Latin Lawyer September 2010
Time running out for the hourly rate?
Hostile takeovers in Brazil - Internships in Brazilian firms - LACCA in Texas - Dell's law on call - Tracking referrals - Renewables in Mexico
Strategy and management
Monday, 20th September 2010 by Rosie Cresswell
Latin Lawyer's first region-wide survey on fees shows there is still a huge gap between how firms charge and the way in which clients prefer to pay, finds Rosie Cresswell
Monday, 20th September 2010 by Emiliano Mellino
As Brazil becomes the reference point for some of the world's major transactions, Emiliano Mellino asks if the country's firms can compete with US and UK firms as young lawyers worldwide look to improve their career opportunities in an increasingly competitive market
Monday, 20th September 2010 by David Thorley
Roughly a third of the work done by Latin America's top-tier law firms is generated by referrals from other firms. David Thorley examines how to make the most of such a significant source of business
Market focus
Monday, 20th September 2010 by Rosie Cresswell
Managing a company's legal issues in up to 18 countries with vastly different political and economical climates is something akin to spinning plates. At our second Latin American Corporate Counsel Association Texas meeting this May, in-house counsel based in Houston with responsibility for Latin America convened at the Houstonian Hotel, where they shared training tips for internal and external teams to make that challenge easier
Monday, 20th September 2010 by David Thorley
The first attempt by a Brazilian company to mount a hostile takeover of a US rival marked the entry of a new type of player into the battle, different from the Brazilian heavyweights making bids outside their borders before the crisis. So what are the prospects of hostile bids from a new group of ambitious Brazilian companies?
Opinion
Monday, 20th September 2010
Claudio Rodríguez-Galán, partner of energy, infrastructure and real estate firm Woodhouse Lorente Ludlow, SC and former general counsel at Iberdrola I&C for Latin America, charts the path and obstructions to investing in Mexico's renewable energy
Interviews
Monday, 20th September 2010
Dell's Latin America in-house team talk to Amy Stillman about providing fast-tracked legal advice in an expanding and shifting marketplace with a new system for law on demand
