Pérez del Castillo & Asociados - Attorneys, Notaries and Accountants

We provide all kind of Real Estate services related to acquisitions, disposals and the administration of movable and immovable property (purchases, leases, leasing among others).

We advise and counsel clients in the structuring of real estate investments, both urban and rural, accompanying the client in all stages of the project or transaction, providing the most efficient structure for the business.

We participate in the drafting and negotiation of contracts, structuring of real estate investments as well as in drafts and controls of guarantees (mortgages, pledges, and trusts). Our department has strategic alliances with tax advisors in order to providing integral solutions.

Accounting and Outsourcing

In order to satisfy the current tendency of companies to delegate certain services, our firm provides reliable outsourcing of administrative accounting processes, which allows organizations to focus on the fundamental aspects of their activity, betting to achieve the best results that this modality Business offers:

• Accounting
• Preparation of Financial Statements and Financial Reports.
• Payroll Services
• Advisory on accounting matters.
• Compliance with local accounting standards.

Tax Advice

We sponsor taxpayers’, both companies and individuals, on administrative proceedings filed at the Social Security Fund (BPS) and the Internal Revenue Service Administration (DGI), and on actions for annulment of administrative acts of such bodies at the Administrative Court. Together with associated professionals, we give advice on tax and fiscal planning.

Action in Uruguay 

In order to act through a company in Uruguay, a new entity can be established or a branch of a foreign company can be set up. 

In the event of the constitution of a new legal entity, we advise on the choice and / or design of the most appropriate legal framework for the structuring of our clients' businesses, collaborating in the definition and structuring of the most convenient legal vehicles for their undertakings public limited companies, simplified joint stock companies, limited liability companies, cooperatives, agricultural companies, etc..).

We act in all corporate aspects, preparing and negotiating the contracts involved.

We assist entrepreneurs and work with startups in the legal aspects related to the first stages and the development of their projects (definition of legal form, agreements between partners, contracts with promoters and employees, protection of the intellectual property of their inventions, etc. .).

Promotional regimes for investment

We assist in promotional regimes for investment, which reach both local and foreign investors. The law provides various incentives for industrial, commercial and service activities.

We advise both operators and direct and indirect users of duty-free zones in the regulatory aspects necessary to benefit from the respective incentives regulated by law.

In relation to the investment promotion regime, we advise on the implementation of investment projects, managing the respective permits and authorizations, tax exemptions and the respective declaration of national interest.

We also assist in relation to the regulations of industrial parks, the free port and airport regime, public-private participation contracts, and the temporary admission regime.

We also intervene in sectors that have specific incentive schemes (forestry, external financial intermediation, navigation, software, vehicles or auto parts, biofuels, communication and housing, etc.). 

Residences and work in Uruguay

To work in Uruguay, a residence permit is required, which varies depending on the case, and requires a procedure before the National Directorate of Migration or the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

We manage the work permits, visas and residences necessary for foreign workers (provisional identity sheet, temporary legal residence, permanent legal residence), and we advise in relation to the regulations applicable to their activity.

Real estate

We provide notarial services for the acquisition, sale and administration of real estate.

We advise developers and investors in real estate, urban and rural matters, accompanying the client in all stages of the project or transaction, providing the most efficient notarial solutions and legal structure for their business.
We participate in the drafting and negotiation of contracts, financing of real estate investments, controls and granting of guarantees (mortgages, pledges, trusts), complementing our services with those of tax specialists, with whom we form strategic alliances, providing comprehensive solutions.

We complement our legal services with the accounting and notarial services necessary in all business ventures, with outstanding professionals in both areas, thus providing comprehensive solutions to our clients.