Amy Stillman looks at Jones Day's pro bono work with microfinanciers the Grameen Trust in Latin America. 

Nils Victor Montan, of counsel of Brazilian IP firm Dannemann Siemsen Advogados explains why lawyers should be embracing social media 

Miranda & Amado Abogados partner Juan Luis Avendaño C explains how a new type of security will help Peru’s banks improve their capital base 

Federico Godoy and Juan Sonoda, partners at Beretta Godoy in Buenos Aires, describe how a dispute over family trademarks led an Argentine appeal court to clarify the limited circumstances when parties can bring a motion for annulment – and the scope of waivers to challenge an award  

Amy Stillman learns how lawyers from Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados help a well-known children's charity win a fight against the government to keep its tax-free benefits each year. 

The launch of a clearing house made November a pivotal month for pro bono in Lima. Rosie Cresswell examines Peru’s progress as a case study of the role law firms play in bringing social responsibility to the legal profession 

Partners of Lima’s leading law firms weighed up the benefits of offices across Peru, and indeed Latin America, and discussed their new role of lead counsel of deals outside their borders during a round table in November 

Pre-salt oil, the World Cup, the Olympics, not to mention the march of its corporates across the globe - Brazil will need a lot of lawyering over the next decade. How will São Paulo’s finest meet the demand, asks Clare Bolton 

TozziniFreire Advogados partner Ana Cláudia Akie Utumi and associate Raquel do Amaral de Oliveira Santos unpick Brazil’s new regulation on thin capitalization 

Having entered Latin America more than two decades ago and expanded rapidly since, Spain’s Endesa is now the largest private energy company in the region. David Thorley speaks to its legal team about their work in one of the region’s most tightly regulated sectors