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Pro bono focus
Continuing our weekly focus on pro bono projects, Sebastian Perry looks at Grasty Quintana Majlis & Cía's legislative reform work in Chile on behalf of The Nature Conservancy 

Out of the bunker

Restructuring the Dominican Republic's biggest-ever bond issuance was always going to be a challenge - so step number one was to reconvene the legal teams, finds David Thorley

 

Interview: José María Rivas

José María Rivas, general counsel of Harvest Vinccler in Venezuela, talks to Sebastian Perry about working under Venezuela's ever-changing legal framework 

All the president's men

Pro bono focus
In the first of our weekly series examining pro bono projects from around the region, David Thorley looks at García Sayán Abogados’s work with the Clinton Foundation in Peru 

A step in the wrong direction

A proposed new Venezuelan law imposing further government supervision of arbitration would be a significant step away from international best practice, argues Hernando Díaz-Candia of Squire Sanders & Dempsey SC in Caracas 

'Understand the business!'

José Luis Cárdenas, legal affairs manager at Laboratorio Chile, talks to Sebastian Perry about the importance of a multidisciplinary approach 
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Today's news

AES Gener sees environmental permit withdrawn
Chile’s Supreme Court has rescinded an environmental permit granted by the country’s regulatory authorities for the planned Campiche thermal power plant.  
Telmex to face tougher regulation
Mexican telecoms company Telmex could find itself on a shorter leash following an investigation by the country's antitrust authority that concludes the company has too much market power.  
AIG continues regional sell-off
AIG has found a buyer for its assets in Colombia, adding to the divestments of its consumer finance units in Argentina and Mexico in the last month.  
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Henry G Burnett
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