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More international firms bound for Bogotá?

Friday, 3rd February 2012

There are rumours in Colombia’s legal market that as many as four foreign law firms are contemplating opening offices in Bogotá.

Hogan Lovells hires finance partner with Latam focus

Friday, 3rd February 2012

Hogan Lovells has expanded its New York finance practice with the addition of partner Evan Koster, who specialises in Latin American work.
Jorge de Presno

De Presno replaces de la Vega at Basham

Thursday, 2nd February 2012

Mexico’s Basham Ringe y Correa SC has hired respected labour lawyer Jorge de Presno and his team from Thompson & Knight SC – exactly one month after Oscar de la Vega took his team to set up US employment firm Littler Mendelson’s Mexican office.

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Strategy and management

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The price is right?

Friday, 13th January 2012 by Rosie Cresswell

Latin Lawyer has conducted its second annual fee survey, asking law firms and in-house counsel for their thoughts on rates in Latin America. Rosie Cresswell reports on the findings
Tightened budgets risk an increased level of corruption

Corruption challenges in an age of austerity

Monday, 9th January 2012 by Rosie Scammell

As Transparency International publishes its 2011 Corruption Perceptions Index, we talk to the lawyers leading the anti-bribery battle

Level playing field

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Monday, 5th December 2011 by Rosie Cresswell

Latin American firms and foreign firms operating in the region depend heavily on each other – for referrals and for providing a high quality of service to clients – so the bond is a highly valued one. In the past 20 years that relationship has evolved, with the balance of power shifting towards the Latin American firms and so creating a more equal proposition. Interested to hear how that relationship might evolve going forward, Latin Lawyer put lawyers from Latin America in a room with counterparts from US and UK firms to discuss. Rosie Cresswell reports

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Market focus

Haiti: a wealth of opportunity

Wednesday, 18th January 2012 by Rosie Scammell

Two years after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake devastated Haiti, leaving over 300,000 people dead, Latin Lawyer speaks to the lawyers across the border about their work in aiding the recovery, who say long term and sustainable progress lies in investment in the country.

2011 at a glance

Friday, 13th January 2012 by Clare Bolton and Rosie Cresswell

Clare Bolton and Rosie Cresswell look back at the year that was in the Latin American legal market
Alexis Rovzar

Alexis Rovzar, July 1951 – January 2012

Thursday, 12th January 2012 by Clare Bolton

The founding partner of White & Case LLP’s Mexico office and committed philanthropist, Alexis Rovzar, has died in Mexico City on 7 January after a long illness.

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Practice area focus

Regional rigidity

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Friday, 13th January 2012 by Marieke Breijer

Local labour and employment regulations in Latin America are a lot tougher on businesses compared to the laws applicable to multinationals operating in the EU or the US. Marieke Breijer talks to labour lawyers about what foreign companies should expect when moving into the region.
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Labour of love

Friday, 13th January 2012 by Marieke Breijer

Without the right legal advice, a multinational jumping into Latin America’s pool of opportunities could face a sharp shock when it comes face to face with labour legislation that firmly favours the worker and varies wildly between countries. Marieke Breijer lists the region’s leading labour lawyers who companies can’t do without

Belle of the ball

Friday, 13th January 2012

On the fifteenth anniversary of Brazil’s arbitration law, Latin Lawyer convened a group of noted local and international experts to analyse the country’s remarkable transformation into a prominent and popular base for arbitration. Clare Bolton reports

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Opinion

Nelson Eizirik

Taking Over

Friday, 13th January 2012

Nelson Eizirik, partner of Carvalhosa e Eizirik Advogados, explains why his firm and the BM&FBovespa are looking to the United Kingdom for inspiration in setting up a panel to monitor takeovers in Brazil
Pedro Freitas

Joining the inner circle

Friday, 16th December 2011 by Clare Bolton

BRAZIL BLOG: Pedro Freitas, the new managing partner of Veirano Advogados, talks to Clare Bolton about why the firm is more than its Rio de Janeiro and project finance roots
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Preparing for retirement the Chilean way

Monday, 5th December 2011

Now more than 30 years old, Chile’s individually-funded pension system is performing as planned and has even shown itself capable of recovering from a financial crisis. Enrique Munita, partner at Philippi, Yrarrázaval, Pulido & Brunner, says other countries would do well to replicate it

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Deal / case focus

Taking flight

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Monday, 5th December 2011 by Marieke Breijer

The operators of Costa Rica’s main airport have finally secured necessary financing for its modernisation; a project initially launched over a decade ago, but so plagued by conflicts that construction was halted for years. Marieke Breijer talks to the lawyers who guided the project to its second take-off

Deal of the Year 2010

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Wednesday, 26th January 2011 by Rosie Cresswell

We profile last year's cutting-edge deals and recognise the creativity shown by the lawyers that brought them to completion. By Rosie Cresswell, with additional research from Marieke Breijer and Joe Rowley

Deal of the Year 2010

Wednesday, 26th January 2011 by Rosie Cresswell

In our series profiling our 2010 deals of the year we look at the corporate finance category

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