Costa Rica
UK car retailer enters Central American market
Greenberg Traurig LLP in Miami, Arias, Fábrega & Fábrega in Panama City, and EY Law (Costa Rica) have helped UK car showroom company Inchape acquire a Costa Rican counterpart for US$284 million.
ICC hears Chinese-Costa Rican refinery dispute
A tribunal at the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has begun hearing a diplomatically sensitive joint-venture dispute between Chinese and Costa Rican state-owned entities over a cancelled US$1.5 billion project to upgrade an oil refinery.
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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Scaling up: Latin Lawyer and the Vance Center’s annual pro bono survey
The findings of our fifth joint pro bono survey provide plenty of reasons to feel positive. Pro bono appears to have turned a corner in Latin America thanks to an ever strengthening infrastructure and the greater willingness of more firms to take part. While the survey results might not show a significant uptick year on year, law firms are nevertheless making great strides in the implementation of policies needed to make pro bono more commonplace. Of course, there are challenges to overcome, such as engaging more partners in pro bono cases. However, the latest focus on high-impact cases could help achieve that, alongside producing a dramatic increase in the value of pro bono work. Rosie Cresswell reports
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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.
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.
- Onerous regulation impeding PE leveraged buyouts, says panel
- Double down on LatAm privacy law compliance, say panellists
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Insight
Reference
Construction
Chile
Alfonso Reymond Larraín and Rodrigo Riquelme Yanez
Reymond & Cía
Brazil
Fernando Marcondes, Ricardo Medina Salla, Marlon Shigueru Ushiro Ieiri, Adriana Regina Sarra de Deus and Juliana Yumi Shiina Morato
LO Baptista
Guides
The Guide to Infrastructure and Energy Investment Second Edition
Introduction
Claudette M Christian and Joshua B Press
Hogan Lovells
Foreword
Anthony S Harrington
Albright Stonebridge Group
Professional notices
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Arias (Costa Rica)
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BLP (Costa Rica)
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EY Law (Costa Rica)
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Zürcher Odio & Raven
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Consortium Legal (Costa Rica)
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Aguilar Castillo Love (Costa Rica)
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