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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June 7, 2023 | Latin America

Brazil's Gaia Silva Gaede Advogados Launches Office in Madrid

The new office, which is launching as a growing number of Brazilian law firms follow clients to Europe, will be run by a Brazilian lawyer who has collaborated for years with firms associated with Spain's ECIJA.

By Amy Guthrie

3 minute read
June 5, 2023 | Latin America

Garrigues Recruits Tax Partner in Chile as Government Seeks to Raise Revenue

Wealthy Chileans have shuttled an estimated $50 billion out of the country since civil unrest erupted in 2019 and brought calls for heavier taxes on the rich. But some of that capital is trickling back.

By Amy Guthrie

2 minute read
June 5, 2023 | Latin America

White & Case Taps Miami-Based Partner to Lead Latin America Practice

The practice encompasses more than 300 lawyers, including dozens based in Mexico City and São Paulo.

By Amy Guthrie

3 minute read
June 5, 2023

Brazil's Mattos Filho Elects M&A Partner to Lead the Firm for 3 Years

Pedro Whitaker de Souza Dias, who joined the firm as an associate in 1999, will take on the managing partner role in April 2024.

By Amy Guthrie

3 minute read
June 4, 2023 | Latin America

Near-Shoring Push Promises Growth for Law Firms in Mexico

Global firms Baker McKenzie and Hogan Lovells are fielding tons of inquiries, although there's plenty of inbound work to go around as manufacturing shifts from Asia back to North America.

By Amy Guthrie

6 minute read
June 1, 2023 | Latin America

Hogan Lovells, Skadden Guide $1.48B Insurance Sale in Latin America

German financial services company Talanx Group will now be one of the top insurers in the region after acquiring assets in Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Ecuador from Liberty Mutual Insurance Inc.

By Amy Guthrie

2 minute read
May 18, 2023 | Latin America

Baker McKenzie Adds Tax Partner in Rare Venezuela Hire

The global firm is among a handful of international law firms to maintain an office in the troubled South American country, which was once one of the 20 richest countries in the world.

By Amy Guthrie

4 minute read
May 15, 2023 | Latin America

Holland & Knight Absorbs 28-Lawyer Firm in Colombia, Raising Head Count to 70

The acquisition makes Holland & Knight one of the largest international law firms in Colombia, and comes on the heels of the firm's April recruitment of 17 lawyers in Mexico.

By Amy Guthrie

3 minute read
May 10, 2023 | Latin America

Dentons Leads Ecuador Debt-for-Nature Swap Aimed at Marine Conservation Near Galapagos

The transaction, which also involved teams of lawyers from Clifford Chance, Baker McKenzie and others, is expected to generate $1.126 billion in savings for Ecuador and $323 million to finance conservation activities around the Galápagos Islands, home to nearly 3,000 marine species—20% of which are found nowhere else on Earth.

By Amy Guthrie

4 minute read
May 8, 2023 | Latin America

Peru's Estudio Muñiz Loses Head of IP and Life Sciences Practice to Local Boutique

Marta Fernández Pepper will lead the IP and life sciences practice at Diez Canseco Abogados, leaving behind a firm she has worked at for nearly three decades.

By Amy Guthrie

1 minute read

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