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Services
In a dynamic and efficient way, we implement the most advanced and state of the art knowledge and legal techniques while managing our clients’ projects. Our assistance includes the design and execution of the strategic planning and schedule as well as the issuance of advance reports, assessments and follow up in accordance with the prepared standards.
We provide our clients with the necessary main assistance for their companies, its executives, directors, partners and employees regarding the ideal vehicles, their incorporation process, governance and compliance of the legal requirements for its proper operations, including legal assistance for their more complex business transactions.
Franco accompanies clients in due diligence processes raising the legal risks discovered in the existent corporate structure; corporate restructures; merger & acquisitions; joint venture; shareholder relationship structures and its corresponding corporate governance; participate and take minutes on shareholder and directors’ meetings; in addition to company dissolution and liquidation procedures.
Franco provides its clients a protective practice in the labor field. We tend to identify any improvement opportunity of their in-house procedures in order to avoid conflicts and minimize legal contingency with their workforce. Additionally, we offer workers management services including payroll payments, reports before the General Treasury of Social Security, among others.
Our vast experience in the real estate and hospitality industry allows Franco to provide a high-level service when assisting clients with its interest on any transaction such as investment, purchase and sale, project finance of real estate, hotel and mixed project. Our practice includes complicated real estate activities, including but not limited to due diligence on any commercial or holding companies, construction and management agreements.
Based on knowledge and legal experience, Franco has prepared projects declarations, rules and regulations, and the legal structure for portfolio and individual assets purchase transactions, financing and project development for local and foreign investors
Franco provides assistance since the investment plan to its definitive establishment, with active participation in the due diligence process, recommending any applicable incentive programs together with any other legal and administrative assistance.
Our client portfolio includes important multinationals that we assist on their relationships with government agencies, providers and supply chains in addition to the operation and administration of their workforce in the Dominican Republic.
We evaluate and detect any licenses, permits or other applicable regulatory obligations our clients must observe in order to assure the regular business commencement and operation.
We have broad experience in the drafting, revision, review, negotiation and closing of any and all types of agreements, pyritizing our clients’ interests and objectives.
Likewise, we offer contract management services to track and follow up the compliance of the rights and obligations clauses allowing a more efficient performance of our clients’ businesses.
With wealth of experience in addressing complex tax needs, our tax lawyers work closely with our transaction consultants beginning with the due diligence process and developing efficient plans and structures that help our clients with their business objectives while minimizing the tax impacts. Our team will provide the corresponding tax analysis in order to determine any potential tax risks so as to provide strategies that reduce or eliminate them.
We also assist our clients in the negotiation of their levy obligations before de tax administration and any other official institution.
Our service includes an important immigration practice that allows the Firm to assist all its international clients with an integrated and efficient assistance tailored to each case.
We offer state of the art assistance on protection and estate planning of individuals, families’ enterprises or conglomerate taking into consideration the objectives, the specific needs of our clients as well as the legal and tax efficiency.
In this sense, we provide efficient solutions in organizing complex heritage, succession plan and business reorganization assuring an effective and transparent transition.
We offer a wide range of customized intellectual property consulting service, which include securing, protecting and defending intellectual property rights and providing advice on transactions involving intellectual and industrial assets that can be registered. We provide advice related to the management of any and all patent applications, copyrights, trademarks; analyzing the relevance or impact that the commercial initiatives of our clients could have in relation to the regulations in force in the country. In general, our clients rely on FRANCO’s services to assist them in the protection, defense and registration of their industrial property assets. We provide advice “tailored” to the needs of clients, selecting the ideal options according to their business strategies.