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Herbert Smith Freehills and Kramer Levin to combine to form an integrated global legal powerhouse

Leading law firms Herbert Smith Freehills and Kramer Levin today announced plans to form a fully-integrated global legal powerhouse: Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer. This transformative combination will create a unique global law firm with leading disputes and transactional practices in the world...

DLA Piper strengthens its Dispute Resolution practice in Chile with the addition of Josefa Larrain

Chile

DLA Piper Chile is pleased to welcome Josefa Larraín as a partner in the Dispute Resolution Practice. Larraín’s arrival underscores the firm’s commitment to strengthening its disputes vertical and builds on the naming of Catalina Amenábar as counsel. Larraín’s practice focuses on civil ...

TCA Tanoira Cassagne advised on a new issuance of Notes of Compañía TSB

Argentina

TCA Tanoira Cassagne advised Compañía TSB S.A. (TSB or the Company) as issuer and Banco CMF S.A., Banco Comafi S.A., Banco Supervielle S.A., Macro Securities S.A.U. and Banco de la Provincia de Buenos Aires as arrangers and placement agents (the Placement Agents), in the issuance of PyMEs CNV Guar...

Consolidating Academic and Professional Dialogue: Successes of the Third M&A Congress in Colombia

Semillero Fusiones y Adquisiciones Universidad de Los Andes

With the participation of both local and international experts, the congress has become a benchmark of excellence, contributing to the development of the practice of mergers and acquisitions in Latin America. The Third Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Congress in Colombia has marked a significant m...

Deal Points 2024 (Colombia)

Colombia, Latin America-wide, Sergio Carreño Mendoza, III M&A Congress, The Mergers and Acquisitions Seminar of the Universidad de los Andes

On 17 October, in the framework of the III M&A Congress, the Mergers and Acquisitions Seminar of the Universidad de los Andes launched the report Mergers and Acquisitions. Deal Points 2024 (Colombia). The study aims to contribute to the understa...

Diaz Reus USA offices recognized by The Legal 500 Latin America 2025

United States

Diaz Reus International - Six US attorneys: Marta Colomar-Garcia, Michael Diaz, Jr., Robert Targ, Gary Davidson, Javier Coronado, and Julio Barbosa, have been recognized by the prestigious international legal guide The Legal 500 Latin America 2025 in the International Firms category, in Co...

Importance of Environmental permits for developers following Government Reforms

Guatemala, Alejandra Hernández, Alegalis

On 26 September 2024, Governmental Agreement 148-2024 came into force, reforming the Regulation on Environmental Evaluation, Control and Monitoring (RECSA) in Guatemala. These reforms have the objectives of adjusting to the provision that agencies can only demand requirements expressly mentioned ...

Mexico reforms its Constitution to prioritize passenger railway transportation

Mexico

Galicia - On October 30, 2024, an amendment to article 28 of the Federal Constitution was published to establish passenger and freight railway transportation as a priority area for national development. This will allow the State to: ▪ Recover control over railway lines for passenger transport. ...

Navigating Change: An Interview with Oscar Mago on Building a Leading Intellectual Property Practice in Peru

Peru, OMC Abogados, Peru

Latin Counsel had the privilege of speaking with Oscar Mago, a prominent figure in the field of intellectual property (IP) law in Lima, where he heads the IP practice at OMC Abogados. With a career spanning over three decades, he has built a reputation for successfully navigating complex trademar...

IDB Invest makes first disbursement of financing to Caja La Araucana with legal advice from Alessandri Abogados

Chile

Alessandri’s Banking and Finance team acted as local legal counsel to IDB Invest in the operation, which seeks to promote the financial inclusion of pensioners and workers in Chile.

Alessandri - IDB Invest has completed the first disbursement of a $70 million financial package to Caja La Araucana, with the aim of fostering the fin...

Bofill Mir advises Altis on the strategic acquisition of a 35% stake in Oxzo, driving innovation in salmon farming

Chile

Bofill Mir has advised Altis Principal Investments (‘Altis’) in the acquisition of 35% of Oxzo, a company linked to Fiordo Austral, a leading company in oxygenation for salmon farming. Bofill Mir ‘s role consisted in the negotiation and materialisation of the acquisition of shares for 35% o...

Is the rise of the single-family office a good thing for our business?

Mark McMullen, Stonehage Fleming

The single-family office market is growing, having increased in size by 200% over the last decade

Although some may see this fragmentation of the market as a threat to the more established firms supporting multiple clients, it is anything but, acco...

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