Add Jones Day to the growing ranks of global law firms setting up shop in S?o Paulo to chase cross-border deal work. The firm announced Monday that Luis Riesgo, the partner-in-charge of the firm’s Madrid office and chair of the firm’s Latin American practice, will relocate to S?o Paulo to open the firm’s Brazilian office.
In a phone interview with The Am Law Daily, Riesgo said he and two partners who will join him have begun the process of becoming licensed as consultants in foreign law in Brazil. (Foreign firms are prevented by regulations from practicing local law in Brazil.)
This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.
To view this content, please continue to their sites.
Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law are third party online distributors of the broad collection of current and archived versions of ALM's legal news publications. LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law customers are able to access and use ALM's content, including content from the National Law Journal, The American Lawyer, Legaltech News, The New York Law Journal, and Corporate Counsel, as well as other sources of legal information.
For questions call 1-877-256-2472 or contact us at [email protected]
