Practice head switches firm in Mexico City

The former head of litigation and arbitration at Baker McKenzie (Mexico) has left the firm to assume the same role at Holland & Knight (Mexico).

US insurance company snaps up assets in Mexico

Nader, Hayaux & Goebel in London and Mexico City has helped US title insurance and real estate services company Fidelity National Financial acquire US counterpart Stewart Information Services for US$1.2 billion.

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Features

Banding together

In the aftermath of Mexico’s fatal 7.1 magnitude earthquake, the legal community responded quickly to help the shaken country back on its feet. Emilio Demetriou-Jones hears how, in an unprecedented move, the country’s three clearing houses used the media to reach those most in need

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Surveys

Artificial lawyers

A survey of Latin Lawyer Elite firms by Latin Lawyer and law firm consultancy Adam Smith, Esq has found overwhelming enthusiasm for AI with one in three already trialling or using the technology. But how AI will transform the legal space proved more divisive. Tom Muskett-Ford reports

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Strategy & management

Time to wake up

Sophisticated companies’ use of AI to improve efficiency has the potential to revolutionise their relationships with legal service providers. Law firms would be wise to keep up, argue Adam Smith, Esq’s Bruce MacEwen, Janet Stanton and Antonio Leal Holguín

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Conference coverage

Corruption, not politics, threatens LatAm M&A activity, agree panellists

Brazil, Costa Rica, Colombia, Mexico, Paraguay and Venezuela all have presidential elections in 2018, but a panel of bankers and private equity investors...

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