Doing business in Argentina
Argentina is the eighth-largest country worldwide, and the second largest in Latin America. Being the world’s 27th largest economy, and the second-largest economy in South America. Argentina boasts plenty of natural resources, a highly-educated population of over 40 million people, the inexistence of racial, religious or geopolitical conflicts, the highest English speaking proficiency in the region, a wide school offer with international curricula, and the main metropolitan areas with lower pollution levels than most of Latin America urban center. Argentina´s capital city, Buenos Aires, is itself the 13th largest economy among the world’s cities.
With a lot of untapped markets and fields, doing business in Argentina may be very promising and
Castro Sammartino & Pierini is specially prepared to assist all kind of foreign investors and businesspersons, wishing to do business in Argentina, whether they are big multinational companies or small ventures.
Our advice covers the whole stages of setting up a new business in Argentina. From choosing the best legal vehicle, registering a foreign company with the Public Registry to allow it to be a shareholder or partner of a domestic company, incorporating an affiliated or subsidiary company, registering a branch, helping to lease or buy the premises, applying for trademark protection, hiring personnel, entering into commercial contracts, etcetera, our services are broad and comprehend both the set up and the day-to-day company´s legal needs.
We also assist foreign companies and businesspersons with preliminary agreements (letter of intentions, memorandums of understanding, term– sheets), due diligence, and the negotiation, drafting, and closing of stock purchase agreements to take interest in an existing local company.
Castro Sammartino & Pierini with your company, to be better, always.
From our Legal Blog
Investments in Argentina – Legal framework
Investments in Argentina are likely to pick up renewed steam in the near future. A new administration took office in December 2015 and is strongly committed to reduce the intervention of the State over the economy and leave far more room for private initiatives and ventures.
Employment contract in Argentina
As to the employment contract in Argentina, labor rights in Argentina have constitutional basis and the National Constitution acknowledges the employee´s right to dignified and fair labor conditions, limited working hours, paid rest and vacations, fair compensation,...
New free business environment in Argentina
On December 10th 2015, Mr. Mauricio Macri was sworn in as new President of the Argentine Republic putting and end to a populist twelve-year period in which the country had been run by Nestor and Cristina Kirchner.
The new administration has vowed and is committed to imprint a significant change in Argentina´s state policies, fueling the role of the private sector, opening up the economy, looking for and welcoming foreign investments through improving ties with the U.S. and many European nations, etc.
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