Wednesday, 23 May 2012
US-based adhesives producer HB Fuller has turned to Faegre Baker Daniels LLP in the US and Arias & Muñoz offices across six jurisdictions to sell its Central American paints business to Colombia’s Pintuco.
Friday, 18 May 2012
Colombian firms Gómez-Pinzón Zuleta Abogados and Brigard & Urrutia Abogados, Panama’s Morgan & Morgan and Canada’s Torys LLP have helped Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board (OTTP) and Colombia’s Santo Domingo Group purchase a stake in three oil and gas services providers.
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
Friday, 04 May 2012
From sophisticated and demanding local clients to new interest shown by foreign law firms, there are several indicators that Colombia’s legal market has reached maturity. What can the country’s firms expect next, asks Rosie Cresswell
Friday, 04 May 2012
Colombia’s minister of justice is preparing a new statute for the country’s legal profession. Rosie Cresswell met Juan Carlos Esguerra in Bogotá and learnt how he is planning to crack down on bad conduct by reinforcing the idea of what it really means to be a lawyer.
Friday, 04 May 2012
A guide to the lawyers leading the way in antitrust
Thursday, 19 April 2012
CORRECTION: On Monday, in the Colombian leg of our daily reflection on Latin America’s legal markets to coincide with the latest Latin Lawyer 250 we incorrectly stated that Lloreda Camacho & Co Attorneys had decreased in headcount since 2011, when in fact it has grown in size.
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
Friday, 13 April 2012
Making the partnership is a career goal for many lawyers, and every year it becomes a reality for a select few. Marieke Breijer talks to a group of recently promoted partners about what to expect
Thursday, 05 April 2012
Colombian firm prietocarrizosa has helped El Cóndor raise US$85 million in Colombia’s first IPO of 2012, which the construction company will use to finance work on Bogotá’s much delayed El Dorado airport expansion and fund highway construction projects on the country’s borders with Panama and Venezuela.
Tuesday, 03 April 2012
With the management of Colombia and Venezuela’s state-owned oil companies deep in talks to establish a joint venture to increase production at four oil fields in the Orinoco Belt, Ecopetrol says it will soon begin approaching law firms in Venezuela for counsel, while revealing it is unlikely to look outside the two countries for further legal advice.
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.
