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Can you Prepare for Nationalization? 10 Things That YOU Can Do NOW!

April 2010Mergers & AcquisitionEnergy

Abstract

The following practical advice, based on Bolivian experience, could help you to establish a set of preventive/mitigating actions that you, as in-house legal advisor, should implement in order to lessen the impact of a nationalization on your ability to effectively render legal advice to your company or enhance your company’s negotiation options / value of its investments.

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Gastón Bilder

Legal Counsel, Total SA, France

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