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Wednesday, 23rd May 2012 by Rosie Scammell
Just months after its inception, São Paulo-based Almeida e Silva, Gouvêa Vieira, Tanzilli e Brajato has signed a partnership with French firm Simon Associés.
Tuesday, 22nd May 2012 by Rachel Hall
Peru’s Rodrigo, Elías & Medrano Abogados has brought on board a new counsel and senior attorney to bolster its tax practice group.
Monday, 21st May 2012 by Rosie Scammell
Siqueira Castro Advogados has boosted its IP area by incorporating a six-strong team from De Vivo, Whitaker, Castro e Gonçalves Advogados.
Monday, 21st May 2012 by Stefano Berra
Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff has appointed Vinicius Marques de Carvalho as president of the Council for Economic Defence (CADE) and Carlos Emmanuel Joppert Ragazzo as the agency’s general superintendent.
Monday, 21st May 2012 by Rachel Hall
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP has hired a capital markets partner with experience in Latin America from White & Case LLP.
Monday, 21st May 2012 by Rachel Hall
Campos Mello Advogados has hired a new partner to expand its efforts in antitrust and public law, following a trend among Brazilian firms to prepare themselves for increased demand for competition lawyers in light of new pre-merger control regulations.
Friday, 18th May 2012 by Rachel Hall
Steptoe & Johnson LLP has hired a partner from the Inter-America Development Bank (IADB), Brigida Benitez, in its international regulation and compliance and commercial litigation practice areas – part of a more general move to expand in Latin America.
Thursday, 17th May 2012 by Clare Bolton
Speed and a willingness to hire the whole team were two of the key reasons why Michael Fitzgerald and team chose Paul Hastings LLP when escaping the implosion at Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP.
Thursday, 17th May 2012 by Rachel Hall
Can you guess who sports a beard, seems forever suited and booted in shades of black and grey, and whose natural habitat is either on the driving range or in a Jaguar sports car? According to leading Chilean business magazine Revista Capital, the answer is the country’s lawyers.
Tuesday, 15th May 2012 by Clare Bolton
Michael Fitzgerald, the co-head of the Latin America practice at collapsing firm Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP, has announced that he and his team are to move to Paul Hastings LLP.
Tuesday, 15th May 2012 by Rachel Hall
Global independent law firm association Lex Mundi has announced four new directors, including Paulo Coelho da Rocha, partner of Brazil’s Demarest e Almeida Advogados.
Friday, 11th May 2012 by Rachel Hall
With Brazil’s new antitrust law scheduled to enter into force at the end of the month, Araújo e Policastro Advogados has absorbed competition law boutique Lanna Peixoto Advogados to help clients obtain approval from the country’s competition authorities prior to closing deals.
Thursday, 10th May 2012 by Rachel Hall
Brazilian firm Azevedo Sette Advogados has strengthened its insurance, reinsurance and pension plan department with the hiring of a new of counsel, Antonio Siqueira Rodrigues, and associate Cassio Gama Amaral.
Thursday, 10th May 2012 by Sebastian Perry
As Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP struggles to renegotiate its credit line, rival US firms have recruited members of its international arbitration practice in London, Dubai, New York and Washington, DC, including two partners with Latin American experience.
Wednesday, 9th May 2012 by Marieke Breijer
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP has announced the promotion of two lawyers experienced in Latin American transactions to counsel, as part of a global promotion round that saw the firm add 29 counsel across 12 offices.
