Latin Lawyer October 2010
Money: why is it still such a dirty word?
Cosan-Shell joint venture - IP's finest - Spotlight on Uruguay - Interview with Vicuña - Dodd-Frank - Ferrere remembered
Deal / case focus
Wednesday, 3rd November 2010 by Emiliano Mellino
Ironing out the kinks in the biggest ethanol joint venture in Brazil's history was always going to be tough, especially in a deal between two very different energy titans. Emiliano Mellino talks to the lawyers making it happen about a gruelling due diligence and a lot of plane trips.
Practice area focus
Wednesday, 3rd November 2010
As part of our region-wide IP survey, Amy Stillman talks to IP lawyers in Latin America about staying ahead of the game in a fast-changing environment
IP survey
Wednesday, 3rd November 2010 by Rosie Cresswell
Rosie Cresswell profiles Latin America's leading IP practices
Strategy and management
Wednesday, 3rd November 2010 by Rosie Cresswell
All lawyers wants to know what their competitors are charging, but very few are willing to reveal their rates. Rosie Cresswell asks why fees are still such a taboo subject and talks to those who pay the bills about how they feel about price variation across Latin America
Wednesday, 3rd November 2010 by Rosie Cresswell
Firms might be reluctant to disclose what they are charging, but regional general counsel of leading multinationals are happy to give their opinion of how rates compare across Latin America. Rosie Cresswell asks regional members of Latin Lawyer's Latin American Corporate Counsel Association for their thoughts
Market focus
Wednesday, 3rd November 2010 by David Thorley
With the eagerness of foreign clients to do business in Uruguay showing no sign of abating, David Thorley looks into the developing competition in the country's legal market
Wednesday, 3rd November 2010 by David Thorley
David Thorley profiles the career of Daniel Ferrere, the visionary leader of Uruguay's Ferrere Abogados, who died in July
Opinion
Wednesday, 3rd November 2010
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP partner and Latin American group head Sergio Galvis and Samuel Woodall, legislative counsel and a former deputy staff director of the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee at the Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs of the US House of Representatives, discuss how the US response to the financial crisis could affect Latin America
Interviews
An interview with Chilean arbitrator Francisco Orrego Vicuña
Wednesday, 3rd November 2010
The president of the tribunal that heard the Enron and Sempra Energy claims against Argentina - the awards in which were controversially annulled in July and August (after this interview took place) - spoke to Alison Ross at the ICCA Congress in Rio de Janeiro this May about the possibility of a South American arbitration institution and whether challenges to decisions are getting out of hand
