse industries such as agro-chemicals, aviation, real estate, materials and manufacturing among others. 

We are characterized by offering an agile, committed and close service involving us in the business strategy to be a business facilitator and a commercial ally for our clients. 

Intellectual Property

Bermejo & Bermejo has a department entirely dedicated to Intellectual Property. Our attorneys advise clients on patents, copyrights, related rights, intellectual property litigation, and administration and protection of intellectual property assets. 

We represent multinational companies, international organizations for the protection of intellectual assets, international law firms and private clients not only in Guatemala but also in the region, personally and through our correspondents. 

We protect hundreds of intellectual property assets for our clients in the region, maintaining strict control over them to guarantee that their intellectual property assets are protected in the region. 

Among the services provided by the Intellectual Property Department are:

Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, Industrial Designs, Domain Names, Plant Varieties, Personal Data Protection, Unfair Competition, Advertising Law.

Real Estate

The profitability of the project is always at the heart of our consultancy. Through legal structures we seek to help developers achieve their financial goals. From the structuring of a condominium regime, the conditions land acquisition, the distribution of the horizontal property regime, the use of land, and the conditions of sale or financing we seek from the legal perspective to improve the profitability of our clients’ projects. 

Our Real Estate lawyers are involved from the conception of the projects, in order to jointly with the developers offer schemes and alternatives that allow the creation of highly attractive projects both for the developer and for the final client. 

We have separated ourselves from our competitors by the ability to structure complex projects in which different uses are combined within the same project, whether housing and commercial, commercial and offices, and sometimes all three in different combinations always reaching harmony between the interests of different types of users. 

We do not practice real estate law in isolation from trends and markets, we combine legal expertise with trends, market reality and industry knowledge to structure projects attached to reality, with a forward-looking mentality that allows us to build the reputation of our clients through successful projects.

Our advice is recognized by our clients, retaining us as the legal branch of the administration of their occupied projects. Today we are advisors to more than 50 condominium and project administrations, accompanying them in the incidents that arise in the day to day administration of projects. This experience facilitates the incorporation of prevention clauses in the rest of the instruments we generate in the structuring of projects. 

Some of the services we offer in the area of Real Estate department: 

  • Land negotiations and acquisition 
  • Negotiation of financing terms
  • Condominium Regime
  • Condominium Regulations
  • Horizontal Property Regime
  • Easements 
  • Legal Structuring for the acquisition of premium real estate
  • Promises and purchase sales
  • Permissions support 
  • Structuring of investment companies and project management. 
  • Legal support in the day to day operations of organizations subject to condominium regime.

Litigation and Alternative
Dispute Resolution

The Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution team at Bermejo & Bermejo advises on all types of civil and commercial litigation as well as intellectual property and related matters. 

Our team besides advising on complex litigation consistently practices on specific branches of the law, so we have the experience to carry out strategies developed in complex trials and offer our clients preventive advice, which allows us to foresee incidents that may affect the good progress of their affairs, whether personal or business related. 

 

Our philosophy is to understand our clients’ business objectives, and with these at the core of our strategy we design the path that will bring them closer to their business objectives, whether through litigation, negotiations, alternative dispute resolution or out-of-court settlements. The focus is always on the client’s objective, not on the process itself. 

If you feel that you will be involved in a conflict of a judicial nature or your rights have been affected in any way, do not hesitate to contact us, so that together we can define the path  that will bring you back to your objectives. 

Administrative Law
and Compliance

The relationship with the public administration can be complex. At Bermejo & Bermejo we help our clients in their relationships with state organizations. Whether at the executive, ministerial, autonomous entities or local power level, we advise our clients in their contracting processes with the state, bidding processes, continuous advice in the execution of projects, among others. 

In the area of regulatory compliance, we have special experience in the aeronautical, construction and agro-industrial industries, among others. We ensure that our clients’ operations comply with the general and specific regulations applicable to their activity and projects to avoid any contingency with the state and its different entities. 

We carry out a constant oversight of new regulations in order to be always aware of laws and regulations that may affect our clients’ operations, and we timely communicate any adjustment or change that must be made in order to remain in strict compliance. 

We monitor opportunities within government organizations that may be of interest to our customers’ business, and we communicate them once they have come to our attention so that they may be taken advantage of by those clients with an interest in that particular area. 

We have advised a variety of companies in administrative conflicts with the State, obtaining favorable results that have allowed our clients to achieve their business objectives within the context of their business relationship with the State and its entities. 

Bank and Finance

At Bermejo & Bermejo we have extensive experience advising investors, financial institutions, debtors, and creditors in banking and financial transactions of various kinds.

Focused on the client’s objectives in the search for financing, we help structure legal vehicles that facilitate access to credit, the efficiency of guarantees and that the schemes meet the objectives sought by the parties involved. 

We have represented national and international clients in the structuring of credits, syndicated structures, release and constitution of guarantees, financial Due Diligence, project financing, operations with derivatives, as well as advice on regulatory issues related to the sector. 

We are especially active in advising on construction and industrial project finance, where we accompany our clients from the financing search phase, structuring of financing vehicles, release and constitution of guarantees, as well as during the life of the credit, advising on the different options that allow them to obtain the best financing conditions available. 

Testimoniales
Individual, personalized services. Their responses are quick and they seek to come up with mutually beneficial suggestions in negotiations.’
Testimoniales
‘The team stands out for its empathy and understanding of our needs. Juan Carlos Bermejo always manages to give balanced recommendations to protect my interests in negotiations while keeping the process going. His level of attention to detail has also been important when drafting documents.’
Testimoniales
‘Our relationship has evolved into one of mutual empathy. Under these circumstances, we have a very high level of trust in them and a very pleasant business relationship.’
Testimoniales
‘Luis Fernando Bermejo has the ability to pay attention to details, both in application matters and when responding to oppositions and negotiating agreements with counterparties.’
Testimoniales
‘Luis Fernando Bermejo is very meticulous when it comes to protecting the rights of his clients. He carries out regular follow-ups and is always attentive to possible opportunities of benefit for the client.
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