GUATEMALA
ABOLISHING OF FOREIGN PUBLIC DOCUMENTS LEGALIZATION
The Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalization for Foreign Public Documents looking for the integration of Guatemala in the Apostille of The Hague was approved. This convention will be applied to all of the public documents, reducing costs and time needed for the process...
  EL SALVADOR
INVESTMENT AS AN ENGINE FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
The mechanisms to generate foreign investment have been strengthened in the public and private sectors, on March 3rd, 2016, a reform to the Law of the National General Budget was approved, adopting international legal instruments to improve the previous conditions...
  HONDURAS
SUPPORT MISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION AND IMPUNITY
The Mission was established in order to help to reduce the high levels of corruption and impunity that affects the country. With this agreement, Honduras takes an important step towards ensuring legal certainty and an attractive climate for investments in the country...
  NICARAGUA
AN AMENDMENT TO THE LAW OF MICROFINANCES IS BEING PREPARED
Officials from the Nicaraguan Association of Microfinance Institutions together with the National Commission of Microfinance are working on an amendment proposal to Law No. 769. The sector expects that this amendment will give the opportunity for the institutions to receive deposits from the public...
 

COSTA RICA
ARBITRALWOMEN: FIRST TIME IN CENTRAL AMERICA
Costa Rica was the venue of the first conference of ArbitralWomen in the Region. The conference was focused on two primary topics: the greater participation of women on arbitral tribunals and improving the opportunities for more junior female practitioners to reach the higher echelons of the arbitration community...

 

PANAMA
NEW REQUIREMENTS FOR THE IMPORT OF RAW MATERIALS
From April 2016 the importers of Raw Material must need to apply for a sanitary certificate of the raw material that wants to be imported into the Panamanian territory. According to the Authority, this requirement reflects the purpose of establishing controls of the products entering the Panamanian territory...

Women, Business and The Law 2016: Getting to Equal

Arias & Muñoz, considered an Elite firm in Latin America

Ranking Leader in Central America