Amy Guthrie

Amy Guthrie is Law.com International's Latin America correspondent, based in Mexico City. She covers legal and business issues, including law firms, in-house counsel, and regulatory matters across Latin America. She can be reached at [email protected]

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May 2, 2023 | Latin America

Spain's ECIJA Rolls Out Advisory Offering in Mexico and Elsewhere in Latin America

The business seeks to offer a more comprehensive service to legal clients in need of financial, accounting and other guidance.

By Amy Guthrie

2 minute read
April 27, 2023 | Latin America

DLA Piper Adds US-based Finance Muscle With Latin America Expertise

The firm has recruited partners from McDermott Will & Emery and Allen & Overy in a bid to guide more financings in Latin America and elsewhere.

By Amy Guthrie

3 minute read
April 27, 2023 | Latin America

Holland & Knight Snags 17 Lawyers From Mexico's Sánchez DeVanny

The raid brings seven partners, including some former practice and office heads, plus two senior counsel and eight associates as the U.S.-based firm wagers big on near-shoring for manufacturing.

By Amy Guthrie

5 minute read
April 26, 2023 | Latin America

Spain's ECIJA Opens Office in Uruguay

Cecilia Amieva, an ECIJA partner who previously worked out of the firm's Buenos Aires office, will be the managing partner in Montevideo.

By Amy Guthrie

2 minute read
April 25, 2023 | Latin America

Clark Hill Hires Two Lawyers Based in Mexico City as More Investors Eye Mexico

The U.S. firm has several U.S.-based Mexico specialists on its roster and is now going deeper in Mexico with on-the-ground hires.

By Amy Guthrie

4 minute read
April 25, 2023 | Latin America

Hogan Lovells Nabs Top Jones Day Environmental Partner in Mexico

Mauricio Llamas is bringing three associates with him to Hogan Lovells, where he will head the firm's environmental law practice in Latin America's second-biggest economy.

By Amy Guthrie

2 minute read
April 19, 2023 | Latin America

Baker McKenzie Advises Spanish Energy Company Iberdrola on $6B Sale of Mexican Operations

The sale of combined cycle gas operations in Mexico marks the end of a contentious period in which the Spanish company and its lawyers faced frequent and public attacks by the Mexican president for carving out and defending lucrative contracts.

By Amy Guthrie

3 minute read
April 18, 2023 | Latin America

Increase in Enforcement of US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Makes Companies With Ties to Latin America More Vulnerable

Nearly 60% of the U.S. Department of Justice's FCPA enforcement actions and more than two-thirds of FCPA-related prosecutions of individuals during 2022 had connections to Latin America.

By Amy Guthrie

4 minute read
April 10, 2023 | Latin America

Brazil's Lefosse Expands Antitrust Practice With 3 Leading Women Attorneys

Paola Pugliese will now co-lead the practice, bringing partner Milena Mundim and counsel Fernanda Harari Dayan with her from Demarest.

By Amy Guthrie

2 minute read
April 9, 2023 | North America

Last Living Nuremberg Trials Prosecutor Dies at 103

Benjamin Ferencz, the first prosecutor to use the term "genocide" in a court of law, fought tirelessly for peace and accountability in the years after he secured guilty verdicts against 22 high-ranking Nazi officials for murders committed during World War II.

By Amy Guthrie

3 minute read

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