Work Area: Tax

A partner from Peru’s Muñiz, Olaya, Meléndez, Castro, Ono & Herrera has joined forces with a former PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) consultant to launch a transactional firm, with plans to expand to China and Luxembourg.

07 December 2023

Mayer Brown LLP has elevated three lawyers to partner and two to counsel at its associated firm Tauil & Chequer Advogados in Brazil, whilst promoting another practitioner to partner in Mexico.

24 November 2023

Culminating a year packed with partner appointments at Cescon, Barrieu, Flesch & Barreto Advogados, the firm has promoted a further four lawyers to its senior rank, at the same time that it has hired two additional partners.

23 November 2023

Chilean law firm Barros Silva Varela & Vigil has bolstered its tax offering by appointing one of its associates to lead the practice as partner.

07 November 2023

Partners from Brazilian Recommended firms Balera, Berbel & Mitne Advogados and Rivitti e Dias Advogados have left their respective outfits to set up a tax-focused boutique, Lavez Coutinho.

06 November 2023

Peru’s Rubio Leguía Normand has bolstered its corporate, disputes and tax areas by hiring a partner from Estudio Olaechea, appointing a lawyer from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP as consultant and promoting one of its lawyers to the senior rank.

02 November 2023

Colombian Recommended firms Serrano Martínez and CMA – Correa Merino Agudelo have combined their operations, creating a firm of more than 50 lawyers based in Bogotá and Medellín.

02 November 2023

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP has elevated three lawyers in its Latin America practice group to partner, boosting its São Paulo and New York offices.

31 October 2023

Featured in The Guide to Mergers & Acquisitions - Fourth Edition

While the first half of 2023 saw the pace of private equity activity in Latin America stall due to geopolitical concerns, spiking inflation and high interest rates, there is a clear long-term trend towards private equity tapping into regional M&A markets.

31 October 2023

LACCA has published its latest Approved list, a directory of the region’s most popular private practice lawyers, as voted for by the Latin American in-house counsel community.

30 October 2023