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Partner-Led New Boutique: Del Olmo Legal Launches in Buenos Aires, offering Elite M&A, Real Estate, and Complex Dispute Resolution

Argentina, Del Olmo Legal

Mariano del Olmo and Marcelo Antonio Pepe have launched Del Olmo Legal, a new partner-led legal boutique in Buenos Aires. The firm is built on the core principles of partner-level attention and uncompromising technical rigor. del Olmo Legal focuses on Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), corporate law, ...

Insights on OFAC Sanctions Compliance in Brazil

Brazil, Diaz Reus International Law Firm

Diaz Reus International Law Firm - In July 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Brazilian Supreme Court (Supremo Tribunal Federal, STF) Justice Alexandre de Moraes under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (GLOMAG). Weeks lat...

DLA Piper welcomes Macarena Gatica to the Data, Privacy and Cybersecurity practice

Chile, DLA Piper

DLA Piper is pleased to welcome Macarena Gatica as a partner in the firm’s Data, Privacy and Cybersecurity practice. Her arrival reflects the firm’s commitment to expanding the capabilities of its Chile office. Gatica brings more than 20 years of experience in data protection, cybersecurity, and ...

Publication of Hydrocarbons Sector Regulations

Mexico, Greenberg Traurig

Greenberg Traurig - On October 3, 2025, the Official Gazette of the Federation (the "DOF" in Spanish, for Diario Oficial de la Federación) published two relevant changes for the hydrocarbons sector in Mexico: Regulation of the Hydrocarbons Sector Law (Reglamento de la Ley del Sector Hidrocarburo...

The Rule of Law at Risk: UN Warning on Guatemala

Guatemala, Alegalis

Alegalis - In June 2025, the United Nations Special Rapporteur, Margaret Satterthwaite, issued a forceful report stating that the rule of law in Guatemala is in the process of being dismantled. The UN expert denounced a systematic pattern of criminalization and penal persecution directed against jud...

Bofill Mir Abogados strengthens its Dispute Resolution practice with the addition of two new partners

Chile, Bofill Mir

Bofill Mir Abogados announced the incorporation of Liat Tapia and Felipe de Marinis as new partners leading the Dispute Resolution team. With their arrival, Bofill Mir reaches a total of 14 partners — nearly one-third of them women — as part of its steady growth process. Through this strategic de...

Von Wobeser y Sierra positions Itself as a Leading Firm in Latin America

Mexico, Von wobeser

Von Wobeser y Sierra, S.C., is proud to share that it has been recognized in the Latin American Corporate Counsel Association (LACCA) Approved 2026 ranking — a distinction based on the votes of in-house counsel across the region. This recognition reaffirms its position as a leading full-service f...

Marta Colomar-Garcia and Marcela Cristina Blanco, among the Latinvex Top 100 female lawyers

Colombia, Diaz Reus

Diaz Reus - Marta Colomar-Garcia, Administrative Managing Partner, and Marcela Cristina Blanco, Partner and head of the Bogota office, have been named again among the Latinvex Top 100 female lawyers specializing in Latin America in international law firms, in the Litigation & Arbitration category. I...

Pérez-Llorca strengthens its Lisbon office with the appointment of Sébastien Coquard as partner

Spain, Perez-Llorca

Pérez-Llorca has announced the appointment of Sébastien Coquard as partner in the Lisbon office’s Corporate and Infrastructure practice. With an established track record in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate restructuring and capital markets transactions, Coquard will contribute to ...

NHG advises Platinum Equity on $375M acquisition of Owens & Minor’s Products & Healthcare Services

Mexico, Nader, Hayaux & Goebel

Nader, Hayaux & Goebel (NHG) acted as Mexican counsel to Platinum Equity in its USD 375 million acquisition of Owens & Minor’s Products & Healthcare Services business. The transaction involved complex cross-border elements requiring coordination between multiple jurisdictions. NHG advised on the ...

Carla Illanes: new partner in Alessandri’s Technology and Data group

Chile, Alessandri

Alessandri - Almost a year before the new regulation comes into force and the National Personal Data Agency makes its debut in Chile, Alessandri Abogados has brought in lawyer Carla Illanes as a partner in the firm’s Technology and Personal Data group. With a Master’s Degree in Law in Regulated Sect...

New US H-1B policy: Economic, Social, and strategic impacts for Central America

Costa Rica, BLP Legal

A Radical Change in US Immigration Policy

On September 19, 2025, President Donald Trump’s administration issued a proclamation that marks a turning point in the use of the H-1B visa. The rule ...

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