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Amy Guthrie

Amy Guthrie

Amy Guthrie is Law.com International's Latin America correspondent, based in Mexico City. She covers legal and business issues, including law firms, in-house counsel, and regulatory matters across Latin America. She can be reached at [email protected]

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December 22, 2023 | International Edition

Dentons Advises Venezuelan State Oil Company After Lift of US Sanctions

The South American country has rushed to revive agreements, including a joint venture with Spain's Repsol, in an attempt to jump-start its stalled oil industry.

By Amy Guthrie

2 minute read

December 21, 2023 | International Edition

Peruvian Tax Law Boutique Opens Office in Spain

Zuzunaga & Assereto Abogados has launched an outpost in Barcelona—its first outside Peru.

By Amy Guthrie

2 minute read

December 14, 2023 | International Edition

Colombia Attempts to Toss Case Over $20 Billion in Sunken Treasure

Arbitrators must decide whether treasure hunters have rights to a potential bounty of gold, silver and gems from a Spanish galleon that sank off the coast of Cartagena more than three centuries ago.

By Amy Guthrie

3 minute read

December 13, 2023 | International Edition

US Law Firms Clinch $4.8B Debt Restructuring for Brazilian Miner Samarco

The joint venture between Brazil's Vale and BHP has required extensive assistance from Cleary Gottlieb, Davis Polk, Sullivan & Cromwell, Norton Rose and more than a dozen Brazilian law firms in the wake of a devastating tailings dam collapse in 2015.

By Amy Guthrie

3 minute read

December 04, 2023 | International Edition

Undisclosed Use of ChatGPT to Draft Ordinance in Brazil Sparks Debate

A councilman in the southern city of Porto Alegre revealed, after his colleagues passed the ordinance, that artificial intelligence had crafted the proposal.

By Amy Guthrie

4 minute read

December 04, 2023 | International Edition

Spanish Firms Cuatrecasas, ECIJA Recruit More Partners in Latin America

Cuatrecasas has hired an M&A veteran from a top Chilean law firm in Santiago and a regional tax leader from EY in Bogotá, while ECIJA has added a labor and employment partner who will lead that practice in Mexico City.

By Amy Guthrie

3 minute read

November 29, 2023 | International Edition

Argentina's Next President Could Improve Business Climate and Legal Sector, Baker McKenzie's Latin America Chair Says

The election of Javier Milei, a Libertarian economist who promises to rip up the playbook in Argentina, has stirred optimism in South America's second-largest economy.

By Amy Guthrie

2 minute read

November 22, 2023 | International Edition

Brazil's Lefosse Launches Office in Brasília to Handle More Federal Work

The office will house four lawyers, with plans to add more, in the same building where other top domestic law firms have outposts in the Brazilian capital.

By Amy Guthrie

2 minute read

November 15, 2023 | International Edition

'A Wild Card': Lawyers With Strong Argentina Practices Expect to Remain Busy Post-Election

Argentines head to the polls Sunday to choose between an establishment candidate and a challenger who vows to shred the playbook and scrap the local currency in a country choking under triple-digit inflation and chronic debt troubles.

By Amy Guthrie

5 minute read

November 15, 2023 | International Edition

Mexico City-based Law Firm Gonzalez Calvillo Plans New Office Launch in Northern Mexico

The office slated for the industrial city of Monterrey will open in early 2024 with an eye on serving clients who are looking to relocate production to North America.

By Amy Guthrie

1 minute read