Tuesday, 3rd March 2009
The region's leading competition practices compared
Thursday, 15th January 2009 by Rosie Cresswell
A rapidly developing commercial world is making IP law more specialised, but an IP law practice increasingly important to a mainstream firm. Can boutiques stand up to this onslaught, asks Rosie Cresswell
A storm in a teacup?
Wednesday, 3rd December 2008 by Clare Bolton
Depending on your perspective, Argentina’s idea that claimants with valid ICSID awards need to enforce in its local courts is either another ploy in a hard-fought war, or a valid interpretation of the rules and a precursor to a mere administrative, not judicial, proceeding. We brought the two sides together
Wednesday, 5th March 2008 by Clare Bolton
The Pro Bono Declaration for the Americas launched in North America at the end of January. Clare Bolton attended to find out how Latin America is accepting the initiative
Competition in Chile
Tuesday, 22nd January 2008 by Clare Bolton
A new Chilean antitrust bill should heal a rift between the country's antitrust enforcers and its Supreme Court. Clare Bolton reports and interviews Enrique Vergara, head of the competition agency, about his role and plans for the future
Tuesday, 8th January 2008 by Rosie Cresswell
As a successful year for Brazil’s capital markets draw to an end, Rosie Cresswell speaks to the country’s capital markets lawyers about Bovespa’s IPO and surviving the global credit crunch
Thursday, 30th August 2007
A strong litigation practice is ever more at the heart of a commercial law firm in Latin America - but what does that mean for the region’s solo practitioners? Henry Andreae investigates
Tuesday, 17th July 2007 by Clare Bolton
As the global M&A scene heats up, Latin American companies are launching major hostile bids for international rivals. Clare Bolton reports
Taking stock
Tuesday, 3rd July 2007
Thacher Proffitt & Wood LLP recently hosted a roundtable discussion of arbitration experts in New York. Sebastian O’Meara listened in
Politics and Power
Thursday, 26th April 2007 by Clare Bolton
If you are arbitrating against a Latin American government, don’t expect the opponent’s strategy to make sense
Thursday, 7th December 2006
Pro bono work is now a priority for more of Latin America’s leading firms. Each month, Latin Lawyer will select one of the projects benefiting the region and focus on the lawyers’ roles within it. Clare Bolton starts with a landmark deal to protect Guatemala’s tropical forests
Thursday, 15th June 2006
James Clasper asks if any Latin American country will replace Argentina as a target for mass treaty-based arbitration