Law firm features - Opinion
Friday, 18th May 2012 by Clare Bolton
BRAZIL BLOG: Machado, Meyer, Sendacz e Opice Advogados’ modernisation process may not be moving at the same pace as some rivals’ – particularly in the tricky area of remuneration – but the firm's achievements are nonetheless many, managing partner Raquel Novais tells Clare Bolton
Friday, 18th May 2012
A court in The Hague has refused to set aside three UNCITRAL awards rendered in favour of US oil company Chevron against Ecuador. Stan Putter, an associate at Eversheds in Amsterdam, reports
Friday, 11th May 2012 by Clare Bolton
BRAZIL BLOG: A public hearing into foreign firms in Brazil continued the debate along familiar lines – although a proposal to further restrict associations has been laid to rest, reports Clare Bolton
Wednesday, 2nd May 2012 by Clare Bolton
BRAZIL BLOG: As the legal community eagerly anticipates the OAB public hearing on alliances with foreign firms on 7 May, are some firms planning for the worst?
Monday, 23rd April 2012 by Clare Bolton
BRAZIL BLOG: A long-overdue reform of the antitrust law should enable Brazil to develop a much more effective competition regulatory system – although arguments continue to rage over the detail of the law’s implementation, finds Clare Bolton in Rio de Janeiro.
Monday, 23rd April 2012 by Rachel Hall
The US government released on Friday a newly revised version of its model bilateral investment agreement. Mark Kantor, an arbitrator in Washington, DC, reports.
Friday, 13th April 2012 by Clare Bolton
BRAZIL BLOG: Globalisation and its complexities with relation to the legal profession bob back to the surface, finds Clare Bolton
Friday, 13th April 2012
Employment claims in the US are on the up, and Latin American governmental employers there are far from immune to the rise in labour litigation. Littler Mendelson’s Rebecca Aragón and Lucas Muñoz explain how they can minimise their exposure
Friday, 2nd March 2012 by Clare Bolton
BRAZIL BLOG: Anatel is widely seen as one of the least transparent of the Brazilian regulators, although there are some small signs that this is beginning to change. Clare Bolton reports
Monday, 20th February 2012 by Clare Bolton
BRAZIL BLOG: The impact of digitalisation and the internet on the music industry or the publishing industry is often discussed – but its revolutionary impact on legal education is less so. Clare Bolton asked the director of GV Law, Oscar Vilhena, about the law students of the future
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
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
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
Monday, 5th December 2011
In light of Spain’s numerous treaties with Latin America and a favourable tax regime, Uría Menéndez partner Guillermo Canalejo in Madrid and associate Pere Pons in New York make the case for licences and financing through foreign branches of Spanish companies
Friday, 2nd December 2011 by Clare Bolton
BRAZIL BLOG: Brazil’s pro bono clearinghouse is celebrating its tenth birthday. Clare Bolton looks at just how far the practice of pro bono has changed over the last decade, and the next steps for law firms and legal departments
