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M&A league table 2019: international firms

Latin Lawyer gathered data on M&A activity across Latin America during 2019. Here we present our findings for the international firms that won the most work on deals taking place in the region.

DLA Piper hires infrastructure head in Colombia

DLA Piper Martínez Beltrán has hired a new partner to head its infrastructure practice in Bogotá.

Latin Lawyer and LACCA's covid-19 information hub

In response to the unprecedented impact of covid-19, Latin Lawyer and LACCA have launched a free-to-view and regularly updated information hub. Read about legislation and official communications issued by governments across Latin America in response to the evolving crisis here.

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Roberto Quiroga to lead Mattos Filho until 2021

Lefosse makes three partners and one counsel

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Features

Law Firm Leader of the Year 2019: José Eduardo Queiroz

José Eduardo Carneiro Queiroz - who died recently - was the recipient of Latin Lawyer's Law Firm Leader of the Year Award in 2019, in acknowledgement of his forward-thinking and pioneering contribution to law firm management. We are republishing an interview with him from last year, in which he reflects on what it took for Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados to reach the top.

Battle of the titans

The UK’s top law firms have long sought to gain ground from New York’s white-shoe elite when it comes to some of the most lucrative work in Latin America: cross-border M&A deals governed under New York law. But establishing a foothold in the upper echelons of the US market – a starting point to winning such transactions – is not easy. What are the UK’s magic circle doing to square up to their US rivals?

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Surveys

M&A league table 2019: Brazil

Latin Lawyer gathered data on M&A activity across Latin America during 2019. Here, we present which firms won the most work in Brazil.

M&A league table 2019: Mexico

Which firms dominated LatAm equity capital markets in 2019?

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Who is in LACCA Approved 2021?

With so many options out there, it can be hard to decide which external counsel to hire, so legal teams often prefer to go off recommendations. Ahead of the release of the 2021 edition of LACCA Approved, we take a sneak peek at the list of Latin America’s leading law firm partners, as voted for by in-house counsel.