For the third consecutive year, the firm PPO Abogados (PPO) sponsored and hosted the GC Powerlist: Bolivia 2024, an event by the prestigious British directory THE LEGAL 500, which aims to recognize the performance of the most notable General Counsels (GCs) in Bolivia and emphasize the role they fulfill in their companies.
PPO Abogados is pleased to announce that Jose Luis Tufiño has joined as a partner, expanding its partnership to 11. He has more than three decades of experience advising clients from various industries on tax matters.
PPO Abogados (PPO) is proud to announce that Lindsay Sykes has been elected unanimously as PPO’s next managing partner. Her term began on June 1, 2024.
On June 28, 2024, the Financial Investigation Unit (“UIF”) approved Administrative Resolution No. UIF/29/2024 (“RA 29/2024)”) through which, among others:
We are in an era marked by technological advances and shifts in the global energy landscape, which has led to a shift in the mining industry’s interest from traditional industrial minerals, such as tin or zinc, to those of increasing importance like lithium, technological minerals, and rare earth elements. These minerals are crucial for the production of batteries, electronic circuits, microchips, and other high-demand electronic components.
Every day is a good day to appreciate the work of professionals who have dedicated years of their lives to the practice of a field of knowledge.
On this occasion, and in commemoration of International Women’s Day, I extend my greetings to my professional colleagues and to every woman who has devoted and continues to devote, her knowledge and efforts to fields related to Law or other areas.
Since 2016, in Bolivia there has been a shift in the contractual relationship between the Bolivian Mining Corporation -COMIBOL-, a state company, and the private and cooperative mining productive actors.
Law No. 535 on Mining and Metallurgy (Law 535) ensures that the State respects and guarantees mining rights, investments and the implementation of activities by productive mining actors, implementing among its basic principles the legal security that must be assured to those actors that legally carry out mining activities.
