Welcome to the 2022 special edition of the Latin America Elite, which aims to provide our global audience with local perspectives on an array of markets across Latin America. Our Q&As with managing partners and senior lawyers provide illuminating insights into major developments across the region as we consider firms’ innovative approaches to new ways of working, how Covid-19 has impacted business, and projections for future growth in major markets.
We’ve partnered with a number of key firms, including local independent powerhouses, global firms active in major markets, and standout boutiques. Our thanks to all firms that have supported us in this endeavour – we hope you enjoy the finished product!
What are the biggest challenges facing Bolivia’s legal market in the next 12 months? Recently, the legal market in Bolivia has seen increasing competition, due to mergers of local firms, as well as entry of foreign and regional firms to the Bolivian market and their mergers with local firms. Thus, the challenge we face is …
Continue reading “Interview with Diego Villarroel, Partner, Ferrere, Bolivia”
What are the biggest challenges facing the Brazilian legal market in the next 12 months? I believe there are number of challenges the market will be facing, especially given the upcoming elections and world events (the war in Ukraine, the lingering effects of the pandemic etc.). Chief among these difficulties I think will be inflation …
What are the biggest challenges facing Peru’s legal market in the next 12 months? I believe that the ability to adapt and respond quickly and efficiently to the demands of changing services, which are increasingly characterized by their multidisciplinarity, the incorporation of new technologies and contexts of institutional instability due to the impact of internal …
Continue reading “Interview with… Roberto Pereira, Benites, Vargas & Ugaz Abogados”
FERRERE is the largest law firm in Uruguay and the only multi-jurisdictional, purely South American, law firm in the region. It has +150 attorneys throughout Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay. Specialization is a differentiating feature: The firm has invested for years in building practice groups dedicated to the areas of both law and industry. Along with …
What are the biggest challenges facing Paraguay’s legal market in the next 12 months? The biggest challenges that the legal market will face in the next months are potential opportunities of investment in the infrastructure area with participation of foreign investors. Talent retention also will be a challenge. Do you consider sustainability credentials important to …
Continue reading “Interview with… Nestor Loizaga, partner, Ferrere”
