We are pioneers in arbitration in Bolivia. We defended Bolivia in the first international investment arbitration and have a significant participation in national and international commercial arbitrations.
Many global publications have also awarded Criales & Urcullo practice in different areas, having included our law firm in the shortlists for their respective awards.
Global Business Insight has awarded Criales & Urcullo as “Full-Service Law Firm of the Year – Bolivia” for 2019.
Our law firm and its lawyers have been recommended by “Legal 500” since the introduction of the Bolivia chapter. Since 2018, we have been awarded as a leading firm in “Tax” and “Corporate and M&A” and as a Top Tier firm in “Banking and Finance”.
Legal 500 has also awarded José Criales as a practitioner with “notable experience in international arbitration”, in its exclusive section “Latin America: International Firms – Local Practitioners of Note (By Country)”.
Since the inclusion of the Bolivian chapter in 2007, Criales & Urcullo and its main partners have been ranked by “Chambers & Partners” as a leading law firm and as leading lawyers, in “Corporate/Commercial” and “Energy and Natural Resources”. Also, has ranked us as a Top Ranked firm in “Banking & Finance”.
Criales & Urcullo has been ranked every single year by IFLR 1000 among the leading firms in the market, in “Project Development” and “Financial and Corporate”. Their main partners, Jose Criales and Javier Urcullo, have been awarded as “Highly Regarded” lawyers.
INTERNATIONAL TAX REVIEW (ITR), the most prestigious magazine in taxation, has included us in the Bolivian shortlist for the “Tax Firm of the Year” award.
We have also been ranked among the country’s best Tax Firms by ITR’s World Tax, in its first Bolivian edition.
“Expert Guides”, an English publication with 20 years’ experience, choosing the world’s leading lawyers in each jurisdiction by the references of their peers, has awarded José Criales as a benchmark in “Energy & Natural Resources” and “Project Finance”.
The prestigious French publication “Leaders League” has ranked Criales & Urcullo practice in “Corporate & Commercial” (Highly Recommended) and “Banking & Finance” (Excellent), in its first edition for Bolivia (2018).
In 2019, our law firm has also been ranked in “Corporate Tax” (Highly Recommended).