Ax Legal and Business advisory
Ax Legal is an international advisory firm that is helping foreign technology and services businesses to enter and operate in Latin America.
Expanding into Latin America is an inspiring and ambitious goal for innovative industrial technology and service companies, but it’s fraught with frustrating challenges and expensive mistakes.
That’s why we started Ax Legal, to help foreign companies enter and operate in Latin America more cost-efficiently, effectively, and confidently.
Ax Legal helps industrial technology, engineering, and service companies to navigate the legal and commercial aspects of operating their business in Latin America.
With deep knowledge of the industrial and natural resource sectors, we provide actionable and practical advice to help streamline our clients’ expansions into Latin America so that they can reach your full potential faster while avoiding the typical pitfalls.
Over the years, our team of legal and commercial advisors have developed a track record of working with companies of all sizes from Australia, Canada, the U.S., and Europe. Whether you’re an innovative startup, mid-size tech business, or publicly listed corporation, our dedicated legal and commercial guidance is tailored to your specific needs so you can confidently realize your vision.
The one common factor that connects our clients is that they are leaders in their field, providing innovative technologies and services to the industrial sectors.
Know our Clients
No two companies are the same, which is why we learn everything we can about our client’s businesses and goals. That way, we can tailor our approach to help you resolve your specific legal and business challenges with solutions that actually work.
Practical Advice
As entrepreneurs ourselves, we’ve faced many of the problems that you currently face. That’s why we avoid the complex legalese, instead opting to provide straightforward, actionable advice so you can quickly overcome legal and commercial obstacles.
Fixed-Fees
Our fees are always competitive, always transparent, and always fixed with zero hidden fees or surprises at the end of the month. Additionally, like our services, we can customize a retainer that fits with your needs and budget.
Mining
- Our team has a long tracl record of working with METS companies from Canada, Australia, United Kingdom, United States, Europe, and South Africa.
- Our team has experience helping junior miners with incorporating their local entities, tax advice, due diligence reports, and on-going commercial support for their exploration programs.
- Our team has worked with top tier technology and services companies helping them to review and negoitate contracts with major mining companies in Chile, Peru, Brazil, and Argentina.
Renewables
- Our team has experience helping a geothermal drilling company with commercial assistance introducing their technology to the Chilean market and incorporating their local entity.
- Our team has experience helping a publicly listed Korean solar company merge the various companies and projects they purchased in Chile over the years.
- Our team has experience helping an Indian multinational conglomerate with reviewing transmission tenders in Peru.
Construction
- Our team has experience helping a Peruvian chemical company with due diligence, commercial contract review, and general advice for the construction of a new chemical plant in Chile worth USD$15 million.
- Our team has experience helping an Australian publicly listed construction company with a USD$27 million offer of a Chilean maintenance and construction company.
- Our team has experience helping an Australian Engineering company with reviewing construction contracts in Chile, Argentina, Colombia, and Guyana.
Software
- Our team has experience helping a California based technology company with their entry into Chilean and on-going labour matters.
- Our team has experience helping an Australian based mining software company with their entry into Chile including incorporation, tax structuring, terms and conditions, etc.
- Our team has experience helping a Canadian based software company with negotiating license agreements for their software in Chile, Brazil, and Argentina.
- Our team has experience helping a Hong Kong based software company with preliminary tax and labour advice for their entry into multiple Latin American markets.
Technology
- Our team has experience helping a sensor company with negotiating a multi-million-dollar contract with Codelco in Chile.
- Our team has experience helping a IOT company with registering trademarks in all of the Latin American countries.
- Our team has experience helping a fintech company with assessing Chilean banking laws in preparation for their market entry.
- Our team has experience helping a Canadian mining technology company with their entry into Chile and on-going corporate and commercial legal matters.
Contact us to find out how our services can help protect and grow your business.
Santiago
Sydney
Lima