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]
September 21, 2020 | International Edition
International Bar Association Says Mexico Threatens the Rule of Law With Tax TacticsIn a letter signed by IBA vice chair and MinterEllison partner Peter Bartlett, the group asserts that Mexico is discouraging taxpayers from hiring counsel and threatening criminal penalties if they fail to settle.
By Amy Guthrie
3 minute read
September 21, 2020 | International Edition
International Bar Association Says Mexico Threatens the Rule of Law With Tax TacticsIn a letter signed by IBA vice chair and MinterEllison partner Peter Bartlett, the group asserts that Mexico is discouraging taxpayers from hiring counsel and threatening criminal penalties if they fail to settle.
By Amy Guthrie
3 minute read
September 17, 2020 | International Edition
McDermott Creates LatAm Practice Led by Partners in Dallas, MiamiThe firm joins a growing number of Am Law 100 firms that are setting up regional practices based in South Florida or elsewhere in the U.S.
By Amy Guthrie
3 minute read
September 15, 2020 | International Edition
Lawyers: Brazil Needs to Step Up Environmental ProtectionInvestors have pressured the South American country to better protect the Amazon rain forest.
By Amy Guthrie
3 minute read
September 15, 2020 | International Edition
Debevoise, Cleary Gottlieb Guide Verizon's $6.25B Purchase of TracFone WirelessTracFone, owned by Mexican communications multinational América Móvil, serves approximately 21 million subscribers.
By Amy Guthrie
2 minute read
September 14, 2020 | International Edition
Marval O'Farrell Assists Pfizer With COVID-19 Vaccine in ArgentinaClinical trials have begun in Argentina, one of four countries participating in tests of the vaccine.
By Amy Guthrie
2 minute read
September 11, 2020 | International Edition
Clifford Chance, White & Case and Quinn Emanuel Take $29M in Bonds as Payment for Argentina WorkThe firms represented three separate creditor groups in tense, months-long negotiations to restructure $65B of the country's debt.
By Amy Guthrie
4 minute read
September 08, 2020 | International Edition
Brazil's Trench Rossi Watanabe, Mattos Filho Guide Thermoelectric Deal With ChinaThe sale to China's State Power Investment Corp. was complex due to regulatory concerns as well as COVID-19.
By Amy Guthrie
2 minute read
September 04, 2020 | International Edition
Brazil's Mattos Filho Adds Partners to Develop Environmental PracticePrior to joining Mattos, the two partners, Antonio Augusto Reis and Rômulo Sampaio, had founded their own environmental law firm.
By Amy Guthrie
3 minute read
September 03, 2020 | International Edition
Spain's ECIJA Beefs Up Central America Technology Team With Partner HireKarla Alas, based in El Salvador, is an expert in cybersecurity and data protection.
By Amy Guthrie
2 minute read
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