LAW FIRM EXPANSION
Dentons combines with Peru's Gallo Barrios Pickmann
The fast-expanding firm has launched in one of Latin America's strongest and fastest-growing economies.
Latin America
EMPLOYMENT
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Garrigues hires top labour law expert in Chile
Garrigues has hired Barbara Vera to strengthen and lead the firm's labour and employment law department in Chile.
POLITICS
Venezuela ups minimum wage by 50 per cent
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has announced a 50 per cent increase in the minimum wage.
ART
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Pinheiro Neto celebrates 75th with sexuality-themed exhibition
The Brazilian law firm has joined forces with MASP to show the sexually-themed works of French post-Impressionist artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.
EXPANSION
Dentons turns LatAm expansion to Peru
Dentons is continuing its ambitious expansion into Latin America with plans afoot to form a combination with Gallo Barrios Pickmann in Peru.
LAW FIRM EXPANSION
Clyde & Co expands with Mexican law firm merger
Clyde & Co is expanding its Latin American presence with the opening of its first office in Mexico via a merger with Mexican law firm Garza Tello & Asociados.
EXPANSION
Dentons grows in Latin America with Brazil alliance
Dentons has plans to form an alliance with Brazilian firm Vella Pugliese Buosi Guidoni - well known for its civil litigation work on high-profile cases and its work with local companies on M&A.
POLITICS
Brazil strikes in opposition to labour and pension law changes
Much of Brazil came to a standstill on Friday as demonstrators took to the streets in a general strike to protest proposed changes to labour laws and the pension system.
LITIGATION
Panama Papers scandal law firm partners get bail
The partners of the law firm at the heart of the Panama Papers scandal have been granted bail pending further legal action over allegations they helped launder money related to a huge Brazilian bribery case.
DEALS
DLA Piper continues LatAm expansion in deal with Peruvian firm
DLA Piper LLP (US) has established a cooperation agreement with Peruvian firm Pizarro, Botto & Escobar Abogados in its latest LatAm expansion move. Together the firms will operate as DLA Piper Pizarro Botto Escobar.