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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...

ARIAS advises IFC on major $150 million financing for Grupo Ransa

Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua

ARIAS served as legal counsel to International Finance Corporation (IFC), member of the World Bank Group, in a strategic $150 million financing operation granted to Grupo Ransa. This transaction, which spanned multiple jurisdictions across Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), will support Grupo Ra...

Approved: Transfer of powers from the national forestry institute (INAFOR) to the ministry of environment and natural resources (MARENA)

Nicaragua

Arias - To ensure compliance with the forestry regime in the national territory, the National Assembly approved Law No. 1,222 "Law on the Transfer of Functions from the National Forestry Institute (INAFOR) to the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources", which was published on Thursday, Octobe...

Cuatrecasas hires Alejandra Palacios as new competition external advisor

Mexico

Cuatrecasas - Alejandra Palacios has joined Cuatrecasas as an external advisor to the Firm, based in the Mexico City office. With a notable career that includes serving as the first woman to chair Mexico’s Antitrust Agency (COFECE) from 2013 to 2021, Palacios brings experience to strengthen Cuatr...

Cartel enforcement is evolving across the Americas. Here are three aspects to consider

Latin America-wide

DLA Piper - Competition enforcers throughout the Americas focus their efforts to investigate and prosecute antitrust cartels: agreements between competitors to fix prices, rig bids, or allocate markets. These offenses, which the US Supreme Court has labeled the "supreme evil of antitrust," are un...

Smartsheet to be Acquired by Blackstone and Vista Equity Partners for US $8.4 Billion

Smartsheet has entered into an agreement to be acquired by funds managed by Blackstone and Vista Equity Partners (the "Purchasers") in a transaction valued at approximately US $8.4 billion. Kirkland & Ellis LLP and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP are acting as legal counsel to the Purchasers. T...

Historic Signing of Male Champions for Change Pledge at the IBA’s 10th World Women Lawyers’ Conference

International Bar Association

In a significant step towards fostering gender equity in the legal profession, five esteemed leaders from the global legal community gathered in Toronto to formally sign the Male Champions for Change Pledge during the 10th World Women Lawyers’ Conference in Toronto. This milestone event underscor...

Lawyers’ professional secrecy and money laundering

Diego Cabezuela Sancho, President of the Inlaw Alliance of Law Firms

Lawyers’ professional secrecy is not living its best years. The fight against money laundering is also putting it on the ropes, imposing on us the obligation to control our clients, monitor their business and even report their suspicious actions. Generally speaking, no one doubts that lawyer-...

Inspiring Women in Law - An Interview with Melissa Diaz, Compliance manager for Central America and The Caribbean at Inchcape

Costa Rica, Melissa Diaz, Inchcape Central America & The Caribbean

"It is increasingly common to see women in roles previously dominated by men"

Latin Counsel has spoken with Melissa Diaz, Compliance Manager of Inchcape Central America and the Caribbean , about the challenges and opportunities ...

Academic presentation of the book "M&A Transactions - Current Legal Issues"

Rodolfo Papa, Latin Counsel

On Tuesday, October 15, the academic presentation -in classroom format- of the book "Operaciones de M&A. Cuestiones Jurídicas de Actualidad" was held. Cuestiones Jurídicas de Actualidad" (First edition. Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires. Llanes Ediciones. 2024), whose author is the corporate lawyer...

Argentina regulates framework for Private Placements

Argentina

DLA Piper - On September 18, 2024, the Argentine Securities and Exchange Commission (CNV) issued Resolution No. 1016 (the Resolution), which regulates the country’s framework for the private placement of securities and cross-border transactions. The Resolution aligns Argentina’s legal framework w...

Q3 Quarterly Investment Outlook - October 2024

Graham Wainer, Stonehage Fleming

- Summary - Despite a generally favourable environment, the outlook for the global economy is uncertain. Over the last quarter, the consensus mood has fluctuated between confidence in an economic ‘Goldilocks’ and fears of imminent recession. Sentiment is likely to continue to waver. In this qu...

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