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10/21/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 10/21/2021 10:06

Dentons increases rankings in Legal 500 Latin America 2022 by over 50 percent

October 21, 2021

Legal 500 Latin America 2022 has awarded Dentons 169 quality rankings across the Latin America region. The leading legal directory recognizes Dentons offices across Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil (strategic alliance with VPBG), Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela.

Dentons achieves 99 practice rankings, including 36 rankings in the highest tiers (1 and 2), and 70 lawyer rankings. This total represents an increase of 54 percent compared to last year. Lawyer rankings include 34 Leading Individuals, 14 Next Generation Partners and 14 Rising Stars.

"We are proud that Legal 500 continues to recognize our tremendous talent across Latin America as we have become the only pan-Latin America and the Caribbean law firm. This enables us to assist clients seeking a breadth of services that few of our global competitors can match," said Latin America and the Caribbean Chief Executive, Jorge Alers.

Dentons lawyers ranked in Legal 500 Latin America 2022 include:

Bolivia

  • Enrique Barrios (Leading Individual: Energy & Natural Resources)
  • Mauricio Dalman (Leading Individual: Tax)
  • Zoya Galarza (Rising Star: Dispute Resolution)
  • Ramiro Guevara (Leading Individual: Corporate/M&A; Energy & Natural Resources)
  • Primitivo Gutiérrez (Leading Individual: Labour & Employment)
  • Jorge Inchauste (Leading Individual: Banking & Finance)
  • Ana Lora (Rising Star: Real Estate)
  • Jaime Lora (Leading Individual: Labour & Employment)
  • Rodrigo Rivera (Leading Individual: Dispute Resolution)

Chile

  • Marcelo Alarcón (Rising Star: Litigation)
  • Ignacio Pera (Next Generation Partner: Corporate/M&A)
  • Santiago Ried ((Next Generation Partner: Competition & Antitrust)

Colombia

  • Carlos Arboleda (Next Generation Partner: Competition & Antitrust)
  • Mauricio Borrero (Next Generation Partner: Corporate/M&A)
  • Bernardo Cárdenas (Leading Individual: Banking & Finance; Capital Markets)
  • Eduardo Cárdenas (Leading Individual: Corporate/M&A)
  • Camilo Cortés (Leading Individual: Tax)
  • Natalia Davila (Rising Star: Tax)
  • Juanita Acosta Gómez (Leading Individual: Intellectual Property)
  • Luz Helena Adarve Gómez (Leading Individual: Intellectual Property)
  • Santiago González (Next Generation Partner: Energy & Natural Resources)
  • Pablo Jaramillo (Next Generation Partner: Projects)
  • Margarita Lorduy (Next Generation Partner: Energy & Natural Resources; Rising Star: Environment)
  • Daniela Mejía (Rising Star: Banking & Finance)
  • Santiago Miramón (Rising Star: Corporate/M&A)
  • Felipe Molano (Rising Star: Capital Markets)
  • Jorge Neher (Leading Individual: Energy & Natural Resources)
  • Catalina Pinilla (Next Generation Partner: Banking & Finance; Capital Markets)
  • Hernán Rodríguez (Leading Individual: Energy & Natural Resources)
  • Andrés Fernández de Soto (Leading Individual: Litigation)
  • Paula Vejarano (Rising Star: Litigation; Arbitration)
  • Ximena Zuleta (Leading Individual: Competition & Antitrust; Public Law)

Costa Rica

  • Kathya Araya (Leading Individual: Projects & Infrastructure)
  • Anna Karina Jiménez (Leading Individual: Labour & Employment)

Ecuador

  • Byron Robayo Arroyo (Next Generation Partner: Intellectual Property)
  • Leyre Suárez (Rising Star: Dispute Resolution)

Guatemala

  • Gabriela Gándara (Rising Star: Intellectual Property)

Honduras

  • Milena Picado (Rising Star: Intellectual Property)
  • Arturo Zacapa (Next Generation Partner: Intellectual Property)

Mexico

  • Sergio Legorreta (Leading Individual: TMT)
  • Rogelio López Velarde (Leading Individual: Energy & Natural Resources)

Nicaragua

  • Mayra Navarrete (Rising Star: Intellectual Property)

Uruguay

  • Fernando Jiménez de Aréchaga (Leading Individual: Dispute Resolution)
  • Fernando Jiménez de Aréchaga (Jr.) (Next Generation Partner: Banking & Finance; Corporate/M&A; Leading Individual: Projects & Energy)
  • Constanza Bourdieu (Rising Star: Corporate/M&A)
  • Nicolás Brause (Leading Individual: Dispute Resolution)
  • Virginia Brause (Leading Individual: Corporate/M&A)
  • Ignacio Demarco (Next Generation Partner: Labour & Employment)
  • Nicolás Herrera (Leading Individual: Banking & Finance; Corporate/M&A)
  • Mariela Ruanova (Next Generation Partner: Dispute Resolution)
  • Diego Viana (Leading Individual: Labour & Employment)

Venezuela

  • Yanet Aguiar (Leading Individual: Labour & Employment)
  • Ramón Alvins (Leading Individual: Dispute Resolution)
  • Luis Ernesto Andueza (Leading Individual: Economic Regulation; Public Law)
  • Sergio Casinelli (Leading Individual: Corporate/M&A; Energy & Natural Resources)
  • Daniela Jaimes (Leading Individual: Energy & Natural Resources)
  • Rubén Eduardo Luján (Leading Individual: Banking & Finance)
  • Juan Carlos Pró-Rísquez (Leading Individual: Labour & Employment)
  • Pedro Saghy (Next Generation Partner: Dispute Resolution)
  • Natalija Vojvodic (Leading Individual: Corporate/M&A)

Legal 500 Latin America's full rankings can be found here.

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