Latin America Submissions

Each ranking edition page serves as a dedicated gateway for firms preparing submissions for the upcoming guide research. Firms can explore the practice areas under review, understand the scope of research for that market, and access the templates and guidelines required for participation. Key deadlines for editorial submissions and client referees are clearly outlined, alongside links to the submissions portal and supporting materials.

Whether your firm operates in a single jurisdiction or across multiple markets, these pages set out the practice areas included in the research scope for the markets covered.

The research schedule and guidelines for the Legal 500 Latin America edition are now below.

Client referees deadline: Wednesday 18th February 2026
Editorial submission deadline: Wednesday 18th February 2026
Firm interviews conducted: 18th February – 24th April 2026
Publication: October 2026

Tim Girvan

Senior editor - Western hemisphere

Daniel Costa

Editor (Brazil & Iberia)

Angus Maclean

Editor

Anna Macpherson

Deputy Editor (Central America)

We will soon be starting research for the 2027 edition of
Legal 500 Latin America, and invite you to provide us with editorial
submissions according to the attached guidelines.

Referees must reach us no later than Friday 13 February 2026. No
referee will be accepted after this date.

Submissions should reach us no later than Friday 13 February
2026.

The following guidelines will help you to prepare a submission.
Law firms appear in the editorial sections of Legal 500 free of
charge. Any queries regarding directory listings (ie paid-for
advertising entries) should be addressed to Douglas Ribeiro
(email [email protected]).

If you have any queries, please contact us via legal500.com/faqs/, although you may first wish to check the Frequently Asked Questions PDF

Submissions should be concise and focus on what makes your practice stand out.

Providing referees isn’t required, but client and peer feedback is important to our research because it offers independent, third-party validation of your work.

Submission template

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Referee Spreadsheet

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City Elite Rio De Janeiro submissions template

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Guidelines and Practical Resources for Submissions

Guidelines

Referees explained

Frequently Asked Questions

Practice Area Definitions (Brazil)

Countries

Countries we are researching for Latin America 2027 include:

Practice Area Definitions (Brazil)

  • Banking and finance
  • Bankruptcy and restructuring
  • Competition and antitrust
  • Compliance
  • Consumer law
  • Corporate and M&A
  • Dispute resolution: Litigation and arbitration
  • Dispute resolution: White-collar crime
  • Energy and natural resources: Electricity
  • Energy and natural resources: Mining
  • Energy and natural resources: Oil and gas
  • Environment
  • Fintech
  • Insurance
  • Intellectual property
  • International trade and customs
  • Labour and employment
  • Life sciences and healthcare
  • Public law
  • Real estate
  • Tax
  • TMT
  • Transport: Aviation
  • Banking and finance
  • Corporate and M&A
  • Dispute resolution
  • Energy and natural resources
  • Intellectual property
  • Labour and employment
  • Real estate
  • Tax
  • Banking and finance
  • Capital markets
  • Competition and antitrust
  • Compliance
  • Corporate and M&A: high-end
  • Corporate and M&A: mid-market

Note: Please only send one submission for Corporate and M&A

  • Dispute resolution: Arbitration
  • Dispute resolution: Mid-market litigation
  • Dispute resolution: Premium litigation

Note: Please only send one submission for Dispute resolution: Litigation

  • Energy and natural resources: Electricity and renewable energy
  • Energy and natural resources: Hydrocarbons
  • Energy and natural resources: Mining
  • Environment
  • Insurance
  • Intellectual property
  • International trade
  • Labour and employment
  • Life sciences
  • Projects and infrastructure
  • Public law
  • Real estate
  • Restructuring and insolvency
  • Sport
  • Tax: Customs
  • Tax: Tax advisory
  • Tax: Tax litigation

Note: Please only send one submission for Tax

  • TMT: Cybersecurity and data privacy
  • TMT: Media
  • TMT: Tech, innovation and digital business
  • TMT: Telecoms
  • Transport: Aviation
  • Transport: Shipping
  • Venture capital
  • Wealth and succession planning
  • White-collar crime and investigations

City Focus

        • Belém
          • Leading firms
        • Belo Horizonte
          • Commercial, corporate and M&A
          • Dispute resolution
          • Labour
          • Natural resources and regulation
          • Tax
        • Brasilia
          • Government relations
          • Litigation
          • Public law and regulation
          • Tax
        • Campinas
          • Leading firms
        •  Curitiba
          • Leading firms
        • Florianópolis
          • Leading firms
        • Fortaleza
          • Leading firms
        • Goiânia
          • Leading firms
        • Manaus
          • Leading firms
        • Porto Alegre
          • Commercial, corporate and M&A
          • Dispute resolution
          • Labour
          • Tax
        • Recife
          • Leading firms
        • Salvador
          • Leading firms

Rio de Janeiro Elite

        • Corporate
        • Dispute resolution
        • Labour and employment
        • Tax
  • Corporate and finance
  • Banking and finance
  • Bankruptcy, insolvency and restructuring
  • Capital markets
  • Competition and antitrust
  • Compliance
  • Consumer and advertising law
  • Corporate and M&A: High-end
  • Corporate and M&A: Mid-market

Note: Please only send one submission for Corporate and M&A

  • Data privacy
  • Dispute resolution: Arbitration
  • Dispute resolution: Litigation
  • Dispute resolution: White-collar crime
  • Energy and natural resources: Electricity and hydrocarbons
  • Energy and natural resources: Mining
  • Environment
  • Insurance
  • Intellectual property
  • Labour and employment
  • Life sciences
  • Projects and infrastructure
  • Public law
  • Real estate
  • Tax
  • TMT
  • Transport: Aviation
  • Transport: Maritime law
  • Venture capital
  • Water law
  • Banking, finance and capital markets

Note: Banking, finance and capital markets have now been combined into one single area

  • Competition and antitrust
  • Compliance and white-collar crime
  • Corporate and M&A
  • Data privacy NEW
  • Dispute resolution: Arbitration
  • Dispute resolution: Litigation
  • Energy and natural resources
  • Environment
  • Insurance
  • Intellectual property
  • International trade and customs
  • Labour and employment
  • Life sciences
  • Projects
  • Public law
  • Real estate
  • Tax
  • TMT
  • Transport: Aviation NEW
  • Transport: Maritime law NEW

City Focus

      • Barranquilla
      • Cali
      • Medellín
  • Banking and finance
  • Compliance
  • Corporate and M&A
  • Dispute resolution
  • Energy and natural resources
  • Environment
  • Intellectual property
  • Labour and employment
  • Projects and infrastructure
  • Real estate
  • Tax
      • Banking and finance
      • Corporate and M&A
      • Dispute resolution
      • Energy and natural resources
      • Environment
      • Intellectual property
      • Labour and employment
      • Real estate and tourism
      • Tax
      • Banking and finance
      • Competition and antitrust
      • Corporate and M&A
      • Dispute resolution
      • Energy and natural resources
      • Intellectual property
      • Labour and employment
      • Real estate
      • Tax

City Focus 

      • Cuenca
      • Manta
  • Banking and finance
  • Corporate and M&A
  • Dispute resolution
  • Intellectual property
  • Tax
  • Banking and finance
  • Corporate and M&A
  • Dispute resolution
  • Energy and natural resources/projects
  • Intellectual property
  • Labour
  • Real estate
  • Tax
  • Banking and finance
  • Corporate and M&A
  • Dispute resolution
  • Energy and projects
  • Intellectual property
  • Labour
  • Tax
  • Banking and finance
  • Bankruptcy and restructuring
  • Capital markets
  • Competition and antitrust
  • Compliance and data privacy
  • Corporate and M&A: High-end
  • Corporate and M&A: Mid-market

Note: Please only send one submission for Corporate and M&A

  • Dispute resolution: Arbitration
  • Dispute resolution: Litigation
  • Energy and natural resources
  • Environment
  • Insurance
  • Intellectual property
  • International trade and customs
  • Labour and employment
  • Life sciences
  • Mining
  • Projects and infrastructure
  • Public law and government procurement NEW
  • Real estate
  • Sports and entertainment
  • Tax
  • TMT
  • Transport: Aviation
  • Wealth management

City Focus

  • Cancun
  • Guadalajara
  • Monterrey
  • Tijuana
  • Corporate and finance
  • Dispute resolution
  • Energy and natural resources
  • Intellectual property
  • Real estate
  • Banking and finance
  • Capital markets
  • Corporate and M&A
  • Corporate services and estate planning
  • Dispute resolution
  • Intellectual property
  • Labour
  • Projects and energy
  • Real estate
  • Tax
  • Transport: Aviation
  • Transport: Shipping and maritime law
  • Administrative law
  • Banking and finance
  • Competition and antitrust
  • Corporate and M&A
  • Dispute resolution
  • Environment
  • Intellectual property
  • Labour and employment
  • Tax
  • Transport: Aviation
  • Transport: Maritime law NEW
  • Banking and finance
  • Bankruptcy and restructuring
  • Capital markets
  • Competition and antitrust
  • Compliance
  • Corporate and M&A
  • Data privacy
  • Dispute resolution: Arbitration
  • Dispute resolution: Litigation
  • Dispute resolution: White-collar crime
  • Energy and natural resources: Electricity
  • Energy and natural resources: Hydrocarbons
  • Energy and natural resources: Mining
  • Environment
  • Insurance
  • Intellectual property
  • International trade (IT&C)
  • Labour and employment
  • Life sciences and healthcare
  • Projects and infrastructure
  • Public law and regulation
  • Real estate
  • Tax
  • TMT (Technology, media and telecoms)
  • Transport: Aviation NEW
  • Transport: Maritime law NEW
  • Corporate, commercial and banking
  • Dispute resolution and bankruptcy
  • Energy, natural resources and environment
  • Intellectual property
  • Labour and employment
  • Real estate, hospitality and leisure
  • Tax
  • Banking and finance
  • Corporate and M&A
  • Dispute resolution
  • Intellectual property
  • Labour and employment
  • Projects and energy
  • Real estate
  • Tax
      • General practice

Note: Due to the ongoing difficulties covering the Venezuelan market, we have taken the decision to request one single submission from firms in Venezuela, covering all their activity over the previous 12 months, regardless of the practice area. Please be sure to include all relevant team members (again, regardless of practice area), and examples of the full array of work / mandates being undertaken.

    • Banking and finance
    • Capital markets
    • Compliance and investigations
    • Corporate and M&A
    • International arbitration
    • Projects and infrastructure

City Focus

  • Houston
  • Miami

We’re excited to launch our new, streamlined Legal 500 submission portal, designed to make the entire process clearer, faster and easier to navigate.

To send your submissions to us, please visit submissions.legal500.com and follow the onscreen prompts to send us new documents.

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