Doing Business in Latin America: Investment Opportunities & Regulatory Insights

Expand Your Global Footprint with Strategic Insights into Latin American Markets.

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As global supply chains reconfigure, Latin America has consolidated its position as a premier strategic region for international investment. Boasting a market of over 650 million people, competitive human capital, and expanding trade openness, the region presents unique opportunities across high-growth sectors including technology, renewable energy, infrastructure, and manufacturing.


Contact Person

Byron Mendez
Byron Mendez
CEO & Managing Partner in Guatemala City
Phone: +502 2219-2636

This comprehensive guide by ECOVIS International provides senior executives, investors, and entrepreneurs with a vital macroeconomic and regulatory baseline across Latin America, with key comparative data for Spain, Portugal, and North America. From tax frameworks and corporate structures to infrastructure quality and legal certainty, this report equips your business with the localized expertise needed to navigate corporate expansion and mitigate cross-border risks.

Key Insights Inside the Report:

  • Political Stability & Rule of Law: Comparative analysis of regional governance benchmarks, legal certainty, and institutional frameworks affecting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI).
  • Economic Outlook & Growth: Short- and medium-term GDP projections alongside regional expansion trajectories through 2027
  • Fiscal & Tax Frameworks: Deep dive into statutory corporate tax rates, tax incentives for foreign capital, and global Pillar Two minimum tax compliance.
  • Double Taxation Treaties (DTTs): How extensive bilateral treaty networks protect cross-border operations from double taxation.
  • Ease of Doing Business: Practical breakdowns of administrative procedures, costs, and timelines required to establish a formal entity.
  • Legal Certainty & Dispute Resolution: Insights into investment protection treaties (BITs) and the utilization of neutral global arbitration forums like ICSID.
  • Infrastructure & Free Trade Zones: Evaluation of logistics corridors, port infrastructures, and the economic impacts of over 700 regional Free Trade Zones.
  • Human Capital & Labor Flexibility: Education attainment metrics, labor market costs, and productivity profiles of the workforce across the region.
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