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LAW OFFICE OF GISELLE AYALA MATEUS Portfolio of Services

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INTRODUCTION The Law Office of Giselle Ayala Mateus offers a comprehensive portfolio of services focused on supporting individuals, small business, and nonprofits.

• Immigration Law

• Advertising Law

• Business Law

• Art Law

The Law Office of Giselle Ayala Mateus provides consulting, advisory and legal representation services built on responsibility, trust, ethics, service, constant updating, and strategy.

This legal office is focused on the client, who need, and expectations are fundamental for the provision of an effective service. Personal contact with the client, mechanism to facilitate access to information and short timelines are fundamental. In this context, we are convinced that the interaction with a lawyer should be a pleasant experience that provides solutions to the client and allows him to make informed decisions.

The purpose is to offer clients high quality services, comprehensive, transparent, and sensitive to their needs. Each case and each legal problem is approached from an strategic point, considering the client's short and long-term goals.

Once the client retains the services of the Law Office of Giselle Ayala Mateus, they will have direct access to their information, a client portal to communicate quickly and safely. The client has the right to know the components of the service provided as well as the activities carried out in order to resolve their issue or process their request.

All of the tools the office works with have been approved by the American Bar Association, the New York Bar Association, and the Supreme Court.

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Immigration Law FAMILY-BASED PETITIONS Family based visas are given to individuals who have a close relationship to a US Citizen or a Permanent Resident.

EMPLOYMENT- BASED PETITIONS There are many different temporary employment-based visa classifications. Temporary employment-based visa classifications permit employers to hire and petition for foreign nationals for specific jobs for limited periods. Most temporary workers must work for the employer that petitioned for them and have limited ability to change jobs.

SPECIALITY PETITIONS For those professional with outstanding qualifications in the areas of science, business, art, technology or academia, there special petition that can be made to come to the United States to work or perform professional services.

WAIVERS If a person enters illegally into the United States, overstays a visa, or has any situation which affects its case under the legal grounds for inadmissibility, such as criminal history, a waiver is necessary to overcome the issue.

INVESTOR VISAS Those who want to invest in the United States may apply to special kinds of visas that allow them to come to the U.S. to develop the enterprise and sometimes adjust their status by the pass of time.

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Business Law ENTITY FORMATION One of the most important decisions a business, a professional or an non-for profit organization makes is the elections of the corporate entity that will use to conduct its activities. Whether it is a Corp., an LLC or a Benefit Corp. it is better to obtain counsel to assure full understanding of duties and rights.

CORPORATE DOCUMENTS Legal entities conduct their activities through their managers, directors, shareholders, and other associates. Proper documentation of their decisions and agreement is fundamentals to avoid misunderstandings and ensure compliance. Among those documents that are important: Operating Agreements, Donation Agreements, Board Minutes, By-Laws, etc.

CONTRACTS AND BUSINESS COMPLIANCE It is not the same to have a business to sell art than to sell furniture. It is not the same be a for-profit business than an organization. Make sure you are following local and state regulations.

Drafting, negotiating, and understanding contracts is essential to conduct any kind of economic activity. Hiring an attorney to draft a contract can save a client money and time. Sale of goods, freelance agreements, APA, etc.

CORPORATE FILING AND REGISTRATION Every person and entity conducting businesses in New York must comply with the rules and regulations administered by the Department of State and its various divisions.

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Marketing Law CONTESTS AND SWEEPSTAKES Contests and sweepstakes are common promotional tools used by companies to attract customers to their company or product.

A contest is slightly different from a sweepstakes in that it requires participants to complete some sort of challenge, such as a trivia question, or demonstrate talent or skill.

SMS MARKETING Understanding the details of SMS compliance and text message laws and regulations is crucial for businesses and organizations before gathering contacts or sending text messages.

FALSE ADVERTISING All businesses that have a product or service to sell must advertise, and a competitive marketplace can lead to a range of dubious methods. Claims that are outright misleading or false, especially those that could harm consumers or other businesses, are often prohibited by state and federal consumer protection laws.

UNFAIR BUSINESS PRACTICES It generally covers acts of fraud, misrepresentation, or oppressive and unethical practices committed by businesses against consumers or other businesses.

INTERNET MARKETING. Internet Advertising and Marketing practice focuses on all legal facets of internet and mobile marketing, eCommerce, telemarketing, electronic payment processing, and interactive gaming.

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Art Law COPYRIGHT Copyright, a form of intellectual property law, protects original works of authorship including literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works, such as poetry, novels, movies, songs, computer software, and architecture. Copyright does not protect facts, ideas, systems, or methods of operation, although it may protect the way these things are expressed.

TRADEMARKS Trademark law governs the use of a device (including a word, phrase, symbol, product shape, or logo) in commerce to identify its goods and to distinguish those goods from those made or sold by another..

LICENSING Licensing law relates to the authorized use of a copyrighted work.

Licenses are granted by the owner of intellectual property, usually in exchange for a fee, to authorize another person to use that work.

ENTERTAINMENT Entertainment law generally encompasses industries involving motion pictures, television, music, publishing, and theatre. These industries have special economic and business considerations that involve nearly every area of law including copyright, trademark, trade secret, rights of privacy and publicity, corporate law, and constitutional law.

ART LAW It is the body of law, involving numerous disciplines, that protects, regulates, and facilitates the creation, use and marketing of art. It involves intellectual property, contract, constitutional, tort, commercial and international law.

Giselle Ayala Mateus is a Colombian lawyer qualified to practice law in the United States and Colombia.

Giselle has served as counsel and representative on issues of adjustment of status, asylum application, work visas, interview with immigration officials, presentation and validation of foreign documents, as well as reviewing and drafting of commercial contracts, creative developments, transfer of intangible rights and business formation in the United States.

Likewise, she has worked as simultaneous interpreter in family processes, immigration, and application for public benefits.

Giselle Ayala completed a Master of Laws Degree with a Specialization in Business Law at Brooklyn Law School. She is a current member of the New York State Bar Association and the American Immigration Lawyers Association where she participates in different academic events on topics related to Latin American Immigration, Intellectual Property, Entertainment, Art and Non-For-Profit Law. At the Intellectual Property Law Association - Publications Committee Giselle participates doing review and editing work.