The corporate practice at Aguilar Castillo Love represents a growing list of clients from a variety of sectors, including technology, infrastructure and finance. It assists in various forms of business combination or restructuring, including mergers, acquisitions, splits and spin offs. The group also has extensive experience preparing proposals for international public and private tenders, as well as advising on due diligence procedures, corporate governance practices and private equity deals. Leading the team in Santa Cruz, José Carlos Bernal advises on day-to-day corporate matters, M&A and restructuring, while Ismael Franco heads the practice in La Paz, advising national and foreign companies as well as start-ups. He also specialises in technology, and regularly advises companies in this sector on a range of corporate and regulatory matters.
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Testimonials
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- ‘The Aguilar Castillo Love team is always willing to collaborate with the highest quality standards.’
- ‘They are prepared to provide advice for start-ups.’
- ‘Prompt and preferential treatment. Professional follow-up of cases.’
- ‘They are a team that responds quickly and efficiently. Additionally, they have a keen understanding of the business and provide legal opinions and good business advice that is efficient with time and resources.’
- ‘Their dedicated attention to inquiries; they answer questions with the best possible attitude, always looking for alternatives that may be beneficial to the client.’
- ‘The firm's professional service is outstanding; dedicated, technical, and committed to projects.’
Key clients
- Mill Point Capital
- Yango
- Veritran
- The Institute of Internal Auditors
- SVF International (Gerona Power)
- NOLA Bolivia
- Yara International
- Gestores de Papeles Corporativos
- Consorcio TNM CYM
- Creotec
Work highlights
Advised Mill Point Capital on its acquisition of Alpunto and Imbera from FEMSA in a US$425m carve-out.
Assisted multinational tech company Yango with the localisation of its ride-hailing, food delivery and e-commerce businesses in Bolivia.
Assisted the Institute of International Auditors with the incorporation of its non-profit entity in Bolivia, which included drafting its bylaws and advising on governance structures and regulatory requirements.
Practice head
Jose Carlos Bernal; Ismael Franco