Law firm features - Opinion
Thursday, 7th December 2006
Could your arbitration clauses be putting your client at a disadvantage when contracts are contested? In the first of a monthly column exploring international arbitration in Latin America, Doak Bishop, Craig Miles and Roberto Aguirre Luzi, of King & Spalding, discuss how to draft an enforceable arbitration clause and which provisions to include
Thursday, 30th November 2006
As Brazil opens its newest bidding round for exploration and production concessions in the oil and gas sector, Marcos Vinicius Pulino, partner, and David Andrew Taylor, senior lawyer, of Levy & Salomão Advogados comment on the industry and its legal framework, as well the round’s innovations
Multilateral versus bilateral
Thursday, 23rd November 2006
From the Doha deadlock to the refocus of the European Union trade policy on bilateral trade deals, there is growing uncertainty over the future of multilateral trade negotiations. This might negatively affect further advances on EU-Mercosur negotiations, says Alin Stanescu of The Centre in Brussels
Insurance litigation in Latin America
Thursday, 16th November 2006
When the bill for accidents or work stoppage is running into hundreds of millions of dollars, the pressure is on attorneys to negotiate their way through the insurance maze. Rodrigo Sapag, senior partner at GI Consulting, explains what your client needs to know
Thursday, 2nd November 2006
The Bolivian and Brazilian governments, and their state-owned oil companies, are at loggerheads over a gas purchase agreement and Bolivia’s intentions to gain control over Petrobras’s refineries. Pedro Cristofaro and Otto Eduardo Fonseca Lobo, of Motta Fernandes Rocha - Advogados, explain the big picture and the possible outcomes of the dispute
Thursday, 26th October 2006
Trade negotiations must return to their roots and consider the consumer, argues Shanker Singham of Squire Sanders & Dempsey LLP
Thursday, 19th October 2006
China whetted Latin America’s appetite in 2004 with promises to invest billions in the region. Two years on and the lag in paid-in investment has caused some to question China’s commitment. But for legal counsel involved in the gold rush, argues Richard Malish of Allen & Overy LLP, the opportunities appear stronger than ever.
Thursday, 19th October 2006
In a recent column, Norman Clark of Walker Clark LLC suggested a link between differentiation and innovation. This month, he explains how to deliver new services to the market, and how to deliver traditional legal services in a new way.
Who is the client?
Thursday, 5th October 2006
This month, Latin Lawyer’s regular Ethics Column looks at the lawyer-client relationship: when and how is it created, and to whom is a lawyer’s ultimate responsibility owed?
Dancing on the tightrope
Thursday, 3rd August 2006
What is the best way for lawyers, and law firms, to balance professional and personal lives? Norman Clark of Walker Clark LLC argues that integration, not balance, is the key.
Thursday, 22nd June 2006
Latin American companies looking to list on an international exchange are used to making a beeline for New York. Baker & McKenzie’s Claudia Faroukh Prado in São Paulo and Elliot Shear in London explore the possibilities for growth on London’s AIM market.
Where now from Vienna?
Thursday, 22nd June 2006
Will the numerous political commitments to re-energising cooperation between the EU and Latin America be matched with action? Alin Stanescu, of The Centre in Brussels, argues that although the Vienna summit has opened discussions, concrete outcomes are yet to follow.
Thursday, 15th June 2006
Partner Matthew Weiniger and associate Matthew Page from Herbert Smith look at the problem of ‘contradictory’ results.
Thursday, 16th March 2006
Why has Peru succeeded where other Andean nations have so far failed? Maria del Carmen Tovar, of Estudio Echecopar , explains how the country’s legal framework has enabled a smoother path to an FTA with the US than its neighbours are having.
