The oil and gas industry is constantly evolving. Oil and gas companies operating across Latin America share the challenges of this constant change, while
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Influential leadership: Angela Agrusa
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Strength and Impact Series
In the first video of the Strength and Impact series, Los Angeles partner Angela Agrusa discusses her background and experience as a Latina lawyer, the importance of allyship and mentoring, and…
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Pro bono with purpose
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Strength and Impact Series
In the second video of the Strength and Impact series, associates Cara Vasquez, Tom Reynolds and Alberto Zacapa discuss their pro bono work for the firm and what motivated them to…
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Leadership in a time of crisis: Nikos Buxeda
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Strength and Impact Series
In the third video of the Strength and Impact series, San Juan partner Nikos Buxeda discusses his background and journey into the legal profession, and how he came to join the…
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Insight into Latin America
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Strength and Impact Series
In the fourth and final video of the Strength and Impact series, partners Francisco Cerezo and Bill Candelaria, and senior attorney Isabel de Obaldia discuss their work with the firm’s…
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Luciana Martorano joins Campos Mello Advogados as head of Antitrust practice
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Posted in Brazil, Latin America
DLA Piper announced today that Luciana Martorano has joined Campos Mello Advogados, which has a cooperation agreement with DLA Piper, as of counsel and head of the Antitrust practice. She will be based in the …
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Merger control: distressed M&A in the time of COVID-19
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COVID-19: Using technology to address compliance
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Campos Mello Advogados in Cooperation with DLA Piper
At this writing, more than 2.5 million people around the world have been infected with COVID-19,…
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Dino Barajas, de DLA Piper, responde el Cuestionario LexLatin
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This interview was published by LexLatin on April 22, 2020.
Dino Barajas, reconocido abogado californiano con casi 30 años de experiencia, fue contratado como copresidente de la práctica corporativa y financiera latinoamericana de DLA Piper…
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URUGUAY – FREE TRADE ZONES: An Overview
The following is a guest post from Bergstein Law in Uruguay
Free Trade Zones (“FTZs”) play a key role in the attraction of foreign investment to Uruguay. It is estimated that over last decade total accumulated investments in the FTZs amounted to more than USD$5.7 billion, thus becoming one of the main drivers of the Uruguayan economy.
All sorts of activities can be conducted in the FTZs: manufacturing, trade, warehouse, logistics, and services and across all industry sectors of multinationals, including but not limited to soft beverages (PepsiCo), pulp-mills (UPM), asset-managers (Julius Baer), advisory services (the big four included), printing manufacturers (Lexmark), toy industry (Sony) and pharmaceuticals.
Free Trade Zones are specifically delimited areas of the Uruguayan territory in which operations of all types can be conducted at zero tax. FTZsare governed by a legal regime which has been in place for more than 25 years and serve as distribution, trading, logistics, financial and services hub in the region. …
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