Latest issue now online
The September-October issue of The Latin American Lawyer is now available for free download here
The latest issue features an interview with Orrick’s of counsel Thomas Laryea on Argentina’s recent renegotiation of its $65 billion debt with private foreign bondholders, in which Laryea participated as counsel to the steering members of the Argentina Creditor Committee, and who talks about how the country can now move forward towards economic recovery.
And providing insight from Argentina, Fernando Hernández, a partner at Marval O’Farrell Mairal, talks about how the debt restructuring could mean an improvement in the conditions for local companies to access capital markets.
From Brazil, Anna Tavares de Mello, a partner at Trench Rossi Watanabe, talks to us about the emerging opportunities for M&A across Latin America as the region emerges from the pandemic, while partners Carlos Mello and Rodrigo Junquiera of Lefosse Advogados and Antonio José Mattos Morello of Pinheiro Neto debate the likelihood of a ‘fire sale’ of assets in the country as companies seek to restructure and the government plans to move forward with its much anticipated privatisation plans.
Hogan Lovells’ new Latin America practice head Juan Francisco Torres Landa talks about the challenges and opportunities across the region as companies and governments count the losses, both human and financial, of the pandemic, and in-house counsel at Banco de Chile, Maria Alexandra Cuevas Knezaurek talks about what her team looks for when it comes to hiring external counsel.
