
PITTALUGA enjoys great international prestige in the field of Intellectual Property, acquired thanks to the successful advice it has provided throughout the years to major global companies.
More recently, with the aim of keeping up with the increasingly challenging requirements of our clients, we have gradually expanded our practice, venturing into new areas of expertise to be able to cover the needs of our foreign clients in matters connected with global investments, transactions, and negotiations.
To that end, and driven by the firm commitment to provide at all times the quality services we are known for, we have incorporated qualified professionals duly trained in these various areas of specialization.
Today we have a young and dynamic team formed by lawyers, accountants, and notaries, who have an ongoing global presence through their active participation in conferences, seminars, and courses held around the world, and memberships in specialized professional institutes, associations, and networks, both at the local, regional and international levels.
Everyone in our team is committed to continuously delivering first-rate services, focusing exclusively on our clients’ best interests, toward achieving their full and constant satisfaction.
Practice areas
Intellectual Property
PITTALUGA is a firm recognized worldwide for its specialization in Intellectual Property, thanks to more than 30 years of continuous and successful practice covering a wide range of matters related to trademarks, patents, copyrights, domain names, and licensing and franchising agreements, among others, servicing clients from both Uruguay and around the world, from startups to Fortune 500 companies.
Our firm is also known for its exceptional litigation team specializing in Intellectual Property matters. Highly recognized and valued by both clients and colleagues, this team is formed by qualified professionals duly trained in these matters and with ample experience in a wide range of administrative, civil, and criminal litigations in this field of the law.
Business
Legal advice focused mainly on
- Foreign Investment and International Transactions.
- Mergers, Acquisitions and Corporate Restructuring. Business Valuations
- Development of Business and Company Structures.
Foreign Investments
- Identification of investment opportunities.
- Determining the legal business structure of the company and any necessary adjustments according to preexisting activities or future businesses, taking into account tax, labor, civil and/or commercial factors.
- Presentation and management of investment projects.
- Advice on the participation in public and private bidding processes.
- Placement of securities in the local and international market.
Mergers & Acquisitions
- Identification of and negotiation with potential investors.
- Determining the value of a business, either with the aim of preparing its sale, advising in the process of acquisition, or for purchase and sale of shares among shareholders.
- Studying the possible contingencies and risks connected with a potential transaction.
- Drafting the sales prospectus and preparing the data room.
- Drafting and reviewing the agreements connected with the operation.
Company Structures
- Acquisition and use of domestic and offshore company structures to conduct business and/or as instruments for tax planning.
- Accounting and Fiscal Advice and Administration, keeping the companies pursuant to legal provisions.
- Forming consortiums, joint ventures and economic interest groups.
- Establishing company branches and/or representations abroad.
- Trust funds structure.
Real Estate
Real Estate
In the real Estate area, closely connected with the Foreign Investment and Notary Matters areas, we provide the following main services:
- Advice on the acquisition of agriculture cattle-raising, and forestry establishments, as well as properties located in tourist areas, and sites for the development of real estate projects.
- Identification of opportunities for real estate ventures in general
- Determining and creating the appropriate corporate structures for implementing this kind of investments
Notarial
We cover the full range of notary services, including in particular:
- Deeds for the transfer of properties.
- Guarantees ( mortgage and other kinds of guarantees)
- General or special powers attorney
- Advice on notary matters in general
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