LatAm

  • Garrigues adds a litigation and arbitration practice to its offering in Peru with the hiring of a five-strong team

    Garrigues has bolstered its Lima office with the incorporation of a team of five highly-regarded lawyers to establish its litigation and arbitration practice in Peru. The team, joining from Benites, Forno & Ugaz, is led by Hugo Forno and Melissa Núñez.

  • Chambers recognizes Garrigues for its client service in Latin America

    Garrigues received the Regional Client Service Award in Latin America at the annual awards organized by UK directory Chambers & Partners to recognize the work of local and international firms operating in the region.

  • M&A expert Andrés Ordóñez Rizo joins Garrigues’ Bogotá office

    Lawyer Andrés Ordóñez Rizo joined Garrigues’ Bogotá office as counsel in October. He has extensive experience, gained over more than sixteen years, representing multinationals in Latin America in cross-border mergers and acquisitions.

  • Garrigues, ‘Best Infrastructure Law Firm: Andes’ for the third year running

    Latin Finance, an economic publication that covers current affairs in Latin America and the Caribbean presented the award after analyzing nominations made by the different players in the industry. In evaluating the work performed by the nominees, the strategy, volume and variety of transactions, innovation and quality of execution were taken into account, as well as whether the projects brought social and economic benefits, thereby contributing to growth in the region..

  • Garrigues strengthens its presence in Chile by hiring labor law expert Barbara Vera

    Garrigues has hired Barbara Vera, a lawyer with more than 10 years’ experience in labor law in the Chilean market, to strengthen and lead the firm’s labor and employment law department in Chile.

  • Garrigues wins “Law Firm of the Year: Andes” at Latin Finance Awards

    Garrigues has been named “Law Firm of the Year” for its advisory services in the Andes region at Latin Finance’s Deals of the Year Awards. 

  • Garrigues incorpora a dos nuevos socios en la oficina de México

    David Jiménez is a renowned expert in energy and infrastructure law and Mario Juárez has extensive experience in banking and finance law.

  • Garrigues wins Latin Finance’s “Best Infrastructure Law Firm for the Andes” award for the second year running

    Garrigues has been named “Best Infrastructure Law Firm for the Andes” for 2016 for its advisory services in relation to the execution and financing of major infrastructure projects in this region. It is the second consecutive year it has won this award.

  • Garrigues bolsters its office in Chile with four new hires

    Garrigues has taken on new lawyers at its office in Santiago de Chile to reinforce the litigation and arbitration, finance, tax law and M&A practices.

  • Garrigues hires two new partners in Mexico

    Lawyers Gerardo Lemus and Santiago Chacón have joined Garrigues’ Mexico office as partners to further consolidate the commercial and tax law practices.