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Latin Lawyer announces Deal of the Year winners

Latin Lawyer announced the winners of its 18th annual Deal of the Year Awards at a charity awards ceremony yesterday in São Paulo, which was attended by over 200 guests.

Skadden adds LatAm M&A partner

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP has boosted its Elite Latin America practice group by promoting a private equity and M&A-focused lawyer to its partnership.

Lobo de Rizzo makes double promotion

Highly Recommended Brazilian firm Lobo de Rizzo Advogados has strengthened its ESG and tax practices by elevating two of its associates to the partnership.

Brazilian quilombola communities sue UK mining company

Leigh Day in London has helped more than 100 residents of two quilombola communities – formed by descendants of Afro-Brazilian civilians who escaped slavery – file claims against UK company Brazil Iron …

Banorte raises US$761 million in first green and social debt tap

White & Case SC has advised Mexican bank Grupo Financiero Banorte on its first public offering of green and social debt, worth 13 billion Mexican pesos (US$761 million).

Ecuadorean tourism group gets US$14 million financing

Three subsidiaries of Ecuadorean tourism company Quasar Expeditions have called on Dentons Paz Horowitz in Quito to obtain a US$14 million loan from IDB Invest and Swiss impact investment group Blue Earth …

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Flor Bustamante opens in Cuenca by hiring ex-HEKA partners

Highly Recommended Ecuadorean firm Flor Bustamante Pizarro & Hurtado has set up shop in the southern city of Cuenca by …

Pérez Correa González adds transactional partner in Mexico

Recommended Mexican firm Pérez Correa González has hired a name partner from local outfit Bufete Carrillo Gamboa, SC – adding …

Features

Deal Tracker: Which partners were the busiest in 2023?

The latest edition of the Deal Tracker report is out and reveals which partners in Latin America clocked up the …

Deal Tracker: Which were the busiest firms in 2023?

Growth in Latin America’s economies may have faltered in the past few years but firms across the region have remained …

LACCA

Who represents Latin America’s biggest banks 2023: the full list

Every year LACCA conducts research into which law firms advise Latin America’s largest banks, as ranked by assets. We present …

Which firms are leading in the financial sector?

As part of LACCA’s latest research into Who represents Latin America’s biggest banks?, we examine which firms proved the most …

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Technology survey 2024

Analysing how Latin American law firms use technology and AI

Survey highlights

AI set to kill the billable hour – a time to mourn or rejoice?

Featured in Technology survey 2024

Firms across Latin America are confident that AI expertise will soon need to be a built-in capability of …

Featured from Insight

Restructuring and How to Manage Threats to Solvency

Featured in The Guide to Corporate Crisis Management - Fifth Edition

Companies navigating solvency challenges must make high-stakes decisions, fighting for survival while balancing the interests of their various …

Featured in The Guide to Corporate Compliance - Fourth Edition

The modern approach of disaggregating business functions means that doing business through several third parties is the norm …

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