International firms Dentons and Cuatrecasas have selected new partners to lead their offices in Uruguay and Peru, respectively, just a few years after having established a formal presence in those countries.

Dentons partner Héctor Viana will take the helm in Montevideo starting in January, where managing partner Fernando Jiménez de Aréchaga Sr. will become a special advisor, still lending his expertise in banking, capital markets, mergers and acquisitions and international arbitration.