Costa Rica

Davivienda gets IFC loan for green projects in Costa Rica

Hogan Lovells LLP in Washington, DC, and Dentons Muñoz in San José have helped IFC lend US$35 million to Banco Davivienda in Costa Rica.

Aguilar Castillo hires Walmart counsel as partner

Aguilar Castillo Love (Costa Rica) has hired its third partner in less than two months, recruiting a tax manager from Walmart as partner.

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For the past two years, many UK law firms have been compelled to publicly disclose the difference between what they pay male and female lawyers. Gender pay gap reporting can be a blunt instrument, but acknowledging a problem is the first step to solving it. We consider the implications for Latin America’s legal market.

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Exposing the gap

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Strategy & management

United we stand, divided we fall

The Big Four, the commoditisation of legal services and encroaching global firms are threats keeping managing partners from Mexico City to Rio de Janeiro up at night. At a roundtable in San José, partners told Tom Muskett-Ford why firms in Central America, the most integrated market in Latin America, can face off some of those threats with a new wave of consolidation, which could see them expand beyond Central America’s borders to stay ahead of the competition.

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Conference coverage

Consistency and technology key for transfer pricing professionals, hear delegates

Applying policies consistently is crucial to avoid being penalised under new transfer pricing regulations, said UPS' director of taxes for the Americas at Latin Lawyer’s 2nd Annual Tax Summit, held in Miami earlier this month.

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