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Brazil Data Breach: First Fine

Brazil: US Provides Tax Relief

Latinvex 500 (2023): Brazil's Top Companies

2022 numbers in thousands of US dollars. Percent change from 2020 based on original currency.

Latin America: Complex for Business

Latinvex 500 (2022): Brazil's Top Companies

Lula Targets Brazil Central Bank

Brazil Leads Logistics Index

Brazil: The Top Events Past Decade

Brazil Fiscal Framework: 12 Key Takeaways

Brazil: Lula’s First 100 Days

Corruption: “Car Wash” Continues – Outside of Brazil

Latin America Outlook 2023: The CEO Perspective

Latin America M&As: The Outlook for Countries

Latin America M&As: The Outlook and Challenges

NFTs in South America: The Legal Framework

Brazil Corruption: Lula Return Raises Concern

Latin America M&As Fell 32% Last Year

Company of the Year: MercadoLibre

Latin America Business: Best in 2022

Avoiding Surprises in Brazilian M&A

Brazil Vote: Bolsonarismo Gets a Booster Shot

Beef, Bible and Bullets: Brazil in the Age of Bolsonaro

Brazil: A Choice Between Two Polarizing Known Knowns

Franchising in Latin America: The Regulations

Latin America Banks: Nubank Leads Losses

Latin America Insurance: Winners & Losers

Latinvex 500: Brazil, Chile, Argentina Top Winners

Latin America: The Top Events Past Decade

Latinvex 500 (2021): Brazil's Top Companies

Petrobras: CEO Shakeups Hurt Company, Divestments

Latin America M&As Fell 30% in First Quarter

The Latin America Fund Landscape

Brazil Elections: Will Stimulus Help Bolsonaro?

Latin America M&As: Brazil, Colombia Lead Growth

Latin America M&As: The Outlook and Challenges

Latin America M&As: The Outlook for Countries

CEO of the Year: David Velez

Latin America Business: Worst in 2021

Latin America Business: Best in 2021

Brazil’s IPO Surge: What to Expect

Brazil Energy Market: Investor Boost From Reforms?

Pemex Losses Wipe Out Latinvex 500 Profits

Paul Hastings Bullish on Brazil

Simpson Thacher: Strong Latin America Growth, Good Outlook

Latin America M&As: The 2021 Outlook

Kearney FDI Index: Brazil Drops, Mexico Out

Latinvex 500 (2020): Brazil's Top Companies

Cleary, Hogan Lovells, Skadden Advise Brazil IPO’s

Brazil Business: Bolsonaro Disappoints

Brazil: New Sanitation Law Provides Opportunities

Latin America Business: Best in 2020

Brazil: Institutions Decay Under Bolsonaro

Amazon: Brazil Under Pressure From Foreign Investors

Latin America M&A’s: Fourth Quarter Comeback?

Latin America M&As Plunge 69%

Updated 4.26 PM

Will Bolsonaro COVID Denial Sink Brazil Economy?

IMF Revises Brazil, Mexico, Argentina Outlook

Latin America: Profits Plunge on Pemex

Brazil-US FTA: Good Goal, But Not Likely Now

Latin America: Bank Profits Grew Last Year

Brazil & COVID-19: Law Firms Refocus

Brazil: Economic Collapse?

Latinvex 500 (2019): Brazil's Top Companies

COVID-19 & Latin America: Chronicle of Key Events

Latin America Banks: Itau Leads Profits, Profit Growth

Brazil: Bolsonaro’s First Year

Covid-19 & Latin America: Colombia Best Outlook

COVID-19 & Latin America: More Arbitration

COVID-19 & Latin America: Chronicle of Key Events

COVID-19 & Brazil: Impact on Energy Sector

Coronavirus Impact on Brazil Reforms

Brazil Capital Markets: Strong Outlook

Brazil: Time to Reinvent

Brazil, Colombia: Good M&A Outlook

Updated 2/6/2020

Latin America: Profits Surge, But Pemex Lags

CEOs Upbeat About Brazil, Less So on Mexico, Argentina

Latin America Business: Best in 2019

Latin America Business: Worst in 2019

Competitiveness: Brazil, Colombia Gain Most

Brazil Business: Bolsonaro Disappoints

Brazil’s Bolsonaro: His Own Worst Enemy

Competitiveness: Brazil, Mexico Improve

Brazil & FCPA: The Moro Factor

Bolsonaro: Mixed First 100 Days

Latin America Insurance: Winners & Losers

Brazil’s BNDES: The Levy Factor

Doing Business: Brazil Jumps

Latinvex 500 (2017): Brazil’s Top Companies

Brazil: Optimism Tied to Guedes Success

Brazil Election: No Silver Bullet

Latin America Bank Profits: Chile Leads Growth

Latinvex 500 (2018): Brazil's Top Companies

Brazil: Bolsonaro Victory Boosts Reform Outlook

Latin America: M&As Decline 15%

Brazil: Skadden Advises Walmart-Advent Deal

Brazil Brand Value Jumps 42%

Davis Polk Advises Intermedica IPO

Brazil Banks Most Profitable, Mexico Leads Growth

TradeTalk: Trump Cancels Summit, Netflix Series Stirs Controversy

CEO of the Year: Pedro Parente, Petrobras

Petrobras: The Debt Challenge

Tax Climate: Latin America Improves

Brazil & Mexico: Contrasts in Corruption Fight

Latin America: FCPA Cases Grow

Political Outlook: Brazil, Colombia Uncertainty

Pension Reform Delay Hurts Brazil

Leaders of the Year: Michel Temer and Mauricio Macri

Brazil: Full Steam Ahead!

Latin America Investor Index: Brazil vs Mexico

Cleary Gottlieb Advises on $2.7 Bln Issues

Brazil's Top 50 Businesspeople

Capital Markets: Solid Argentina, Mexico Outlook

Hogan Lovells, Skadden Advise Brazil Offers

Paul Hastings Advises on $1 Bln Cemig Offer

Led by Shining Star, Brazil Business Council Gains Traction

Bonaparte: Brazil Back on Track

Latin America Wireless: Mexico Up, Brazil Down

Mayer Brown Bullish on Brazil

Latin America: Getting Political

Brazil: President Escapes Trial, But Corruption Rampant

Brazil Economy: Rays of Light

Brazil Oil: Pre-Salt Success

Latin America Taxes: Brazil Improves

Brazil M&A Boom Continues, Jumps 212%

Latin America: Four Major Myths

Latinvex 500 (2015): Brazil’s Top Companies

Brazil Winning Inflation Fight

Oil Auctions Boost Latin America Energy

US Law Firms Advise on Azul, Netshoes IPOs

Experts: Latin America FCPA Work Increases

Brazil M&As Surge 465%

LatAm Elections Promise Change

Latin America: IPO Boom After 23% Fall?

Latin America: Strong Capital Markets Outlook

Brazil: No Longer in Intensive Care

Brazil: Celistics Boom Despite Economy

Brazil: Rise in Investor Lawsuits Expected

Milbank, Ropes & Gray Advise on LatAm Work

Cleary Advises on Brazil, Colombia Offers

Latin America Wireless: Brazil Declines

Brazil Banks (2015): Profit Winners & Losers

Skadden Advises on Liquigás Deal

Trump: Lessons From Brazil’s Populist Bust

Dentons Eyes Argentina, Brazil

Skadden Advises on Citi, Duke Sales

Top M&A Advisors: Sidley Austin, Baker & McKenzie and Skadden

Mexico, Brazil Skies: Closed No More?

Latin America, Brazil M&As Jump 60%

Brazil: Lula Out, Temer In

GDP Growth: Colombia, Peru Lead

Skadden Advises Usiminas $2 Bln Restructuring

Former Brazil AG Joins Mayer Brown Affiliate

Brazil's Top Ten M&As (1H 2016)

The Latin American Case for Free Trade in the US

Trench, White & Case Advise on $834 Mln Energy Loan

Freshfields Bullish on Latin America

Cleary Advises on $3.6 Bln Latin America Bonds

Kennedys Opens Brazil, Peru Offices

Brazil: Hope for the Economy

Skadden Sees Brazil, Mexico M&As Picking Up

Cleary, Paul Hastings Advise on Credito Real Bond

Latin America: The FDI Winners & Losers

Jones Day Advises Pemex Deal, Wendy’s

Brazil Eyes Chemicals Reform

Latin America M&As Jump 77%

Top M&A Advisors: Linklaters, Baker & McKenzie, Skadden

Multinationals: Cautious Brazil Optimism

Brazil: Law Firms More Optimistic

Brazil: The Samba Revolution

Brazil’s Economic Fireman: Henrique Meirelles

Brazil: Team Temer

Updated May 24, 2016

Brazil: The Start of a New Era

Brazil Outlook: New Government, Policy Paralysis

Brazil: Lula Joins Rousseff’s Titanic

US Law & Latin America Corruption

Lula Arrest Weakens Rousseff

Latin America: Arbitration & Litigation Outlook

Latin America FCPA: Brazil Dominates

Rousseff Wins, Brazil Loses

Latin America: US Trade Declines

Global Corruption Champions: Petrobras, Martinelli

Latin America: IPOs Fall 42%

Latin America: Corruption Worsens

Latin America: Mixed Currency Outlook

Latin America Business: Worst in 2015

Brazil Economy: Further Deterioration

Arent Fox Plans More Latin America Focus

Latin America Technology: Best & Worst

Brazil: Salaries Up Despite Crisis

Trade: Brazil, Venezuela Worst

Will Brazil Lose Investment Grade?

Doing Business: Mexico Best in Latin America

Latin America: Macro Winners & Losers

Latin America: Currencies Worsen

Brazil Downgrade: Another Bump

Latinvex 50: Energy Leaders

Fitzgerald: Brazil Will Come Back

Latinvex 50: Capital Market Leaders

Latinvex 50: Project Finance Leaders

Brazil: Luxury Market Suffers

Latin America M&As: Strong Pipeline

Latin America Real Estate: Top Markets

Latin America Wireless: Colombia, Cuba Lead Growth

Hogan Lovells Upbeat on Mexico, Latin America

Latin America: M&As Drop 46%

Brazil: A Failed Adjustment?

Latin America M&As: Simpson Thacher, Freshfields Top Legal Advisors

Latin America Currencies: Brazil Gains, Mexico Loses

Brazil Arrests Hurt Olympic Games

Canada-Latin America Trade: Colombia Leads Growth

Latin America Bank Profits: Brazil Falls

The Rise and Fall of Petrobras

Latinvex 500: Profits Fall 33%

Brazil: I Had a Dream

Promoting Latin America Female Leaders

Latin America Macro: Colombia, Peru Best

Bribes: Mexico, Colombia Worse Than Brazil

Latin America Wireless: Gap Grows

Brazil: Private Banks Caution

Latin America: Billionaire Fortune Declining

Brazil: Beer With A Taste From The Amazon

Latin America Tax Climate Worsens

Latin America Infrastructure: Best & Worst

Petrobras: Change or More of the Same?

Latin America: Container Costs Up

Latin America Oil Exports to US Fall 11.1%

Latin America: US-Mexico Trade Picks Up

Latin America 2015: Positive Energy Outlook

Latin America 2015: Argentina Optimism, Venezuela Pessimism

CEOs Upbeat on Mexico, Colombia and Peru

Latin America 2015: Mixed M&A Outlook

Latin America 2015: Technology Outlook

Latin America 2015: Macro Outlook

Will “CIA Levy” Be Able to Reform “Rousseff’s KGB”?

The Petrobras Scandal: Record Corruption Fines?

Latin America: Smartphone Sales Jump

Latin America Insurance: The Growth Winners

Rousseff Needs to Tackle Brazil Cost

Petrobras Scandal Hurts Rousseff

Doing Business: Colombia Best in Latin America

Rousseff Wins, Brazil Loses

AIG: Strong Latin America Growth

Brazil Autos: Down, But Not Out

Latin America Hotel Boom

GDP Per Capita: Colombia Richer Than Peru

Legal Briefs: Baker & McKenzie, Littler and Milbank

Latin America GDP: Colombia, Panama Lead Growth

Venezuela, Argentina Lead World Inflation

Brazil’s Other Export: Human Capital

Brazil Elections: Who Will Win?

Brazil: Course Correction Needed

Brazil: Credit Slows, Defaults Grow

Brazil: The Candidates and Their Messages

Brazil: Closer to Free Market?

Latinvex Legal 50: Capital Market Leaders

Latinvex Legal 50: Corporate/M&A Leaders

Brazil: Anyone But Dilma

Hyatt: Strong Latin America Expansion

Paul Hastings Bets on Brazil, Colombia and Peru

Latin America M&As Jump 33%

Latin America: The Challenges for Female Lawyers

World Cup 2014: Executive Favorites

Latin America FDI: Mexico, Panama Lead Growth

Latin America Less Competitive

Brazil And Mexico: Hope Or Hype?

Brazil M&A’s Jump 178%

GDP Growth: Brazil Lags; Peru, Colombia Lead

Latin America Inflation: Venezuela Hits 18-Year Record

Latin America: Simpson Leads Foreign M&A Advisors

Newspaper Crisis? What Crisis?

Petrobras: The Burden of State Intervention

Will Brazil Crash?

Will Enforcement Undermine Brazil Corruption Law?

Brazil M&As: Uncertain Outlook

Latin America: Social Impact Investment Grows

Brazil, Central America Boost Hunton & Williams

Latin America Taxes Fall

Brazil Corruption Law: Key Risks for US Companies

Latin America: No Hard Landing

Mercosur: From Adam Smith to Aladdin

Latin America: Canada Trade Falls

Pacific Alliance Outperforms Brazil

Latin America: Economic Policy Matters

Latin America: Mexico Hotel RevPAR Jumps

Latin America Oil Exports to US Fall 15.1%

Latin America: Peru Leads US Trade

Baker Botts Upbeat on Brazil, Mexico

Latin America Crime: Best & Worst

Brazil Business Logjam: Red Tape

Latin America IPOs: Record Year

Latin American IPOs: The Legal Advisors

Latin America 2014: Technology Outlook

Latin America 2014: Political Outlook

Latin America 2014: Trade Outlook

Latin America 2014: Positive Business Outlook

Latin America M&As: Peru Jumps

Latin America: Linklaters Leads Foreign M&A Advisors

Latin America M&As: Top Financial Advisors

Brazil: Lawsuits Threaten Banks

Latin America Business 2013: Best & Worst

Legal Briefs: Debevoise, DLA Piper, Paul Hastings, Shearman & Sterling

Latin America: Hottest Export Markets

Latin America: Low Cost Airlines Take Off

Holland & Knight Sees Mexico, Peru Potential

Mexico, Brazil Boost Haynes and Boone

UPS Plans New Sao Paulo Facility

G4S: More Brazil Acquisitions

Latin America: Internet Ads Jump

Is Brazil's Boom Over?

Brazil Oil Auction: Success or Failure?

Latin America Infrastructure: Best & Worst

Container Costs Jump in Venezuela, Peru

Doing Business: Brazil Improves

Brazil Fraud: The Hunt For Hidden Art

Is Brazil's Boom Over?

Skadden Benefits From Mexico Reforms

The State Visit That Wasn't

Latin America Firms Benefit From US Chapter 11

Brazil Economy Crashing Down?

Inflation: Venezuela World’s Second-Worst

Latin America GDP Growth: Mexico Second-Worst

Braskem Bets on North America

Economies in Decline

Latin America Trade: Costa Rica, Venezuela Lead Growth

Mexico More Competitive Than Brazil

Cisneros: A Change of Guard

Argentina: Iran Trade Grows

Latin America: FCPA Cases Grow

Latham & Watkins: Strong Mexico Interest

US-Latin America Trade Falls

US: Latin American Oil Imports Fall 20%

Protectionism: Argentina World Leader

Latin American Advertising: Good Outlook

Facebook Dominates Latin America Internet

Brazil: Growth Model Needs Change

Road Warrior: Edgardo Torres-Caballero, Scytl

Latin America’s Top Law Firms

Brazil Insurance: Protectionism Deters Investors

Latin America: Corruption Fight Failing?

Mexico Helps Milbank Growth

Celistics Doubles EBITA

Jones Day Expands Latin America Focus

Brazil Protests: The Response

Is Brazil's Boom Over?

Mexico: Porsche’s Top LatAm Market

Competition Boosts Costa Rica Wireless

Latin America: More Investment Needed

Latin America’s IPO Boom

Russia-Latin America Trade Declines

Finding Latin America’s Education Leaders

Chevron & Ecuador: Reversal of Fortune

Latin America Insurance: Principal Jumps

Latin America Tourism: Brazil Passes Argentina

Latin Energy Index: Pacific Rubiales Leads

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Korea-Latin America Trade Declines

Colombia GDP Passes Venezuela

Latin America FDI: Winners & Losers

Venezuela-China Trade Jumps

Latin America: Panama Second-Richest

Latinvex 500: Petrobras Leads Revenues and Profits

Arcos Dorados Expands Outlets

Peru: Latin America’s Macro Economic Star

Inflation: Argentina World Champion

Competitiveness Reduces Poverty

Paraguay, Panama Lead GDP Growth

Latin America M&As Decline 46% in First Quarter

Sullivan & Cromwell Tops Legal M&A Advisors

Latin America: Zurich Premiums Jump

Mexico-Japan Trade Grows

Latin America's Top 100 Businesswomen

Brazil: Baby Steps to $1 Bln

Nationalism Threatens Brazil Oil

Latin America Taxes: Brazil Worst

Brazil Taxes: "We Need Structural Reform"

Brazil 2013: Positive Business Outlook

Nationalism Threatens Brazil Oil

Dominican Republic Boosts Squire Sanders

Mexico Boosts Record SAP Sales

Canada-Latin America Trade: Dom.Rep. Leads Growth

Brazil: Generic Drugs War

Latin America's Top 50 Female Lawyers

Latin America: Record Billionaires, Fortune

Why Ecopetrol Outperforms Petrobras

Brazil Cargo Theft Grows

Latin America’s Demographic Dividend

EU: Colombia Leads Export Growth

Salaries vs Inflation: Winners & Losers

Helping Brazil’s Entrepreneurs

US-Latin America Trade: Colombia and Panama Boost Growth

Compensation Costs: Brazil Leads Americas

Latin America: Less Brain Drain

Latin America M&As: Positive Outlook

Getting Electricity: Brazil Better Than Mexico

Hotel RevPAR Grows in Latin America

World Cup Challenge: Salvador Violence

Brazilian Infrastructure: An End to the Log Jam?

Burdensome Regulations: Brazil Worst

Latin America M&As: Colombia, Peru Grow

Latin America M&As: Skadden Leads Again

Latin America's Top 100 Lawyers (2013)

Brazil 2013: Positive Business Outlook

Brazil Outlook 2013: Business Q&A

Latin America 2013: Mixed Business Outlook

Latin America 2013: Macro Outlook

Latin America Business 2012: Best & Worst

Latin America: More Internet Voting?

Construction Permits: Colombia Best

Company of the Year: AviancaTaca

10 Things to Do: São Paulo, Brazil

Latin America: BlackBerry Territory

Internet: Latin American Winners & Losers

Brazil: Custo Brasil, Taxes Key Challenges

US-Latin America Trade: Costa Rica, Panama Growth Leaders

Obama and Latin America

Latin America M&As Decline 22%

Infrastructure: Brazil Lags Mexico

Rio de Janeiro Security Outlook

Latin America: Iran Trade Triples

Brazil Slowdown Forces Shift

Skadden Bullish on Latin America

Panama Leads GDP Growth Next Five Years

Inflation: Peru Best, Venezuela Worst

Road Warrior: Stuart Berkson, DLA Piper

Japan-Brazil Trade Jumps

Competition: Brazil Outperforms Mexico

Highest Latin America Taxes: Brazil, Argentina

Wireless Kings: Panama and Brazil

Crime Cost: Best & Worst

Legal Environment: Brazil Beats Mexico

Passenger Traffic: Brazil Gains

Latin America: The Corruption Problem

2016 Olympics: Is Rio Prepared?

Rising Crime Hits Sao Paulo

Latin America's Education Challenge

Education: More Spending the Solution?

Brazil: What's Needed to Fight Corruption?

Caracas More Expensive Than New York

Tourism: Argentina Passes Brazil

Latin America Law & Order Index: Venezuela Worst

Venezuela Homicides Grow Under Chavez

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