International law firm Akin Gump has announced the launch of a cross-practice initiative devoted to advising clients on legal and lobbying strategy with regard to opportunities in the Cuban market.
Shearman & Sterling has welcomed back former lawyer Jonathan Kellner as counsel in its São Paulo office.
Spanish firm Cremades & Calvo-Sotelo has announced it will begin operations in Chile after reaching an agreement with Erbetta, Costa, Melo & Guzmán Abogados.
Brazilian firm Demarest Advogados has announced that it has incorporated insurance boutique JBO Advocacia.
Jones Day is poised to open in Bogota later this year, according to sources.
Baker & McKenzie lawyers in London and Santiago de Chile advised British hedge fund sponsor Audley Capital Advisors – part of an investor consortium – on the purchase of a stake in Anglo Norte.
Greenberg Traurig´s Mexico office has recruited three new partners.
US law firm Miller Canfield and Mexico law firm Arizpe, Valdés & Marcos have announced a formal affiliation.
DLA Piper´s US head of Latin American corporate Francisco Cerezo and co-chair of the firm´s Latin American Committee Juan Picón talk to Iberian Lawyer Latin America editor Ignacio Abella about the firm´
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy advised the banks that provided a $205 million loan to finance the Conejo Solar photovoltaic power project in Chile.
