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Our team in the Tegucigalpa office has more than 50 years of experience in providing the highest quality legal advice to local and international companies. Our firm specializes in providing comprehensive support to foreign investors, guiding them through the complex legal and regulatory processes to ensure successful and secure operations in the Honduran market. You can rely on us to be your gateway to this growing economic region. By offering a global perspective with deep local experience, we are committed to finding solutions to your legal issues with a results-driven approach.We understand that foreign direct investment requires a deep understanding of local laws, international treaties, and business practices, and we are here to provide that specialized knowledge. Our team ensures that our clients are always informed and prepared to face any legal challenge, whether they are establishing a new company, making acquisitions, or navigating tax and regulatory issues. Our firm is ready to be your strategic ally.

 Our team specializes in providing advice on governance issues and developing winning strategies for negotiations and public relations. We are here to turn your goals into solid and sustainable realities and provide you with business strategy solutions and any consultancy you may need.

Key services include

• Corporate
• Intellectual property and technology
• Regulatory affairs
• Public and Government Relations
• Business Strategy and Consulting
• Infrastructure
• Tax
• Labor & Employment
• Public Law
• Notary Services

Accolades

Chambers Latin America 2024: Intellectual Property

“Dentons has an experienced practice group that offers international, full-service capabilities. The law firm has a solid track record in the Honduran intellectual property sphere, and has experience in handling trade mark registrations and portfolio management, in addition to anti-counterfeiting matters. The lawyers are frequently retained by a multinational clientele across industries such as chemical production, defence and aerospace.” – Chambers Latin America, 2024

The Legal 500 Latin America 2024: Intellectual Property

“This firm has good knowledge of the specificities of the law not just in Honduras, but in Latin America as a whole, which is why we choose it for many client projects. We have great pleasure and confidence in working with Dentons (Central America) to handle our clients’ work efficiently.” – Legal 500 Latin America, 2024

Strengths

"The team is efficient and effective. Their response times are fast, and they provide very good advice which has allowed us to obtain favourable results. Their willingness to work together whenever necessary to fulfil our requirements and to go that extra mile to achieve the results expected by our clients always stands out." – Legal 500 Latin America, 2024

The Team

"Dentons Honduras has an exceptional and high-level team that understands and connects very well with the needs of our clients. It makes them unique as they have adopted the highest standards of the Dentons group, while maintaining the warmth and personalised service of a Latin American firm." – Legal 500 Latin America, 2024

Recognition

WTR 1000 2025: Dentons’ lawyers among world’s leading trademark professionals

February 3, 2025

The World Trademark Review has highly ranked Dentons in the 2025 edition of WTR 1000 – the directory recognizing the world’s leading trademark legal services providers and practitioners. 

Dentons achieves 157 rankings in Chambers Latin America 2025

August 23, 2024

Independent legal publisher Chambers and Partners continues to recognize Dentons lawyers as market leaders throughout Latin America and the Caribbean.

WTR 1000 2024 recognizes Dentons’ lawyers among world’s leading trademark professionals

February 15, 2024

The World Trademark Review has highly ranked Dentons in the 2024 edition of WTR 1000 - the directory recognizing the world’s leading trademark legal services providers and practitioners. Dentons received 45 individual lawyer rankings, reflecting the quality of its service offering and strong market reputation of its intellectual property lawyers.

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Insights

Honduras: minimum wage increase for 2023

February 27, 2023

Honduras: The national minimum wage increase for 2022 and 2023 was approved in 2022 and published in the official gazette La Gaceta, in which the adjustment was fixed in percentages according to the size of the companies by number of employees. The adjustment for this year will be equal to the percentage of inflation recorded as of December 2022, according to the Safeguard Clause.

Honduras: Implements new contribution rates and ceilings for labor-management contributions

July 16, 2021

Honduras: The legal bodies that govern the Social Security system determine that the set of benefits and services included in the laws and regulations of the Honduran Social Security Institute (IHSS by its Spanish acronym) must be implemented gradually and progressively by determining the economic, legal and social conditions, as well as the efficiency of the service in each type of benefit.

Honduras: Updates minimum wages

July 7, 2021

Honduras: On June 23, 2021, the adjustments to the minimum wage were published in the Diario Oficial la Gaceta, which became effective as of July 1, 2021, without the possibility of retroactive claims. 

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News and Events

Recent Press Releases

WTR 1000 2025: Dentons’ lawyers among world’s leading trademark professionals

February 3, 2025

The World Trademark Review has highly ranked Dentons in the 2025 edition of WTR 1000 – the directory recognizing the world’s leading trademark legal services providers and practitioners. 

Dentons achieves 157 rankings in Chambers Latin America 2025

August 23, 2024

Independent legal publisher Chambers and Partners continues to recognize Dentons lawyers as market leaders throughout Latin America and the Caribbean.

WTR 1000 2024 recognizes Dentons’ lawyers among world’s leading trademark professionals

February 15, 2024

The World Trademark Review has highly ranked Dentons in the 2024 edition of WTR 1000 - the directory recognizing the world’s leading trademark legal services providers and practitioners. Dentons received 45 individual lawyer rankings, reflecting the quality of its service offering and strong market reputation of its intellectual property lawyers.

View all press releases for Tegucigalpa