Practice area
We advise companies, investors, and regulated entities on their dealings with Bolivia’s public authorities. Our practice combines regulatory judgment with experienced representation in licensing, administrative proceedings, sanctions, appeals, and contentious-administrative disputes.
Overview
The Administrative practice area is the legal framework within which public administration is carried out. It derives from the need to create and develop a system of public administration under law, a concept that may be compared with the much older notion of justice under law. Since administration involves the exercise of power by the executive arm of government, administrative law is of constitutional and political, as well as juridical, importance.
There is no universally accepted definition of administrative law, but rationally it may be held to cover the organization, powers, duties, and functions of public authorities of all kinds engaged in administration; their relations with one another and with citizens and nongovernmental bodies; legal methods of controlling public administration; and the rights and liabilities of officials.
Organization, powers, duties, and functions of public authorities
Relations between public authorities and with citizens and nongovernmental bodies
Legal methods of controlling public administration
Rights and liabilities of public officials
Administrative procedure and hierarchical remedies
Contentious-administrative litigation
Regulatory authorisations, licences, and permits
Administrative sanction proceedings
Partner. Civil, corporate and commercial law, and government contracts.
Partner. Corporate law and corporate governance, M&A and public tenders.
Paralegal, La Paz. Immigration, administrative law, and litigation procedures.
Junior Associate, Santa Cruz. Corporate and commercial law, administrative matters, foreign trade, and employment.
1 September 2026
Supreme Decree No. 5690 creates Bolivia’s National Registry of Real Estate Service Providers, while leaving its operational rules to a ministerial resolution due within 30 business days.
16 August 2026
Supreme Decree No. 5676 introduces a Reference Price for Diesel sold to Direct Clients, GRACOS and Direct Users, while keeping fixed prices for other consumers.
14 August 2026
Supreme Decree No. 5675 reshapes Bolivia’s Executive Branch and builds legal continuity into a ninety-day institutional transition whose real test will be operational.
La Paz · Santa Cruz · Cochabamba
