García & Bodan

We are the firm for legal advice, standing out in all areas of Law and guaranteeing quick and comprehensive solutions for the development of our clients' businesses and investments.

Our Main Policies

  • Quick response within 3 hours during business hours and a maximum of 24 hours during non-business hours.
  • Review of conflict of interest at the regional level.
  • Answers based on law, using reference to the applicable legal provision.

Networks and Memberships

We belong to important networks of world-renowned lawyers made up of prestigious independent firms and we are active members of different Chambers and Associations both nationally and internationally.

About García & Bodán

Founded in 2000

50 people in their team


Practice areas
Business
Intellectual Property
Lawsuits & Disputes
Real Estate
Employment & Labor

Languages spoken
Spanish
English

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Practice areas

Business

Since its inception, García & Bodán specialized in providing Corporate and Transactional advice. Today it is the firm's most active and largest practice area with highly qualified corporate lawyers. García & Bodán's Corporate and Transactional practice is aimed at all industrial sectors, with clients whose companies range from the pharmaceutical branch to the technological branch; from airlines to fast food restaurant franchises. Among our clients, recognized companies from the United States and Mexico stand out, as well as South America, Central America and Europe.

Our lawyers have extensive experience in the constitution of different types of legal companies, mergers and acquisitions, preparation of due diligence processes in a variety of industrial sectors, negotiations with the State, advice on investments subject to special regimes (such such as free zones, BPOs). This variety of processes and knowledge allows us to offer our clients comprehensive solutions from all the countries where we are present, through a single point of contact in the region (one-stop shop).

Services

  • Constitution of different types of companies.
  • Advice on shareholder agreements.
  • Legal audit (due diligence), mergers and acquisitions.
  • Negotiations with the State (concessions, licenses and privatizations).
  • Creation of alliances, collaboration agreements and joint venture contracts.
  • Advice on contract preparation.
  • Custody and safekeeping of documents and values.
  • Competition and consumer protection.
  • Advice on the purchase and sale of assets (movable and immovable property).
  • Constitution and operation of non-profit organizations.

Focus areas

  • Corporate-Commercial
  • Transactional
  • Fusions and acquisitions
  • Purchases and Contracting of Goods and Services
  • Competence
  • Free trade zone
  • Aeronautical
  • Non-Governmental Organizations and Foundations
  • International Trade

We stand out for

  • Our ability to provide legal services with the same quality through a single point of contact in the region from any of our offices.
  • The extensive experience and prestige of our Partners from El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua, which has earned the trust of our clients to advise them on the most recent and important mergers and acquisitions in those countries.
  • Provide legal advice to national, regional and/or global companies, market leaders in different industries, including energy, banking and finance, aviation, agribusiness, mining, oil and gas, who make up our client base.
Administrative
Antitrust
Aviation
Banking & Finance
Board of Investment (BOI)
Business Registration
Contract
Due Diligence
Employer
Environment
Franchising
International
Investment
Legal Document
Licensing
Merger & Acquisition
New Business Formation
Office Solutions
Oil, Gas & Energy
Securities
Tax

Intellectual Property

In the midst of the digital age, our clients' need to protect their intangible assets and the value of their brand requires increasingly specialized legal advice. The Intellectual Property lawyers at García & Bodán have extensive experience in trademark registration, patent litigation and actions against infringement for the registration of trademarks and patents, management of trademark and patent portfolios at an international level, trademark surveillance and advice on trademark rights. author and related. We include within our Intellectual Property practice Health Registry services for all types of products, from food and beverages, to medicines, medical supplies and cosmetics, to agrochemicals and veterinary products.

Currently, the practice area at the regional level manages a trademark portfolio of thousands of brands, which are subject to surveillance and control of deadlines through a modern trademark tracking and monitoring system, to facilitate and guarantee their protection.

Among our clients are companies in the technology, aeronautics, fashion, cosmetics, medicines, beverages and food sectors, among other sectors, all of global prestige. Our Intellectual Property practice is directed from the office in San Salvador, El Salvador, with the ability to coordinate work within the region and even outside of it, from any of our offices, which allows us to offer our clients a single point of contact. contact.

Services

  • International management of trademark and patent portfolios.
  • Creation of legal documents: declarations, coexistences, use licenses, transfers, franchises, etc.
  • Health registration procedures and regulatory advice in general.
  • Advice on copyright and related rights.
  • Electronic commerce and protection of personal data.
  • Negotiation of technology transfer agreements and protection of industrial secrets.
  • Intellectual property litigation:
    • Civil actions for trademark infringement and nullity.
    • Cancellation due to lack of use of trademark.
    • Copyright violation.

Focus areas

  • Trademarks and other Distinctive Signs
  • Patents and Industrial Designs
  • Copyright
  • Plant varieties
  • Sanitary Records of food, cosmetic, pharmaceutical, veterinary and agricultural products
  • Intellectual Property Litigation
  • Franchises
  • Consumer Rights
  • Commercial Promotions
  • New technologies
  • Personal data protection
  • Entertainment Law
  • Life sciences

We stand out for

  • Manage the portfolio and prosecution of trademarks, patents, trade names, copyrights and slogans for national and international clients.
  • Have extensive experience in administrative and judicial litigation of trademarks and patents.
  • Fast and effective service, with strict observance of the special instructions of our clients.
  • Serve as a one-stop shop for obtaining Intellectual Property and Health records for all of Central America through our office in El Salvador.
Copyright
Patent
Trademark

Lawsuits & Disputes

The ability to resolve any type of legal disputes that the client requires is essential for a law firm. García & Bodán's Litigation and Arbitration practice is able to resolve disputes through alternative conflict resolution or, if necessary, through litigation before courts of all jurisdictions, including courts specialized in different areas such as civil and commercial, intellectual property, constitutional, labor and tax litigation and arbitration. The Litigation and Arbitration Department allows the firm to provide complete and substantial legal advice, regardless of its activity, thus offering a comprehensive service.

A natural or legal person, or whatever their activity, has the need to defend their interests to prevent possible conflicts, or be prepared to confront them. We have a team of highly experienced litigators, which makes the practice deep and broad: deep because it can handle any type of litigation and broad because it can handle any branch of law.

The Litigation and Arbitration lawyers at García & Bodán look after the interests of our clients, either by avoiding possible conflicts or by being trained to solve them. Our practice limits liabilities, allows us to focus on the client continuing its line of business when possible and that the litigation produces a favorable economic result.

Services

  • Representation and prejudicial advice.
  • Judicial representation as actor or defendant.
  • Civil, commercial, labor and criminal trials.
  • Commercial mediation and arbitration process.
  • Prejudicial actions.
  • Execution of sentences issued abroad.
  • Procedures for notification of processes issued abroad.
  • Amparo trials.
  • Trials in administrative litigation.
  • Representation in administrative processes before all levels of the State.
  • Representation in special processes.
  • Administrative litigation and State procurement law processes.

Focus areas

  • Alternative Conflict Resolution
  • Arbitration
  • Mediations
  • Reconciliations
  • Litigation

We stand out for

  • Our extensive experience in civil, commercial, commercial, administrative, constitutional, intellectual property, tax and labor litigation; as well as in commercial arbitration and mediation.
  • Our experience in conflicts related to energy, telecommunications, distribution, construction, commercial, gas and oil.
ADR Mediation & Arbitration
Appeal
Class Action
Litigation

Real Estate

García & Bodán is a firm ranked number one in Nicaragua in the Real Estate practice area by the Chambers & Partners legal directory. Our Real Estate attorneys have vast experience in all aspects related to the practice.

The practice of Real Estate was born from the same demand of the market. Although the firm has a corporate focus, it has been our clients who have demanded this specialization due to the need to carry out Real Estate transactions in urban centers and tourist boom locations for the development of their commercial activities.

We have been advisors for the main tourism and urban projects in the region. Likewise, we have advised on the negotiation and purchase of land for the installation of industrial plants, payments of taxes applicable to real estate and the creation of different real estate contracts that come into play in real estate transactions.

In this area of ​​practice, our San Juan del Sur office stands out, which has been widely recognized as the law firm preferred by the most influential real estate agencies in the region to deal with foreign private investors. This office has assisted individual foreign investors in hundreds of transactions related to the purchase, sale or resale of land, houses and apartments in the southern part of the country.

This practice area works hand in hand with García & Bodán Fiduciaria , an entity that provides our clients with services of reception, custody and administration of funds for the purchase of properties that would otherwise be more risky and complex for clients.

Services

  • Advice on the development of real estate projects.
  • Advice for the acquisition of properties under any legal modality.
  • Preparation and constitution of condominium regimes.
  • Creation of real estate and real estate development trusts.
  • Advice on the constitution of real estate development funds.
  • Legal investigation audit of real estate properties (due diligence), covering registry, cadastral, municipal and other related issues.
  • Preparation of contracts: promise of sale, property financing; lease, bailment, usufruct.
  • Negotiation and payment of real estate taxes.
  • Judicial and extrajudicial advice and representation in real estate matters.

Focus areas

  • Tourist Investments
  • Construction and Infrastructure
  • Real estate

We stand out for

  • Having the largest team of lawyers in the Real Estate practice in Nicaragua, which allows us to handle large-scale projects and provide the fastest solutions on the market.
  • Serve as advisors to the main urban developers and homeowners' associations, offering legal solutions for the constitution, organization, tax planning, structure of rental and leasing contracts, and other legal issues involved in residential and commercial development.
  • Be creative lawyers: once we understand the client's main objective, we have the ability to negotiate and adjust to their needs, proposing different terms and conditions that allow the investor to negotiate freely and invest using vehicles available in the different legislations of the region. .
  • Possess vast experience in legal advice and representation, including alternative conflict resolution, which allows legal contingencies that can often affect real estate to be resolved in a timely manner. 
Brokerage
Commercial Real Estate
Foreclosure
Housing, Construction & Development
Land Use & Zoning
Landlord & Tenant
Mortgage
Real Estate Contracts and Negotiations
Real Estate Due Diligence

Employment & Labor

García & Bodán's Labor practice area helps clients better manage their labor matters. Our lawyers have extensive experience in labor advice, mainly in preventive protection issues in accordance with the processes established by law. Nowadays, our clients' labor relations are more complex due to the growth of direct and indirect collaborators, which makes them require expert advice on labor matters.

Our clients are among the largest wholesalers in the region in the mass consumption, department stores, mobile phone companies and airlines sectors; guaranteeing excellent management of their human capital.

Services

  • Labor audits.
  • Preparation of employment contracts.
  • Preparation and support in the authorization process of internal work regulations.
  • Advice on negotiation and authorization of collective agreements.
  • Advice on negotiation and authorization and formalization of savings and/or retirement plans for employee benefits.
  • Issuance of legal opinions on particular cases that arise daily in our clients' operations.
  • Holding hearings to exonerate offending employees.
  • Advice and support regarding termination of employment contracts.
  • Advice on settlement of social benefits and compensation.
  • Labor litigation.
  • Representation in administrative proceedings before competent authorities.
  • Assistance to companies with multicultural teams in obtaining residences, work permits, permanence and departure of foreigners.

Focus areas

  • Labor
  • Migratory
  • Social Security

We stand out for

  • Be a team with experience and extensive knowledge of labor regulations in all the countries where we have a presence.
  • Our record of positive resolutions in favor of our clients on labor issues before judicial and administrative instances.
  • Provide comprehensive and efficient advice, guaranteeing excellent administration of our clients' labor liabilities.
  • Provide advice on everything related to collective agreements, savings plans and legal audits.
Employment Rights
Hiring & Firing
Job Discrimination
Labor Law
Pension
Retirement
Sexual Harassment
Social Security
Wage & Hour
Wrongful Termination

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