Wednesday, 16 May 2012
US firm Proskauer Rose LLP, Colombia’s Cárdenas & Cárdenas, Paraguay’s Palacios, Prono y Talavera Abogados, Peru’s Estudio Echecopar and Uruguay’s Ferrere Abogados have helped Colombia’s Gilinski group acquire HSBC’s businesses in Colombia, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay – the second Colombian company to benefit from HSBC’s Latin American asset sale.
Friday, 04 May 2012
Marieke Breijer profiles the winners and runners-up of Latin Lawyer’s 2011 Deal of the Year Awards, celebrating the ever-increasing sophistication shown by the legal teams involved in the continent’s most remarkable business deals
Wednesday, 25 April 2012
The Uruguayan legal market is today’s highlight in a series of reflections on the Latin American legal market, to coincide the publication of the 14th edition of Latin Lawyer 250.
Wednesday, 18 April 2012
Guyer & Regules has helped the Uruguayan arm of Brazilian state-owned oil company Petrobras enter into a joint venture with its Uruguayan counterpart, ANCAP, and Puerta del Sur, the concessionaire of Montevideo’s international airport, through which they will seek to improve services and reduce delays in fueling aircrafts at Uruguay’s main airport.
Friday, 13 April 2012
Much of Latin America emerged largely unscathed from the global financial crisis and continues to feature a host of countries experiencing economic growth rates the US and Europe can only dream of. So it is little surprise that increasing numbers of multinationals should look to the region in search of new markets and higher returns on investment. Joe Rowley takes a look at the leading M&A lawyers best equipped to help acquisitive companies seal the deal
Thursday, 05 April 2012
Guyer & Regules and Posadas, Posadas & Vecino have assisted the winning parties in a second bidding round for Uruguay’s offshore exploration blocks, organised by the country’s state energy company, Ancap.
Friday, 30 March 2012
Latin Lawyer has announced the winners of its Deal of the Year Awards at its sixth annual charity awards ceremony, held last night in São Paulo and attended by some 200 guests.
Friday, 02 March 2012
Latin Lawyer is delighted to announce the shortlist for its sixth annual Deal of the Year Awards.
Wednesday, 29 February 2012
Latin Lawyer is delighted to announce the M&A and outbound investment shortlists for its sixth annual Deal of the Year Awards.
Wednesday, 15 February 2012
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) gave Uruguay the thumbs up in December, moving it out of its grey list of countries failing to meet its tax transparency standards, and into the white list. The country’s lawyers breathed a collective sigh of relief, albeit accompanied by a measure of doubt.
Friday, 13 January 2012
Without the right legal advice, a multinational jumping into Latin America’s pool of opportunities could face a sharp shock when it comes face to face with labour legislation that firmly favours the worker and varies wildly between countries. Marieke Breijer lists the region’s leading labour lawyers who companies can’t do without
Tuesday, 10 January 2012
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP has helped Uruguay issue up to US$2 billion in new global bonds maturing in 2028.
