Commercial Contracts

Our firm has extensive experience in drafting and negotiating commercial contracts for small, medium and large size businesses. In addition, our attorneys have assisted numerous business entrepreneurs on contractual disputes and we have represented them in courts and arbitrations in complex litigations that resulted in positive outcomes.

Our expertise in this area includes:

• Employment & Labor Contracts
• Real Estate Contracts
• Franchising
• Leasing
• Telecommunications Agreements
• Outsourcing
• Construction Contracts
• Technology Licensing
• And others

We take great pride in mentioning that our lawyers possess a strong litigation focus and an unmatched insight that allows them to foresee and prevent disputes through accurate and appropriate contract drafting, as well as proper structuring of commercial transactions.

Corporations

For over 30 years our staff at Lopez Arguello & Asociados has served as trusted advisors to business owners, national and international corporations, institutions and partnerships of varying sizes and nature. We understand that businesses are constantly facing challenges and our lawyers are prepared to handle all corporate needs including simple and complex matters.

We provide diverse solutions and a broad range of services under Corporate Law, including:

• Formation of Business Entities, Structuring & Governance
• Drafting of Operating Agreements
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Joint Ventures
• Partnerships Disputes & Negotiations
• Franchises
• Contract Drafting, Negotiation & Review
• Transfer of Corporate or Partnership Interests
• Taxation
• Regulatory Compliance
• Employment Issues & Executive Compensation Agreements
• Dissolutions
• Winding Up of a Business

Our staff is available and committed to providing each of our clients with personalized solutions specifically designed to the unique needs and requirements of their cases. In addition, it is our goal to protect their rights, to empower them, to give them the necessary tools to fulfill their legal obligations and to help them retain a competitive edge in their businesses.

Banking Law

With a focus on personalized client service, our firm Lopez Arguello & Asociados has assisted investors and business entities for over 3 decades in the following areas:

• Purchase & Sales of Banks
• Formation of New Banks
• Formation of Bank Holding Companies
• Formation of Subsidiaries
• Corporate Matters
• Bylaws
• Lender Liability Litigation
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Collections & Creditor’s Rights
• Foreclosure Services
• Executive Agreements

Our experienced counselors have provided a full range of legal services to local, regional and international institutions seeking professional and reliable assistance with regulatory, operational and lending matters.

International Trade

Our team at Lopez Arguello & Asociados is available to assist our clients and their businesses to maximize both the effectiveness, and the efficiency of their import and export operations.  We understand that with today’s globalization, International Trade has brought the necessity for specialization. Our attorneys have the experience to provide services to manufacturers, custom brokers, vendors, retailers, multinational corporations as well as small to mid-size importers and exporters among others.

Our team provides legal assistance in areas such as:

• Negotiations
• Assessment of Investment Risk
• Due Diligence
• Trade Agreements
• Export-Import Transactions
• Foreign Operations & Joint Ventures
• Customs & Import Regulatory Issues
• Export Licensing & Control
• Agency & Distribution Agreements

Our staff is committed to assisting our clients to reduce risk factors, to comply with all the legal requirements, to meet the constant changing demands of international trade practices and to provide them with the advice and counsel that they require to succeed with their business operations.

Labor Law & Workers Comp

Our experienced attorneys at Lopez Arguello & Asociados are dedicated professionals who utilize preventive measures to avoid labor law issues.  Our team provides legal representation to numerous businesses, small and large, and we also represent individual employees in employment law matters.  Among our services we offer the following:

• Discrimination Claims
• Workers Compensation
• Labor Disputes
• Employment Contracts
• Hiring, Firing and Discipline of Employees
• Unemployment Compensation
• Plant Closings
• Permanent Total or Partial Disability
• Temporary Total or Partial Disability
• And many others

We are dedicated to ensuring that businesses are treating their employees fairly and that in return, businesses are being treated fairly by employees. We strongly believe that by creating a productive and safe working environment employers will avoid problems and receive a positive response from their workers.

We have and continue to focus our efforts on protecting our client’s rights and interests, and resolving their case in the most efficient and successful manner.

Free Trade Zones

Our firm has extensive experience in providing legal assistance to foreign investors looking for attractive tax incentives to conduct business successfully, legally and profitably.  Nicaraguan Free Zone Law has created a tax heaven environment with exemptions from income tax, municipal and property tax, importing duties, raw material, machinery and equipment sales tax among many others.

Our team is prepared to assist our clients in the following areas:

• Business Structure and Planning
• Establishing Franchising Relationships
• Licensing
• Trade Regulations & Practices
• Business Sales and Lease Contracts
• Consumer Law
• Advertising Law

The country’s geographical location, its stability, labor intensive population in combination with the flexible laws and great tax benefits, make Nicaragua the location of choice to establish, manage and successfully operate a wide variety of manufacturing businesses.