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Who represents Latin America's biggest companies 2022: the full list

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In its landmark annual research into which law firms advise Latin America’s largest 100 corporates, as ranked by revenue, LACCA presents the companies that make up our top 100, as well as their preferred external counsel.

31 March 2023

Which law firms were the most popular in 2022?

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As war erupted in Europe, interest rates sky-rocketed and political uncertainty bubbled across the region, leading Latin American companies kept their external legal advisers close by to navigate the choppy waters.

31 March 2023

Full service or boutique? The pros and cons

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When it comes to engaging external counsel, GCs prefer the coverage and efficiency provided by full-service firms for most types of work, but boutiques offer the most value when it comes to flexibility and access to partners.

31 March 2023

Which firms are best in a crisis?

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The legal expertise and capabilities needed to properly manage a corporate crisis can be tremendously varied, but the law firms most skilled at dealing with them share common traits, according to some of the region’s leading GCs.

31 March 2023

GC Insight: five things law firms should do better

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A part of LACCA’s research into the hiring trends of in-house counsel, we speak to Latin American GCs to identify exactly how law firms can to add the most value, stand out from the crowd and beat the competition.

31 March 2023

Peru’s Olaechea strengthens data practice

Peruvian Highly Recommended firm Estudio Olaechea has promoted its data protection practice head to partner, a move that almost equals number of men and women in the firm’s senior rank.

31 March 2023

Eletrobras snaps up Amazonian hydro dam

Cescon, Barrieu, Flesch & Barreto Advogados has helped Eletrobras acquire a stake in local hydroelectric generation company Madeira Energia for 168 million reais (US$32 million) through its power utilities subsidiary Furnas.

31 March 2023

Aegea issues first notes under new CVM framework

Tauil & Chequer Advogados in association with Mayer Brown has helped sanitation group Aegea raise 551 million reais (US$106 million) in the company’s first issuance under Brazil’s new securities regulation.

31 March 2023

City of Medellín secures AFD loan

Colombian state-owned utilities company Empresas Públicas de Medellín (EPM) has enlisted Mosquera Abogados to secure a €180 million (US$190 million) loan from French bank Agence Française de Développement (AFD).

31 March 2023

Chile’s Parque Arauco makes US$130 million issuance

Chilean real estate group Parque Arauco has enlisted Morales & Besa to issue notes worth 3 million unidades de fomento (US$130 million).

31 March 2023

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