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Consortium appoints new president in Central America

Central American law firm Consortium Legal has elected Guatemalan partner Álvaro Castellanos to head the regional firm as its new president, after José Evenor Taboada’s 15 years at the helm.

US court rejects block on Ecuador’s US$17 billion restructuring

Ecuador has defeated an injunction request by a “small minority” of bondholders seeking to block its tender for a US$17.4 billion sovereign bond restructuring, ahead of a securities fraud action.

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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Brazilian and Chilean firms in Hitachi-ABB US$6.85 billion power deal

Mexico’s IEnova gets another green loan for solar projects

Dentons makes two partners in Colombia

Several firms behind Goldman Sachs partnership with Peruvian fintech

LACCA Awards – vote for your favourite in-house lawyers

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Features

Law Firm Leader of the Year Award: Jaime Carey

Jaime Carey’s ability to break new ground and cultivate long-lasting tradition in equal measure is what makes him stand out from the crowd. We interview a man who knows the value of applying a business savvy approach to law firm management, while never losing sight of what he believes truly matters.

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

Debt capital markets league table 2019: Chile

In the latest of a series of debt capital markets league tables, we present our findings for Chile. Morales & Besa had the highest combined deal value of any Chilean law firm in 2019 and it also worked on the most debt transactions along with Prieto, according to Latin Lawyer’s data.

Debt capital markets league table 2019: Colombia

Which firms dominated LatAm equity capital markets in 2019?

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Updated: LACCA and Latin Lawyer's covid-19 information hub

In response to the unprecedented impact of covid-19, LACCA and Latin Lawyer 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.