LatAm

  • Pension and retirement funds in Latin America: new and existing rules

    Pension fund regulations may be an incentive or deterrent when considering establishing operations in a country. This is why it is important to understand the new rules and situation of current legislation on the subject in various jurisdictions. Below we examine the current situation in Mexico, Uruguay, Peru, Colombia, Brazil and Chile.

  • Legal 500: Garrigues gains a stronger position in all Latin American countries

    Colombia, Peru, Chile and Mexico improve their position in the ranking of The Legal 500 Latin America 2021. The directory highlights the work of 29 of Garrigues' lawyers in the region.

  • The Energy Regulatory Commission has declared the resumption of all deadlines and legal terms

    The Energy Regulatory Commission published this Monday in the Federal Official Gazette the "Agreement by which all deadlines and legal terms that were suspended as a measure to prevent and combat the spread of the coronavirus COVID-19 by means of resolutions No. A/010/2020, A/014/2020, A/015/2020 and A/018/202, are resumed.

  • How are indirect sales of companies taxed in Latin American countries?

    The taxation of the so-called “indirect sales” is a huge challenge for companies operating in more than one country.

  • Mexico has a new Federal Law for the Protection of Industrial Property and has amended the Federal Copyrights Law

    On July 1st, 2020, a new Federal Law for the Protection of Industrial Property (Ley Federal de Protección a la Propiedad Industrial) (the New IP Law) was published in the Official Gazette of the Federation, repealing the former Industrial Property Law of the year 1991. Additionally, on that same date, the Federal Copyrights Law (Ley Federal del Derecho de Autor in Spanish, the Copyrights Law) was also amended in some material aspects. The enactment of the New IP Law and the amendment to the Copyrights Law were approved to harmonize and adapt the Mexican legal intellectual property framework to the obligations undertaken by Mexico under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) which came into effect on such date.

  • Intellectual property in the Andes region: how trademarks are protected in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru

    Garrigues Intellectual Property Blog.

  • The Chilean IRS issues guidelines regarding new VAT on Digital Services

    Law Nº 21,210 (the Tax Modernization Law) amended Decree-Law Nº 825 (the VAT Law), introducing a new set of services rendered by non-resident non-domiciled providers, among VAT taxable events.

  • Mexico: Communication applications used to provide medical services must respect data protection

    Given the current situation with the global pandemic of COVID-19, the number of health professionals who offer their services through different types of applications and remote means of communication has increased, which could involve the collection, storage and use of patient’s personal data. 

  • The Mexican Ministry of Energy publishes a new public policy that changes the rules of the game for wind and photovoltaic power plants

    On May 15, the Ministry of Energy of Mexico (SENER) published in the evening edition of the Official Gazette of the Federation an executive order issuing the new Policy towards the Reliability, Safety, Continuity and Quality of the National Electric System (the Policy), substituting the reliability policy issued on February 2017.

  • COVID-19: The General Health Council declares construction activities as essential

    The Ministry of Health published in the Federal Official Gazette a resolution implementing the decision of the General Health Council that classifies as “essential” construction related activities. (the “Resolution”).