Latin Lawyer April 2010
Opening up: Brazilian and international lawyers discuss multi-jurisdictional firms
China and Latin America - Hogan Lovells profile - Brazilian pro bono
Strategy and management
Wednesday, 21st April 2010 by Clare Bolton
How much agreement is there between Brazil's leading lawyers and senior partners from international firms resident in the country over the development of the legal market there? We convened a group to discuss just that
Market focus
Wednesday, 21st April 2010
Two meetings of law firm leaders and general counsel in Panama City reveal different perspectives on the regionalisation of the Central American zone
Wednesday, 21st April 2010 by David Thorley
Trade between China and Latin America has exploded over the past few years but inevitably between two such different partners there are clashes of cultures.
Wednesday, 21st April 2010
The effects of the recent earthquake will be felt in many ways beyond the immediate tragedy and destruction, a recent meeting of the Santiago chapter of the Latin American Corporate Counsel Association heard, but optimism about the new Piñera administration is running high in the business community
Opinion
Tuesday, 20th April 2010
Fabio Artigas Grillo, a partner of Hapner & Kroetz Advogados, examines the proposed reforms to Brazil's complex tax system
Tuesday, 20th April 2010
Manuel Sainz, a partner at Chévez, Ruiz, Zamarripa y Cía SC, outlines tax reforms in Mexico designed to offset a fall in oil tax revenue
Tuesday, 20th April 2010
Pinheiro Neto Advogados managing partner Alexandre Bertoldi and associate Roberta Stettinger Bilotti Demange describe how the overuse of the disregard doctrine has become a nightmare for Brazilian companies, their partners and representatives
Interviews
Wednesday, 21st April 2010 by Amy Stillman
The idea that pro bono is banned in most Brazilian states is one many onlookers find shocking. Amy Stillman talks to the man leading a state-by-state battle to change that
