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Features"Now we are lawyering"Spotlight on Uruguay
Change is in the air in Montevideo, home to some of Latin America’s oldest and most established law firms, finds Rosie Cresswell
12 May 2008 | Read
Where Petrobras and Telmex led
Brazil and Mexico used to compete for investment from the north – but now increasingly look to each other as business partners, reports Enrique González Calvillo, partner of González Calvillo SC
6 May 2008 | Read
From 27 bucks to US$50 billionThe remarkable growth of microfinance
The microfinance sector is one of the very few able to achieve both financial and social return on investments – not to mention opening up many new opportunities for local counsel, explain Howard Finkelstein, partner, and Brooke Chadeayne, associate, of Akerman Senterfitt LLP
1 May 2008 | Read
Reluctant celebrities
As Latin America’s media turns its attention to the legal sector, Rosie Cresswell asks the region’s lawyers how they like life in the limelight
30 April 2008 | Read
Protecting their own
The Brazilian Bar Association’s rules for foreign law firms are increasingly being seen as protectionist, finds Clare Bolton
23 April 2008 | Read
Deconstructing IpirangaDeal focus
Over the last year the Ipiranga Group has been taken apart and its parts sold to three of Brazil’s icons. Rosie Cresswell talks to the lawyers that steered the reorganisation of Brazil’s petrochemical industry
18 April 2008 | Read
Argentina (re)encourages industrial investments
Máximo Spinedi, tax counsel at Siemens in Argentina, says recent changes to Argentine tax law should help investors overcome devaluation of the peso and encourage further investment
16 April 2008 | Read
A rare breed of relief
ExxonMobil’s case against Venezuela has meant a UK judge has tackled the key questions about worldwide freezing orders head-on for the first time. By Alex Bevan, counsel at Shearman & Sterling LLP, in London
10 April 2008 | Read
Tax reforms in Brazil
On Wednesday, Brazil's lower house judiciary committee approved a preliminary proposal for a reform of the country's tax system. Thais de Barros of Machado, Meyer, Sendacz e Opice Advogados, on secondment with Cuatrecasas, and Natalia Calvo, Cuatrecasas lawyer on secondment with Machado Meyer, outline the proposals
4 April 2008 | Read
London calling
The London Stock Exchange thinks it has more to offer Latin American companies tapping international markets than the US. We interview the person tasked with convincing Latin Americans of that.
3 April 2008 | Read
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