Latin America’s Top 100 Lawyers

Latinvex singles out the top foreign lawyers in Latin America.

BY LATINVEX STAFF

The editorial and research staff of Latinvex has selected the leading attorneys from international law firms that are involved in the legal business in Latin America. 

The ranking includes attorneys from major firms as well as boutique firms and spans 12 categories, including arbitration & litigation, banking & finance, capital markets, corporate/M&A, energy, FCPA & fraud and project finance.

The criteria used was a combination of factors, including recent track record on major deals and business, prominence of firm in Latin America and rankings by third parties such as Chambers and Partners, Legal 500 and Thomson Reuters.

Latinvex used data from our annual survey of international firms as well as publicly-available information.

This year, 14 attorneys were new compared with last year’s list.

Keywords: Akin Gump, Allen & Overy, Alston & Bird, Andrews Kurth, Arent Fox, ARHMF, Arnold & Porter, Baker Botts, Beveridge & Diamond, Brown & Rudnick, Bryan Cave, Cassels Brock, Chaffetz Lindsey, Cleary Gottlieb, Clyde & Co, CMS, Covington & Burling, Crowell & Moring, Curtis, Davis Polk, Debevoise & Plimpton, Diaz Reus, Foley Hoag, Freshfields, Gibson Dunn, Gowling WLG, Haynes and Boone, Hogan Lovells, Holland & Knight, Hughes, Hubbard, Hunton & Williams, Jones Day, K&L Gates, Latham & Watkins, Linklaters, Littler Mendelson, Mayer Brown, Milbank, Miller & Chevalier; Morgan, Lewis & Bockius; Orrick, Paul Hastings, Pillsbury, Proskauer Rose, Quinn Emanuel, Reed Smith,  Richards Kibbe & Orbe, Ropes & Gray, Sequor Law, Shearman & Sterling, Sidley Austin, Simpson Thacher, Skadden, Squire Patton Boggs,Sullivan & Cromwell,Thompson & Knight,Vinson & Elkins, Walkers Global,White & Case,Winston & Strawn, Winston Legal Group