Gerke Law Firm is a ¨Boutique Law Firm¨ providing legal advice in various disciplines, including: corporate law: mercantile law, banking law, securities law, IP law, administrative law, regulatory and tax law. The firm has an excellent reputation in litigation…as well as regulatory, tax and constitutional law. Over the past decade, the firm has developed a strong practice in international commercial arbitration.

Gerke Law Firm represents and advises: private individuals: local and international public and private businesses, and multilateral and non-governmental organizations. Its cliental includes financial institutions and corporations and other business entities in the oil & gas, energy, telecommunications, transportation and mining sectors.

For the past four decades Gerke Law Firm has provided legal advice in some of the largest foreign investment transactions and operations related to mergers and acquisitions in Bolivia. The Firm takes great pride in the strong and lasting relationships it develops with its clients.

The Firm’s commitment to professional excellence is reflected in both: the experience of its professional team; and their academic background which includes some of the most prestigious universities in the world. Partners and Associates are encouraged to actively participate in academia and charitable works throughout Bolivia seeking to improve the education and welfare of the local communities.

Carlos Gerke Siles

Carlos Gerke Siles is currently a partner in Estudio Jurídico Gerke. He has extensive experience in Corporate law, Debt structuring, International transactions, Antitrust law, Constitutional law and Commercial litigation, making him one of Bolivia’s top legal advisors.

Currently Mr. Siles advises top ten private sector companies in the planning, structuring and protection of key projects. He is also a board member for various corporations including, the Bolivian Catholic University and IES Foundation.

From 2000, he has been a professor of Constitutional and Corporate Law at the Bolivian Catholic University. He obtained his law degree at the Bolivian Catholic University, graduating with the distinction ‘Summa Cum Laude.’

• Administrative Law Proceedings and Regulations
• Energy, Oil & Gas, Mining and other Natural Resources
• Telecommunications
• Transportation
• Environmental Law
• Civil (Private) Law and Commercial Litigation
• Constitutional Law
• Corporate Law
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• International Business Transactions
• Insolvency and Restructuring
• Antitrust
• Tax Law
• Project Finance
• Corporate Finance
• Securities
• Intellectual Property
• Dispute Resolution and Mediation
• Arbitration
• Corporate Governance
• Labor and Employment
• Family Law
• Inheritance and Succession
• Construction and Real Estate