Latin Business Chronicle selects the top 50 foreign lawyers in Latin America.BY LBC STAFF As Latin America’s legal sector enters another strong year, the editorial staff of Latin Business Chronicle selects the 50 leading foreign lawyers ...
South America country worst in legal dispute framework. BY JOACHIM BAMRUD Venezuela is the worst country in the world when it comes to having a legal framework that can help private businesses settle disputes, according to ...
Despite M&A drop last year, many law firms boosted their business. BY LBC STAFF US-based Skadden Arps captured the top spot among legal advisors on Latin America’s mergers and acquisitions, according to Thomson Reuters. The law firm jumped ...
An overview of Mexico’s major antitrust reforms, including increased sanctions and fines for violators. BY MARCO NAJERAAmendments to the Federal Antitrust Law, to the Federal Criminal Code and to the Code of Federal Procedures, among ...
Practical legal advice for setting up a business in fast-growing Colombia.BY MARCELA CRISTINA BLANCO Colombia's recent efforts to improve economic policy and domestic security have increased confidence in the business sector. Colombia has the fourth largest ...
President Rousseff's tax reform will likely be approved by Congress, but piecemeal and within the next two years.LBC SPECIALExclusive Analysis Since taking office in January 2011, President Dilma Rousseff has repeatedly vowed to make Brazil's tax ...
A U.S. injunction blocks the $18.2 billion ruling against Chevron in Ecuador. BY ADAM KLASFELD Courthouse News Service NEW YORK -- U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan granted Chevron an injunction on Monday preventing native Ecuadoreans from collecting ...
Brazil helped boost international law firms' M&A business in Latin America last year.BY JOACHIM BAMRUD Although Mexico accounted for Latin America’s top deal last year, it was Brazil that helped boost mergers and acquisitions business at ...
A subpoena looms for attorney Steven Donziger, the lead US attorney in the Ecuador lawsuit against Chevron. BY BARBARA LEONARDCourthouse News ServiceNEW YORK -- Lawyers for attorney Steven Donziger argued that Chevron cannot subpoena their client ...
Brazil's time has come, but it needs to get its act together in terms of infrastructure, argues Milbank’s Janszky.BY THIERRY OGIER SÃO PAULO – Andrew Janszky, managing partner of the Sao Paulo office of U.S. ...