BES is part of the National Organization of Collective Law Firms, an autonomous non-State entity with capital and assets of its own and with 45 years of experience under its belt as a legal operator in Cuba. It gathers counselors who practice law all across the country, representing citizens in all kinds of lawsuits, as well as national and foreign companies or institutions.

Headquartered in the nation’s capital and with branches in all provinces, the BES relies on a multidisciplinary team of lawyers capable of meeting the service demands in the different fields of the law with great quality and a high professional ethics. It provides legal assistance to its customers all across the national territory, establishing a direct counselor-client relationship and without ignoring the primary link between the firm’s front office and the end user of the legal services, always on the basis of full abidance by the basic principles of professional deontology, which includes the strict fidelity to the client, absolute confidentiality and compliance with the rule of law. An indispensable element as far as the quality of its services is concerned is the professional improvement of the staff. All counselors have scientific and academic degrees granted by the University of Havana and Spanish universities. In addition, the BES lawyers teach in different schools and belong to the different scientific societies within Cuba’s National Jurist League as full-fledged members. The law firm is an associated member of the Republic’s Chamber of Commerce, a condition that facilitates the provision of legal services to entrepreneurs and businesspeople interested in investing in Cuba during both the negotiating stage and their settling in the national territory. For this kind of service the firm counts on counselors from the main headquarters who are knowledgeable of legal regulations in the country and overseas, thus easing the determination of those laws applicable on trading companies, as well as the best interpretation of international conventions that rule trading companies and partnerships. The professional leadership of the BES lawyers has played a fundamental role in the results achieved for over 15 years of nonstop legal counseling and lawsuit representations. The law firm watches over the interests of our clients overseas through collaboration efforts with law firms in the Americas and Europe. In return, it provides services to clients from those law firms who operate in Cuba.

BES 501 23rd St. on the corner of J St. Vedado, Havana Cuba Tels.: (537) 832 6813 832 6024 Fax: (537) 833 2159 E-mail: besnet@ceniai.inf.cu Web: www.onbc.cu