Work Area: Arbitration

Bustamante Fabara has recruited a disputes partner from Carmigniani Pérez Abogados, adding to a string of hires over the last year.

02 June 2023

Brazilian disputes firm LDCM Advogados has hired an associate from White & Case LLP’s London office as partner, bolstering its international capabilities.

02 June 2023

Five partners and a large group of associates have left Demarest Advogados to establish disputes-focused firm Xavier Gagliardi Inglez Verona Schaffer (XGIVS).

01 June 2023

Cascione Advogados has launched an intellectual property group by hiring a partner from Barcellos Tucunduva Advogados.

01 June 2023

Colombian Elite firm Posse Herrera Ruiz has promoted four lawyers to director, strengthening its fintech, environmental, arbitration and tax practices across three offices.

25 May 2023

A US court has confirmed a tortilla maker’s US$430 million International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) award against Venezuela, rejecting arguments that the interim government of former opposition leader Juan Guaidó was denied due process when it was barred from appearing in annulment proceedings.

25 May 2023

Peruvian litigator Javier de Belaunde has joined Hernández & Cía, arriving with a team of disputes lawyers from Elite outfit Estudio Echecopar member firm of Baker McKenzie.

23 May 2023

The Panama Canal Authority says it has defeated the bulk of a US$671 million claim by a construction consortium – concluding the fourth of five International Court of Arbitration (ICC) arbitrations over the canal’s multibillion-dollar expansion.

22 May 2023

Brazil’s Petrobras has lost a US$162 million arbitration against the construction group formerly known as Odebrecht over alleged violations of a shareholders’ agreement for a petrochemicals company.

19 May 2023

Holland & Knight (Colombia) has incorporated the entirety of local firm Cuberos Córtes Gutiérrez (CCG), adding seven partners, two senior counsel and 19 associates to its ranks.

18 May 2023