America Móvil continues buying spree with Nextel in Brazil

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP in New York and Brazilian firm BMA - Barbosa, Müssnich, Aragão have helped Mexican telecoms company América Móvil acquire its Brazilian counterpart Nextel for US$905 million.

Russin Vecchi steers solar investment in DR

Local law firm Russin, Vecchi & Heredia Bonetti has helped Spanish power plant developer BAS Corporation invest in a US$78 million solar project in the Dominican Republic.

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Features

Latin Lawyer at 20

Latin Lawyer celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2018. In the first of two articles marking the occasion, we take a look at its early days, and chart how marketing became a requisite for many Latin American firms’ success.

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Surveys

Latin Lawyer and the Vance Center’s Annual Pro Bono Survey

The findings from the 2018 Latin Lawyer – Vance Center pro bono survey are testament to the great strides Latin America has made to adopt pro bono into its legal culture. Now in its 11th year, our survey evidences that pro bono is increasingly finding a place within Latin American firms’ day-to-day service offer.

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Strategy & management

Marvellous as ever?

“O Rio de Janeiro continua lindo (Rio de Janeiro keeps its beauty)” are the words to Gilberto Gil’s immortal samba, but after years of economic decline, skyrocketing violence and corruption scandals, has the appeal of Brazil’s cidade maravilhosa remained intact?

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Conference coverage

Notes on a scandal

The notebooks list alleged corrupt payments made between 2003 and 2015 that could total upwards of US$30 billion. Details of what happened are still emerging,...

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