Baker & McKenzie has appointed Claudia Metzger as regional operating officer for the Latin America region.

Greenberg Traurig´s Mexico City office has recruited competition lawyer Miguel Flores Bernés, a former commissioner of the Mexican Federal Competition Commission.

Ontier has announced the opening of an office in Chile following the incorporation of the Santiago firm Poduje & Cía Abogados.

Garrigues and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer advised Grupo Bimbo on its €190m acquisition of baked goods producer Panrico from Oaktree Capital Management.

Latin America has experienced a bigger increase in M&A activity in the last five years than any other region in the world, according to a new study by Linklaters.