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We’re a full service law firm, with a strong emphasis on commercial work.

We’re big enough to act for the largest corporations, and small enough to make sure that all our clients always have access to the partner in charge of their business.

Our headquarters is a historic building right in the heart of our fast-evolving capital, which suits us perfectly: our practice combines many decades of experience with a genuine openness to the challenges and opportunities of the future.

We keep pace with new developments in both legal and commercial life in Ireland and around the globe. Many of our clients are involved in start-up enterprises, emerging technologies and the entertainment industry.

We’re recognised for our litigation skills, but we’ve also been early advocates of mediation and alternative dispute resolution.

Above all, while we have lawyers expert in a variety of specialist areas, we all share a common determination to offer advice that is practical, effective and informed by the wider context of the client’s world.

Gärde & Partners is a versatile law firm that specializes in Swedish and International business law. Gärde & Partners has a team of multilingual (Swedish, English, German, French, Finnish and Norwegian) qualified and international lawyers. The firm specializes in Swedish and international business law, with special focus on Scandinavia, the Baltic region, England, USA and Germany. Main legal areas are corporate law, intellectual property, litigation/dispute resolution, labour law, commercial law and transactions. The firm also offers private legal counselling. Gärde & Partners was founded in 1997 (Gärde & Nordlin) and has since then offered independent legal advice to privately owned enterprises, listed companies, NGOs, government authorities and individuals.

Colombian law firm Gamboa Abogados has practiced law in Bogotá since 1943 and the business has grown significantly since 1996, when the firm expanded its operations. Its purpose has always been to provide high quality legal services to its business clients in a reliable, integrated and efficient manner at a reasonable price. In order to access other mid sized international firms around the world with similar aspirations of quality and service it joined LAWorld in 2011.

In 2015, partner Dr Ernesto Gamboa, was appointed as an Arbitrator at the Tribunal Arbitral du Sports – TAS (Court of Arbitration for Sports –CAS), located in Lausanne (Switzerland). This Court has jurisdiction on all disputes arising from members of the Sports Federation globally, including FIFA. As is the first time a Colombian attorney has been appointed to such a prestigious role, this is a significant recognition of Ernesto Gamboa’s credentials in this field of law.

All the firm’s legal team is trained to search for practical and imaginative solutions to legal issues and are qualified to use alternative dispute resolution methods, thereby using litigation as an ultimate recourse. The firm specialises in the areas listed below:

Corporate Law
Administrative and Public Law
Insurance Law
Civil and Commercial Contracts
Marine and Transport Concessions
Taxation Law
Civil and Commercial Litigation
Labour Law and Social Security

Many different sized companies and corporations operating in various branches of business as well as governmental organizations use Gamboa Abogados as their preferred law firm in Colombia. As well as Colombian companies and corporations, they also have a large amount of foreign companies and their local subsidiaries and branch offices as clients.

Founded in 1997, Estudio Fermandois is one of the first law firms in Chile that specialized in Public Law and economic regulation. This constitutional and administrative specialization also embraces business-related matters discussed in complex cases before ordinary, administrative, and arbitral tribunals.

Estudio Fermandois leads the most prestigious Public Law rankings in Chile, having been recognized as a “Band 1” firm by Chambers and Partners over the last nine years, as well as “Tier 1” by the Legal 500 ranking, among others.

Additionally, the Firm’s partners actively teach at the best universities in the country, in courses of Constitutional, Administrative and Environmental Law.

Estudio Fermandois acts for foreign clients doing business in Chile, as well as Chilean clients. Their lawyers speak English, French and Spanish

DURINI & GUERRERO, ABOGADOS was founded in 2006, with our headquarters located in Quito and branch offices in Guayaquil and Cuenca. Our firm comprises a skilled team of 35 specialized lawyers organized into various service units. We have extensive experience in multiple areas, including corporate law, contract law, securities law, trusts and wills, international commercial transactions, insurance law, tax law, labor and social security consulting, litigation, civil defense, debt collection, commercial and investment arbitration, public procurement, administrative and regulatory law, consumer protection, and constitutional guarantees.

We are recognized by prestigious international directories such as Chambers & Partners, Legal 500, and Leaders League.

Cores & García Pedrerol Lawyers was established in 1977, with the aim of providing personalised, efficient and integrated legal advice for companies and individuals. Since then the company has grown, we now have a team of almost 20 professionals including talented new-generation lawyers and economists, offering legal advice and solutions in all aspects of business. Our practice areas are: corporate and commercial law, taxation, litigation, labour law, civil/family law and real estate. In order to achieve our aim of offering the best service to clients with foreign economic interests, the firm joined LAWorld, currently present in 44 countries world-wide. By joining this alliance, we have found the necessary solution for international growth, expansion and globalisation of our clients business activities.

‘For those who seek progress’

That’s always our starting point. Your progress. Legal advice or litigation is a means to an end, not an end in itself. It should serve a larger purpose, your purpose. With this in mind, we excel at what we do.

Certa is an independent law firm founded in 2006. Our main office is located in Amsterdam, situated on one of the canals, and we also have an associate office in Bussum, centrally located in the Netherlands.

Certa is structured into specialized practice areas, allowing us to fully comprehend your industry, address your company-specific issues, and genuinely understand your business and key objectives. By engaging Certa for your legal matters, you gain access to a full-service law firm with deep knowledge of your business. Our team is adept at providing tailored advice and cost-effective solutions focused on your needs.

Certa offers a range of specializations to ensure that, at any stage of a transaction or court case, the expertise in other fields of law is readily available. If a specialization is required that is not within Certa’s purview, such as tax law, we maintain a network of external specialists with whom we collaborate regularly, although not exclusively.”

We are specialised in business law (M&A and private equity), labor law, restructuring and insolvency law, and real estate law.

We provide long-term support to French or foreign companies, or to foreign groups’ subsidiaries or branches established in France, as well as to senior executives.

Established in January 2018, this young firm has already secured the confidence and respect of its clients, both individual and corporate, in Romania as well as abroad, for the quality of services it provides. The firm´s objective is to provide clients with fast, efficient and professional legal services according to their needs, at the right price.

Calin & Petre at Law undertakes both contentious and non-contentious commercial work for a diverse range of private and public companies, overseas investors, high net worth individuals, property investors and developers, trading companies, trusts, banks and more. Their skills are in the following practice areas: Corporate and Commercial Law, Bank and financial law, Civil Law, Public Procurements, Labor Law, Litigation and Arbitration, Real Estate and Construction, Intellectual Property, Insolvency, Insurance, Tax Law and Criminal Law.

The firm acts for foreign clients doing business in Romania, as well as Romanian clients. Their lawyers speak English, French, Italian and Spanish.

Betts, Patterson & Mines traces its origins to a law firm that was founded in 1899. Our history overlaps the rich history of industry in the city of Seattle. From logging, railroads, and aerospace to light rail, biotech, and the digital universe, the Pacific Northwest has provided the clients and cases that built our law practice and legal acumen.

The client relationship remains our highest priority. We offer a comprehensive slate of legal services informed by broad experience, deep expertise, and skillful problem solving. Our practice is structured to function efficiently and cost effectively, and focused on achieving positive solutions, whether in or out of the courtroom.

Our firm counts among its clients well-known local businesses and individuals, as well as major national corporations and international entities. In addition, law firms across the nation and world have come to regard Betts, Patterson & Mines as their “go-to” partner in the Pacific Northwest.