PUERTO RICO
Haiti
Dominican Republic
San Juan
Law and Practice Contributed by: Dianette Rivera-Melendez, Oreste Ramos, Maria Trelles-Hernandez and Rosangela Sanfilippo Pietrantoni Mendez & Alvarez LLC
Puerto Rico
Contents 1. Legal System and Regulatory Framework p.490 1.1 Legal System p.490 1.2 Regulatory Framework for FDI p.491 2. Recent Developments and Market Trends p.492 2.1 Current Economic, Political and Business Climate p.492 3. Mergers and Acquisitions p.492 3.1 Transaction Structures p.492 3.2 Regulation of Domestic M&A Transactions p.493 4. Corporate Governance and Disclosure/Reporting p.493 4.1 Corporate Governance Framework p.493 4.2 Relationship Between Companies and Minority Investors p.494 4.3 Disclosure and Reporting Obligations p.494 5. Capital Markets p.494 5.1 Capital Markets Overview p.494 5.2 Securities Regulation p.495 5.3 Investment Funds p.495 6. Antitrust/Competition p.496 6.1 Applicable Regulator and Process Overview p.496 6.2 Criteria for Antitrust/Competition Review p.496 6.3 Remedies and Commitments p.496 6.4 Antitrust/Competition Enforcement p.497
7. Foreign Investment/National Security p.497 7.1 Applicable Regulator and Process Overview p.497 7.2 Criteria for National Security Review p.498 7.3 Remedies and Commitments p.498 7.4 National Security Review Enforcement p.498 8. Other Review/Approvals p.498 8.1 Other Regimes p.498 9. Tax p.499 9.1 Taxation of Business Activities p.499 9.2 Withholding Taxes on Dividends, Interest, Etc p.500 9.3 Tax Mitigation Strategies p.500 9.4 Tax on Sale or Other Dispositions of FDI p.500 9.5 Anti-Evasion Regimes p.501 10. Employment and Labour p.501 10.1 Employment and Labour Framework p.501
10.2 Employee Compensation p.502 10.3 Employment Protection p.502
11. Intellectual Property and Data Protection p.503 11.1 Intellectual Property Considerations for Approval of FDI p.503 11.2 Intellectual Property Protections p.503 11.3 Data Protection and Privacy Considerations p.503
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