Latin Lawyer October 2009
When Crime Does Pay - Making A Criminal Practice Work
Mexico law firms ramp up competition - Strong corporate governance procedures - NAFTA at 15 - Antitrust in Argentina
Deal / case focus
Tuesday, 10th November 2009 by Sebastian Perry
Having smashed M&A records during the boom, Cemex also underwent the region’s biggest and arguably most complex refinancing as the world plunged into financial crisis. Sebastian Perry talks to the lawyers that helped the company bridge the gap
Practice area focus
Friday, 20th November 2009
Antitrust policy is just one of the victims of Argentina’s economic policy, finds Rosalind Donald
Wednesday, 18th November 2009 by David Thorley
With regulatory oversight sharpening across the region, David Thorley talks to in-house and private practice lawyers across the region about the challenges of developing and maintaining good governance
Friday, 13th November 2009
David Thorley finds out about Corral & Rosales' efforts to have the UN convention on disability rights incorporated into Ecuadorean law.
Strategy and management
Thursday, 19th November 2009 by Rosie Cresswell
Increasingly, Brazil’s public companies are having to act as semi-private entities, while still sticking to the accountability rules of the public sector. Rosie Cresswell talks to the general counsel and the business development legal head of Brazil’s ambitious sanitary company, Sabesp, about walking the line
Market focus
Thursday, 12th November 2009 by Clare Bolton
Law firms in Mexico say their clients are forcing them to be much more competitive - while general counsel note that budgets for external lawyers are going nowhere but down, and they have little choice but to insist on value. In this excerpt from the Latin American Corporate Counsel Association meeting in Mexico, we look at how to bridge the gap
Wednesday, 11th November 2009 by Clare Bolton
In Mexico, the crisis has cut right across an epochal shift in the legal market, in which clients, driving for efficiency, are increasingly pitting firms against each other - and happily swapping between them. This has created the ideal setting for ferocious competition, the senior partners of Mexico’s leading firms told us at a round table
Opinion
Monday, 23rd November 2009
Mexico's government wants to stem refunds paid out from amparo proceedings where tax laws are declared unconstitutional. Partner Gerardo Nieto and associate Rodrigo Gómez Ballina of Basham Ringe y Correa SC explain why they believe the proposed reform would sacrifice individuals' rights for the sake of government revenue
Challenges and opportunities
Friday, 6th November 2009
Although trailblazing the time, the 15-year-old NAFTA is showing its age. Baker & McKenzie partners Adriana Ibarra Fernández and Edmundo Elías-Fernández, the Latin American coordinator of the foreign trade and customs practice, detail how the agreement should be brought up to date
