Ovelar Abogados

Ovelar Abogados is a law firm based in Asunción, Paraguay, founded in 2004 by Pedro Ovelar, whose background as an Agente Fiscal shaped the firm’s initial focus on criminal law. The practice has grown into a multidisciplinary team organized by specialty, offering litigation and advisory services across corporate, labor, banking and financial, and administrative law.

The firm is recognized for its commitment to quality of work and to obtaining results for clients, adopting rigorous case preparation and practical, results-oriented strategies in both courtroom representation and transactional matters. This reputation is grounded in a consistent emphasis on professional standards and sustained client outcomes since the firm’s founding.

Ovelar Abogados maintains a client-focused service model that emphasizes personalized and accessible attention, agile day-to-day advisory work, and preventive solutions to reduce future risks. The firm prioritizes clients’ time and availability, combines legal expertise with technological updates, and seeks intelligent, effective solutions tailored to each client’s needs.

About Ovelar Abogados

Founded in 2004

Practice areas

Lawsuits & Disputes

Business

Criminal Defense

Corporate & Commercial

Employment & Labor

Banking & Finance

Real Estate

Private Client

Accidents & Injuries

Insurance

Languages spoken

English

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Practice areas

Lawsuits & Disputes

Litigation and dispute-resolution practice manages complex civil, commercial and administrative lawsuits by developing focused procedural strategies, marshaling evidence, conducting hearings and negotiating resolutions to secure remedies and protect client interests.

ADR Mediation & Arbitration

Appeal

Class Action

General Litigation

Ethics and Professional Responsibility

Commercial Litigation

Antitrust Litigation

Restructuring & Insolvency

Business

Professional legal services in Business.

Accounting & Auditing

Communications & Media Law

Employer

Health Care

International

Legal Document

New Business Formation

Office Solutions

Tax

FDA Law

Criminal Defense

Specializes in criminal-law defense across pretrial investigations, criminal proceedings and trial work, providing case analysis, procedural defense, evidence-focused strategy and client representation in high-profile and routine criminal matters.

Arrests & Searches

Bail Bond Service

Criminal Litigation

Drug Crime

Drunk Driving

DUI & DWI

Juvenile Law

Sex Crime

Speeding & Traffic Ticket

White Collar Crime

Corporate & Commercial

Advises clients in the negotiation, drafting and documentation of commercial relationships including societies, supply agreements, sales, distribution, representation, agency, loans, leases and construction contracts; analyzes existing contractual positions and specializes in negotiable instruments such as promissory notes, checks and commercial bills; assists in company formation and corporate governance matters including branches of foreign companies, shareholder and board minutes, capital increases and reductions, share transfers, liquidations, mergers and corporate reorganizations; supports cross-border trade operations with guidance on import-export documentation, transport modalities, incoterms and letters of credit.

Employment & Labor

Advises on compliance with the Labor Code and administrative rules, organizes corporate labor structures, drafts and reviews individual employment contracts, addenda, memoranda and internal circulars, and recommends appropriate contract types; documents workforce arrangements and auxiliary service providers to mitigate undesired employment relationships, audits mandatory labor registers and payroll practices, assists with required permits before labor authorities, and handles disciplinary regimes, working hours, overtime, terminations and related litigation.

Banking & Finance

Advises on banking and financial matters including negotiable instruments, trade finance and forms of payment used in international commerce; assists with documentation for bank loans, letters of credit and other financing structures and provides legal support for financial operations connected to commercial transactions.

Real Estate

Provides legal protection for ownership and possession of real property, conducts acquisition due diligence including extended title searches, coordinates with notaries and reviews certificates and cadastral plans required for transfer deeds, and structures fiduciary arrangements and trusts for the administration of real estate development projects.

Private Client

Handles succession and estate matters including sale of succession rights and estate assets, patrimonial organization to avoid succession litigation, securing lawful transmission of assets and advising on measures to protect estates against future claims and disputes.

Accidents & Injuries

Provides urgent legal assistance and representation in workplace and traffic accidents, advises on objective liability for accidents, coordinates immediate response to police and judicial interventions and supports clients in related civil and criminal procedures.

Insurance

Advises on insurance aspects related to commercial and transport operations, including the incorporation of insurance clauses in carriage and freight contracts, maritime and multimodal insurance considerations, and strategies to allocate and mitigate liability exposure across transactions.

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