Latin Lawyer

Ana Utumi, founder of Brazilian tax boutique Utumi Advogados, was recognised earlier this year with Latin Lawyer’s Specialist Law Firm Leader Award. In this interview, she discusses the challenges of leaving a major firm to launch her own venture and why boutiques need strong management to help their lawyers shine. Ana Cláudia Akie Utumi, PhD, CFP®, TEP®

Whether your firm takes a bullish approach to business development or prefers more traditional means of maintaining and attracting clients, Latin Lawyer wants to hear from you for its inaugural business development survey. Don't forget to participate in the survey before it closes at the end of this week.

Fulvio Italiani – longstanding managing partner of Venezuelan Elite firm D'Empaire – received this year’s Law Firm Leader of the Year Award. In a conversation with Latin Lawyer, he discusses how he transitioned the firm from a lockstep to a performance-based compensation model and the importance of empowering his partners.

Latin Lawyer celebrated the achievements of Conrado Tenaglia earlier this year by handing the co-chair of Linklaters’ Latin America group its International Lawyer of the Year Award. In this interview, Tenaglia reveals which mandates shaped his career and discusses the essential qualities that lawyers must have to succeed in the region. 

Gain in-depth and practical insight into building long-term value in Latin American private equity through fireside chats, five interactive discussions and a strategic bankers panel at Latin Lawyer Live: Private Equity 2024 (https://lnkd.in/ew-_ppas). View the agenda here: https://lnkd.in/ecFdGcvF Thank you to our sponsors: Speakers' dinner sponsor: Pinheiro Neto Advogados Gold sponsors: Docket Navigator and Galicia Mexico Silver sponsors: BMA Advogados and Ritch Mueller Supporting organisations: Latin American Corporate Counsel Association and Lexology #LatinLawyerLive #PrivateEquity

Jose Astigarraga, a renowned figure in international arbitration, accepted one of two Lifetime Achievement Awards handed out by Latin Lawyer at its annual charity dinner in May. Astigarraga, who is currently wrapping up his tenure at Reed Smith LLP, sat down with us to discuss the defining moments of his career and the people who helped shape it. 

There are still a few days left to complete Latin Lawyer and the Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice’s joint annual pro bono survey. Read on to find out how to take part. 

Moshe Sendacz, who co-founded Brazilian Elite firm Machado Meyer Advogados, received one of Latin Lawyer’s two Lifetime Achievement Awards earlier this year. Speaking at the ceremony in São Paulo, Sendacz explained what it took to build one of the country’s most prominent legal outfits and offered advice to young lawyers. Machado, Meyer, Sendacz e Opice Advogados

Rodrigo Junqueira will remain as Lefosse’s managing partner for the next four years, as the Elite firm pushes forward with a strategy that aims to provide more specialised services and leaves no room for lawyers who do not also want to be entrepreneurs. 

IP firm Eproint has bolstered its global patent, life sciences, anti-counterfeiting and data privacy practice areas by hiring three partners from the Costa Rican office of Central American Elite firm Arias.