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Trump and Latin America: Lawyers Brace for Hard-Line Approach to Region
Q&A

Harneys' William Peake on Justice, Equality, and Managing an Offshore Firm Across Multiple Time Zones

The leader of nearly 200 commonwealth-qualified lawyers is working hard to establish a consistent and inclusive culture across offices, while sometimes still having to sell the credibility of offshore jurisdictions.
8 minute read
News

Reelected Hogan Lovells CEO Says Merger Still a Possibility, Highlights Other Paths to Growth

"I don't want to talk to firms that have huge pension commitments or revenue drops because of partner departures or that are suffering in branding recognition. We would like to be opportunistic and associate ourselves with winners," said Miguel Zaldivar.
6 minute read
News

Kennedys Hires in General Counsel as a Partner in Chile

The UK Top 50 firm has six offices in Latin America, as well as a regional hub in Miami that serves the region and associations in other countries.
2 minute read
Commentary

Summer's Over. You're a Regulatory Lawyer Now

August underlined the speed of change to trade, tech, data and climate rules—and if you had a leisurely summer, priority one is getting up to speed, writes the Global Lawyer.
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Analysis

Big Law's Use of 'Visiting Attorneys' in Spotlight After Lawyer's Arrest

Visiting attorneys may go through a different vetting system than U.S.-educated associates, as some law firms recruit visiting lawyers from international law firms that they have existing relationships with.
4 minute read
News

Contract Turnaround Times Cause Tensions for Latin American Corporate Legal Departments: Survey

Consultancy ODDS Legal found a big disconnect on expectations for turnaround times for contracts within companies, and on the value that in-house counsel add across the region.
4 minute read
Expert Opinion

Should I Stay or Go? 8 Questions Partners Facing a Merger Need to Answer

With all the mergers—or potential mergers—taking place this year, what key factors should lawyers consider when deciding whether to remain at their firm or move on?
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Analysis

Brazil Anti-Corruption and Investigations Work in Full Swing One Decade Into Landmark Legislation

Probes in Latin America's largest economy have snared politicians and executives across the Americas, while yielding lots of work for local and global law firms.
4 minute read
News

Hogan Lovells Partners Voting on Re-election of CEO Miguel Zaldivar

Board members unanimously recommended that Zaldivar, who has led Hogan Lovells since July 2020, should continue serving at the helm for another four-year term.
2 minute read
News

McDermott Lands Dechert M&A Partner Who Specializes in Latin America

Howard Kleinman focuses his practice on international M&A, capital markets and financials transactions with a strong emphasis on businesses and investors in Latin America.
2 minute read
News

Ex-Gibson Dunn Lawyer Charged With Insider Trading

Romero Cabral Da Costa Neto, a lawyer at Brazilian firm Mattos Filho, was a visiting attorney at Gibson Dunn. The U.S. firm said it is cooperating with authorities on the matter.
4 minute read
News

Shearman & Sterling Lures Capital Markets Attorney Back From Linklaters

Alejandro Gordano is rejoining the firm as a New York-based partner in the Latin America group, after working at Linklaters and in an in-house role.
3 minute read
News

Clark Hill Combines With Dublin-Based Firm

Clark Hill's acquisition of the 10-solicitor Dublin, Ireland-based firm HBMO Solicitors follows earlier acquisitions in the U.S., in Los Angeles, Chicago and Philadelphia.
3 minute read
News

Holland & Knight Trade Partner Jumps to White & Case in Mexico

Carlos Véjar, who also previously served as general counsel for international trade at the Mexican Economy Ministry, is changing coordinates as scores of manufacturers and their suppliers relocate to North America.
3 minute read
News

Cuatrecasas Taps Barcelona Partner to Lead Corporate Practice in Palma

Less than a year into his post at the Spanish law firm, Sergio Agüera Amat has been given double duty.
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Analysis

Spain May Be an Emerging AI Hotspot, Leading the Way for a Spike in Cross-Border M&A

Spain's artificial intelligence market has flown under the radar. But with several homegrown AI startups likely to excel in Spanish-speaking countries, U.S. tech companies sense acquisition opportunities.
4 minute read

Latest Biden Order Throws Another Wrench into Sino-US Trade, Lawyers Say

Senior legal practitioners are reacting to the latest move by the Biden Administration, which sets the stage for more restrictions on investments not just into China by American companies but in time, also from China into the U.S.
6 minute read
News

Cleary Gottlieb Clinches Ruling to Prevent Bondholders From Seizing Argentine Mansion in Washington, D.C.

The firm successfully argued that the Parisian-style townhouse in the tony Kalorama neighborhood is being used to store diplomatic documents and is thus immune from attachment.
2 minute read
News

Litigation Hiring Heats Up, Amid Growing Demand in Countercyclical Practices

The latest moves include a four-person international disputes team from Sidley to Baker Botts, including a pair who have specialized in Latin America, while Sidley itself added a former assistant attorney general from the DOJ's Criminal Division.
3 minute read
Analysis

Will Dentons' China Breakup Trigger a Domino Effect?

The country's heightened national security focus, among other geopolitical issues, could prompt the mass withdrawal of international law firms.
6 minute read
News

Dentons Ends Dacheng Combination

The breakup is due to an evolving regulatory environment for Chinese law firms in China including new mandates and requirements relating to data privacy, cybersecurity, capital control and governance.
2 minute read
News

Cyber Leaks, Greenwashing and Changing Regulations Keep Australian GCs Awake

Regulators are getting more vigilant, general counsel said at the GC Summit in Sydney, Australia.
5 minute read

GC's Approach and Personality Pivotal to Resolving Regulatory Issues, Says Australia's Financial Regulator

ASIC deputy chair Sarah Court likes to deal directly with general counsel.
3 minute read

Harneys, Advised by Linklaters, Divests Fiduciary Business

The offshore firm expects that the sale will help finance strategic growth plans for the law firm that involve more technology as well as the rollout of new service offerings.
3 minute read
News

Dentons UKIME Arm Posts Modest Growth with 2% Revenue Uplift

£38 million of revenue came from inbound work outside the UKIME region, an 8.6% increase.
2 minute read
News

DAC Beachcroft Launches in Argentina with Double Hire

The new launch means the firm now has a Latin American presence in Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Mexico, as well as an office in Miami.
2 minute read
News

Baker McKenzie Hires Another Latin America-Focused Partner in New York

Steven Sandretto leaves Greenberg Traurig to rejoin former long-time colleagues including Michael Fitzgerald, who recently moved from Paul Hastings.
3 minute read
News

South America Sees M&A Surge in July

The region, which is chock-full of family-run companies and increasingly teeming with new technologies, has become fertile ground for private equity and other growth investors. 
4 minute read
News

Harneys Lands Regulatory & Tax Partner in the Cayman Islands

The offshore law firm lured Juan Pablo Urrutia from Walkers in a locale where competition for talent is stiff.
2 minute read
News

Littler Loses Shareholder, Associate in Mexico City

Jorge Sales Boyoli has relaunched his labor boutique after just two years with the international firm, taking all of his long-time clients with him.
3 minute read
Poll

The 2023 LTN Law Firm Tech Survey Is Now Open

The survey is open until August 4, 2023. We're looking forward to reading your responses!
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Analysis

The 2024 Paris Olympics Are One Year Out. The Lawyers Are Getting Ready

The Summer Olympic Games open in the City of Light one year from today and lawyers, like the athletes who will compete, need to be prepared.
9 minute read
News

Reed Smith Represents Couple in Venezuela Expropriation Case

The plaintiffs, a media mogul and his wife, claim losses of more than $1.2 billion from the Venezuelan government's seizure of their personal and business assets
3 minute read
News

Fisher Phillips Opens Three Offices in Mexico With 30 Lawyers

The tie-up with a team from Deloitte coincides with growing demand for labor and employment advice in Mexico as more international companies shift production to North America.
4 minute read
Commentary

Merger Mania: Why Do Law Firms Want to Fall in Love? 

Merger mania has seized the law firm world. But like marriage, mergers are complicated. So why are so many law firms looking for a partner?
7 minute read
News

Eversheds Sutherland Seals Alliance With China's KWM

The exclusive referral arrangement brings together more than 6,000 lawyers and will see KWM close its operations across the UK, Europe and the Middle East.
2 minute read
News

Brazil's Mattos Filho Posts 10% Revenue Growth Amid Expansion of Practice Areas

The leading Latin American firm added practice areas to cover agribusiness, crypto assets, education and venture capital in 2022.
2 minute read
Expert Opinion

We Now Have an Industry Standard for Legal Finance Reporting and Transparency

With input from the SEC, Burford has built a valuation approach that marries case-driven valuation to duration and the time value of money, which can be adopted by the wider legal finance sector.
5 minute read
News

A&O, Shearman Leaders Face Pension and Management Questions Amid Merger Roadshow

Both leaders said they remain confident a merger vote will pass.
5 minute read
Q&A

Covington & Burling Secures Venue for Human Rights Case Against Venezuela

An Argentine prosecutor has ordered a criminal probe into the actions of Venezuelan security forces stemming from the 2014 deaths of civilians who participated in protests against the regime of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro.
4 minute read
News

White & Case Hires Global Debt Finance Partner in Mexico City

Eugenio Bernal returns to the firm after a stint as general counsel of BBVA México, the country's largest bank.
3 minute read
News

Meet the Lawyers Behind the Blockbuster Messi Deal

Hogan Lovells represented Inter Miami, Skadden represented the global soccer superstar, and Proskauer Rose represented Major League Soccer.
2 minute read
Analysis

A&O and Shearman Combination Would Boost Latin America Practice

The talent and strength of the respective practices, and the synergies Latin America has with other regions where the firms are active, could make the combined firm more competitive in the region. 
5 minute read
Video

Video: The Future of Law Firm Mergers Around the World

Watch here as Law.com International's senior editors joined up with a reporter from The American Lawyer and the former senior partner of a Magic Circle law firm to discuss the latest trends in law firm mergers across the world.
1 minute read

Mexico Is a Bright Spot in Otherwise Dreary Global M&A Market

Baker McKenzie fielded the most M&A activity in Latin America during the first half of 2023, anchored by a giant deal in Mexico.
2 minute read
Analysis

Taylor Wessing and ECIJA Claim Early Wins From Strategic Alliance

From client wins to referrals and secondments, the firms' managing partners say they have been surprised by the early success of the Anglo-Spanish relationship.
6 minute read
News

Davis Polk, Simpson Thacher Guide Mexican Industrial Property Company to IPO

In raising capital in the U.S., Vesta tapped into demand for plays on nearshoring of supply chains to Mexico.
2 minute read
News

Linklaters, Cleary Gottlieb Guide First Sustainable Bond With Gender Goals

As part of the deal, Chile has pledged to convince publicly traded companies to appoint women to at least 40% of their board seats by the end of 2031. It has also committed to getting its annual greenhouse gas emissions below certain targets by the end of 2030.
2 minute read
Commentary

Law Firms Should Halt Their Generative AI Investments. Here's Why

Firms should be wary of spending money in an inflated investment market for AI when there is a more urgent matter at hand, writes The Global Lawyer.
5 minute read
News

Lisa Mayhew to Step Down as Co-Chair of Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Mayhew, who architected Berwin Leighton Paisner's 2018 merger with Bryan Cave, will finish her second leadership term at the end of the year.
2 minute read
Q&A

US Companies Are Only Starting to Look at Worst-Case Scenarios Related to China

"What we're finding is that companies are increasingly interested in understanding the relationship between the U.S. and China and where it could be headed. They are looking for ways to navigate around the existing sanctions and tariffs that the United States and China have thrown up at each other," says Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer senior international policy advisor and former Ambassador to Brazil Thomas Shannon.
6 minute read
News

Cuatrecasas Adds Natural Resources and Labor Partners in Peru

The new partners will lead two hot practice areas in the copper-rich country. Global demand for copper has increased with the growth of electric vehicles.
2 minute read
News

Dentons Continues to Strengthen Network in Central America as Demand in Region Grows

Central America is a region often overlooked by international law firms and the focus on smaller economies such as Costa Rica is paying dividends as international investors explore more corners of the world.
4 minute read
News

Kirkland & Ellis, K&L Gates, Proskauer Rose Affected in Wide-Ranging Data Hack

The firms join a growing list of global institutions, including banks, universities and corporations, whose data was reportedly accessed by a hacking group known as CL0P.
4 minute read
News

Bunge-Viterra Merger Involves Lawyers on 4 Continents

The combination of Bunge and Viterra involved lawyers from Latham, Freshfields, Swiss firm Homburger, Tauil & Chequer Advogados in association with Mayer Brown in Sao Paulo, Mitrani Caballero & Ruiz Moreno in Buenos Aires and RuiMin Law Firm in China.
3 minute read
News

White & Case's Hugh Verrier Stepping Down, Firm Names Litigation Partner as Next Chair

The firm's new chair, Heather McDevitt, was announced Tuesday after a partnership vote and will take the helm on September 1, 2023.
2 minute read
Analysis

M&A Seen on the Rise in Latin America Over Next 2 Years, Survey Says

The complicated geopolitical map, with tensions high between major powers such as the U.S. and China, has led investors to more keenly consider investments in Latin America.
4 minute read
News

Brazil's Mattos Filho Forms Energy Transition Group for New Technologies

The South American country, already a major biofuel producer, has positioned itself as a center for innovation in renewable energy.
3 minute read
News

Proskauer Rose Represents Colombian Corporate Raider in Nutresa Buy

The deal marks a truce between a Colombian billionaire and the country's largest conglomerate, which he sought to dismantle through an estimated $2.7 billion of share purchases.
3 minute read
Analysis

Legal Market Needs Have Changed. Are the Vereins Having Their Moment?

The oft-repeated "one-stop-shop" marketing line is finally paying off, lawyers say. Vereins can deal with legal issues across different jurisdictions in a single engagement, and do so in a more cost-effective way than their traditional law firm counterparts.
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Michael G. Bongiorno, Andrew Scott Dulberg and Elizabeth E. Driscoll from Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr have stepped in to represent Symbotic Inc., an A.I.-enabled technology platform that focuses on increasing supply chain efficiency, and other defendants in a pending shareholder derivative lawsuit. The case, filed Oct. 2 in Massachusetts District Court by the Brown Law Firm on behalf of Stephen Austen, accuses certain officers and directors of misleading investors in regard to Symbotic's potential for margin growth by failing to disclose that the company was not equipped to timely deploy its systems or manage expenses through project delays. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton, is 1:24-cv-12522, Austen v. Cohen et al.

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Edmund Polubinski and Marie Killmond of Davis Polk & Wardwell have entered appearances for data platform software development company MongoDB and other defendants in a pending shareholder derivative lawsuit. The action, filed Oct. 7 in New York Southern District Court by the Brown Law Firm, accuses the company's directors and/or officers of falsely expressing confidence in the company’s restructuring of its sales incentive plan and downplaying the severity of decreases in its upfront commitments. The case is 1:24-cv-07594, Roy v. Ittycheria et al.

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Amy O. Bruchs and Kurt F. Ellison of Michael Best & Friedrich have entered appearances for Epic Systems Corp. in a pending employment discrimination lawsuit. The suit was filed Sept. 7 in Wisconsin Western District Court by Levine Eisberner LLC and Siri & Glimstad on behalf of a project manager who claims that he was wrongfully terminated after applying for a religious exemption to the defendant's COVID-19 vaccine mandate. The case, assigned to U.S. Magistrate Judge Anita Marie Boor, is 3:24-cv-00630, Secker, Nathan v. Epic Systems Corporation.

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David X. Sullivan, Thomas J. Finn and Gregory A. Hall from McCarter & English have entered appearances for Sunrun Installation Services in a pending civil rights lawsuit. The complaint was filed Sept. 4 in Connecticut District Court by attorney Robert M. Berke on behalf of former employee George Edward Steins, who was arrested and charged with employing an unregistered home improvement salesperson. The complaint alleges that had Sunrun informed the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection that the plaintiff's employment had ended in 2017 and that he no longer held Sunrun's home improvement contractor license, he would not have been hit with charges, which were dismissed in May 2024. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer, is 3:24-cv-01423, Steins v. Sunrun, Inc. et al.

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