Thursday, 15th December 2011 by Rachel Hall
For Brazil, a country in which the Amazon forest covers 60 per cent of the land area, environmental issues are never far from the table. So when the Brazilian senate approved legislation on 6 December updating the nation’s forestry code, controversy was bound to ensue.
Friday, 9th December 2011 by Rachel Hall
When Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos signed a range of agreements with Hugo Chávez, he didn’t just take a step towards thawing the frosty relations his predecessor, Álvaro Uribe, had maintained with the Venezuelan leader, he also provided Colombia and Venezuela’s legal communities with a host of new work opportunities.
Thursday, 8th December 2011 by Joe Rowley
Brazil’s reforms to its antitrust regulations are in line with other jurisdictions and will be dramatically improved by the removal of strict timeframes under the previous rules, according to Council for Economic Defence (CADE) president Fernando Furlan, speaking at Latin Lawyer’s second annual M&A Conference in São Paulo on Tuesday.
Thursday, 8th December 2011 by Rachel Hall
Uruguay has joined 102 countries around the world in ratifying the Hague Convention on the apostille, in a move that will make it faster, cheaper and more efficient to do business internationally.
Monday, 5th December 2011
Brazil’s new antitrust law has received changes to its merger notification system following controversial vetoes by President Dilma Rousseff.
Friday, 2nd December 2011 by Rosie Scammell
Ferrere Abogados has assisted the International Labour Organization (OIT) in a review of retirement and pensions underway in Uruguay.
Thursday, 1st December 2011 by Joe Rowley
CORRECTION: On 25 November we published a story about Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados' role in an assessment of Uruguay’s offshore oil & gas regulation. We are republishing the story today to clarify the firm's role.
Thursday, 24th November 2011 by Rachel Hall
When International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) secretary general Jerome Valcke told Brazil’s Congress that there was “not a day to lose” in passing the package of new laws required for the 2014 World Cup to go ahead, the country’s lawmakers sat up and took notice.
Tuesday, 22nd November 2011 by Rachel Hall
Brazil’s government should to do more to tackle corruption by empowering public workers to detect and denounce corrupt acts, concluded a recent report by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Over the past year, the country has been blighted by a series of corruption scandals, from President Dilma Rousseff’s repeated firings of ministers to an FCPA investigation involving aircraft manufacturer Embraer, ensuring that the world’s attention doesn’t drift from a political hot potato.
Friday, 18th November 2011 by Rachel Hall
A natural sweetener native to Paraguay could enter the European market and help to open up the Latin American nation to foreign investment very soon, following approval by the European Commission on 11 November.
Tuesday, 15th November 2011 by Joe Rowley
Telmex will not be allowed to participate in bidding for broadcasting rights on a possible third television network in Mexico, the head of the country’s telecoms regulator confirmed yesterday - quelling speculation that the creation of new channels could allow the country’s largest phone carrier to gain a lucrative foothold in Mexico’s broadcasting sector.
Wednesday, 9th November 2011 by Joe Rowley
An agreement between the UK and Mexico enhancing intellectual property cooperation has been described as a “remarkable step” that will benefit small and medium-sized companies (SMEs) and bring more certainty to IP holders in Mexico.
Monday, 7th November 2011 by Rachel Hall
Reinforcing ethical standards, promoting respect and quashing corruption are just some of the big issues that El Salvador’s new code of ethics for lawyers aims to tackle. Introduced on 5 October by Salvadorean social responsibility and economic development NGO Fundación LIDERA, the code seeks to enable the country’s lawyers to achieve professional excellence through ethical self-regulation.
Thursday, 27th October 2011 by Rachel Hall
Rubio Villegas y Asociados has helped Mexico’s stearic acid and partially hydrogenated fatty acid industries maintain antidumping duties imposed on US imports in a sunset review launched by the Mexican Ministry of Economy.
Wednesday, 26th October 2011 by Joe Rowley
Goodrich, Riquelme y Asociados has helped British oil & gas service company Petrofac sign the first exploration and production contracts with Mexico’s state-owned oil company Pemex after the country’s landmark oil and gas reforms in 2008.
