Garrigues’ new Latin American alliance has been rocked less than a month after its launch with the news that a third of the partnership of Argentine member Bruchou Fernandez Madero Lombardi & Mitrani has quit the firm.

A group of five partners has left the 16-partner practice to form their own firm, only a matter of weeks after Bruchou entered into a five-way alliance with Spanish giant Garrigues.