Our environmental law group offers legal services on all kinds of related matters, including:

• Representation before environmental authorities for filing and obtaining environmental concessions, authorizations, licenses, registrations, and permits;

• Determining degree of compliance with applicable environmental law;

• Carrying out environmental audits and coordinating the technical evaluation;

• Reviewing inspections, administrative rulings, penalties, fines, closures, and corrective measures that require immediate action, as well as negotiating preventive measures;

• Advising on means to protect or restore natural resources, as well as on handling wild flora and fauna, biotechnology, and biosafety issues;

• Advising potential investors—Guatemalan and foreign—on environmental issues;

• Designing corporate and financial structures that may involve Guatemalan financial entities;

• Interpreting international treaties and conventions on environmental matters.