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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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March 10, 2022 | International Edition

Fragomen Opens Uruguay Office as Firm's Latin America Practice Booms

Montevideo has become a critical crossroads for businesses and investors in South America, which has created a need for more immigration services.

By Amy Guthrie

2 minute read

March 10, 2022 | International Edition

'We Urgently Need to Wake Up': Latin American Law Leaders Largely Silent on Ukraine

Efforts to remain neutral in the conflict mirror positions taken by presidents of the region's two largest economies, neither of which have strong economic ties to Russia.

By Amy Guthrie

6 minute read

March 08, 2022 | International Edition

Cuatrecasas Nabs Tax Partner From KPMG Chile, Arbitration Partner From Holland & Knight in Colombia

The Spanish firm has amassed a team of nearly 80 lawyers across four Latin American countries in recent years.

By Amy Guthrie

3 minute read

March 04, 2022 | International Edition

US Firms Completed a Deal for Russian Oil Giant Lukoil as Russia Invaded Ukraine

Akin Gump guided Lukoil through the purchase of Mexican oil blocks in the Gulf of Mexico last week as Russian tanks and soldiers bore down on Ukraine.

By Amy Guthrie

3 minute read

February 18, 2022 | International Edition

Holland & Knight Snags Capital Markets Lawyer From Garrigues in Colombia

The hire brings the firm's partner head count in Colombia to 11.

By Amy Guthrie

2 minute read

February 17, 2022 | International Edition

Mexico's Chevez Ruiz Zamarripa Bolsters Office in Madrid With Uría Menéndez Hire

The Mexican law firm opened an office in Spain in 2018, the same year that Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador came into power.

By Amy Guthrie

2 minute read

February 15, 2022 | International Edition

Brazilian Firm Veirano Elects Its First Female Managing Partner

Paula Surerus shares insights into the gender balance at law firms in Brazil, where there are more female lawyers than male lawyers registered with the local bar association.

By Amy Guthrie

5 minute read

February 11, 2022 | International Edition

US Law Firms Slammed With Restructuring Work in Latin America

Cleary Gottlieb, Davis Polk and White & Case are among the busiest in a region where the economic difficulties of the pandemic have pushed plenty of companies to the brink of insolvency.

By Amy Guthrie

4 minute read

February 03, 2022 | International Edition

ESG Matters Take Center Stage in Latin America as Region Eyes Sustainability

Global law firms are increasingly guiding the issuance of sustainability-linked bonds from the region while brainstorming with clients to craft meaningful ESG goals.

By Amy Guthrie

6 minute read

February 01, 2022 | International Edition

Dozens of US District Attorneys, US State Attorneys File Amicus Brief in Support of Mexico Suit Against Gun Makers

The sovereign states of Antigua and Barbuda and Belize also filed a brief in support of the case, arguing that guns trafficked from the U.S. harm people across Latin America and the Caribbean.

By Amy Guthrie

4 minute read