Congratulations to our 12 member firms recognized in the Legal 500 Latin America Guide 2026. This year’s results reflect the strength and reach of our network across the Latinx region — with firms achieving rankings in 62 distinct practice categories and 124 individual lawyers highlighted for their exceptional expertise.
Rankings include:
Argentina: Richards, Cardinal, Tützer, Zabala & Zaefferer –
- Tier 2, TMT – Lisandro Frene, Juan Pablo Cardinal, Natalia Risatti.
- Tier 3, Bankruptcy and Restructuring – Jorge Tützer, Sebastián Borthwick, Calixto Zabala.
- Tier 3, Compliance.
- Tier 3, Consumer Law – Víctor San Miguel, Damián Navarro.
- Tier 3, Public Law – Damián Navarro, María del Pilar Olaso.
- Tier 4, Dispute Resolution – Calixto Zabala, Sebastián Borthwick, Víctor San Miguel.
- Tier 5, Corporate and M&A – Jorge Tützer, Matías Zaefferer, Mariana Vázquez, Hernán Camarero.
Bolivia: PPO Indacochea –
- Tier 1, Banking and Finance – Carlos Pinto, Lyndsay Sykes, Salomón Eid, Alonso Indacochea, María Laura Paz, Andrea Lizarraga, Fernanda Ribera.
- Tier 1, Dispute Resolution – Lindsay Sykes, Alejandro Pemintel, Luz Marina Iriarte, Marcelo Longaric, Fernando Escobar, Juan Pablo Sanchez, Sebastián Alba, Cecilia Jordan, Emiliano Hernández, Leonardo Reyes.
- Tier 1, Energy and Natural Resources – Pablo Ordoñez, Mattias Garrón, Diego Böhrt, Carlos Pinto, Leonardo Azurduy, Carlos Covarrubias, Maria Laura Paz, Luis Fernando Valle, Delma Paz, Sebastián Alba.
- Tier 1, Labour and Employment – Alejandro Pemintel, Andere Indacochea, Rodrigo Montellano, Fernando Escobar, Meliza Aliaga, Jeannine Lozada, Luis Enrique Pérez, Luz Marina Iriarte, Jorge Nazrala.
- Tier 1, Real Estate – Carlos Pinto, Marcial Fernández, Diego Böhrt, Anwar Farah, Fabiana Vaca Pereira.
- Tier 1, Tax – Pablo Ordoñez, José Luis Tufiño, Alexandra Ortíz, Miguel Ángel Gumucio, Dolly Salazar, Adrian Bellot.
- Tier 2, Corporate and M&A – Carlos Pinto, Alonso Indacochea, Diego Böhrt, Marcial Fernández, Leonardo Azurduy, Maria Laura Paz, Delma Paz, Carolina Arnez, Ingrid Reese, Sebastián Alba, Fabiana Vaca Pereira, Leonardo Reyes.
- Tier 2, Intellectual Property – Pilar Soruco, Ana Valeria Escobar, Leonardo Reyes, Juan Pablo Sánchez, Julio Cachi, Guadalupe Condori.
Brazil: Cascione Advogados –
- Tier 1, Banking and Finance: Fintech Spotlight – Fábio Cascione, Marcelo Padua Lima, Ana Paula Calil.
- Tier 1, Corporate and M&A: Mid-market – Eduardo Taleb Boulos, Milana Antoniolli Martins, Luiz Corradini, Guilherme Bertolini, Brunno Morette.
- Tier 4, Banking and Finance – Fábio Cascione, Marcelo Padua Lima, Ana Paula Calil.
- Tier 4, Capital Markets – Fábio Cascione, Gabriel Capella, Ana Paula Calil.
- Tier 4, Competition and Antitrust – Denise Junqueira, Guilherme Bertolini, Maíra Isabel Saldanha Rodrigues.
- Tier 4, Compliance – Clarissa Oliveira, Denise Junqueira, Felipe Estefam.
- Tier 4, Environment – Rafael Feldmann, Gabriela Neves.
- Tier 4, Tax Advisory – Luca Salvoni, Rafael Vega, Gabriel Baccarini.
- Tier 4, TMT: Tech, Innovation and Digital Business – Marcelo Padua Lima.
- Tier 5, Dispute Resolution: Mid-market Litigation – Renato Moraes, Tatiana Kauffmann.
- Tier 5, White-Collar Crime and Investigations – Clarissa Oliveira.
Chile: Arteaga | Gorziglia –
- Tier 2, Electricity & Hydrocarbons – Ignacio Arteaga, Luciano Cruz, María Fernanda Brahm, Santiago Portaluppi, Cristián Carpentier.
- Tier 3, Corporate and M&A – Ignacio Arteaga, Arnaldo Gorziglia, Luciano Cruz, Cristián Carpentier, Magdalena Fabres, Andrés Ossandón.
- Tier 3, Projects and Infrastructure – Ignacio Arteaga, Arnaldo Gorziglia, Cristián Carpentier, Luciano Cruz.
- Tier 4, Tax – Andrés Ossandón, Gonzalo Ferraz De Andrade.
- Tier 6, Dispute Resolution: Litigation – Andrés Del Real, Ignacio Arteaga.
- Firms to Watch, Banking and Finance – Cristián Carpentier.
- Firms to Watch, Public law – María Fernanda Brahm, Paulina Cafena, Miguel Pelayo.
Colombia: DRET Legal –
- Tier 4, Insurance – Julián Ávila.
- Tier 4, Real Estate – Juan Miguel Luna.
- Firms to Watch, Tax – Diego Velandia.
Costa Rica: Oller Abogados –
- Tier 3, Projects and Infrastructure – Roberto Esquivel, Rubén Hernández.
Ecuador: Robalino –
- Tier 1, City focus: Manta – Luis Carlos Fernández, Javier Robalino, Daniel Robalino, Andrés Donoso.
- Tier 2, Banking and Finance – Javier Robalino, Martín Pallares, Rafael Serrano Maldonado, Daniel Robalino.
- Tier 2, Competition and Antitrust – Daniel Robalino, Fausto Alvarado, Jorge Duque.
- Tier 2, Corporate and M&A – Martín Pallares Sevilla, Daniel Robalino, Javier Robalino.
- Tier 2, Dispute Resolution – Luis Carlos Fernández, Cristina Viteri, Javier Robalino.
- Tier 2, Energy and Natural Resources – Javier Robalino, Andrés Donoso, Cristina Coello.
- Tier 2, Real Estate – Martín Pallares, Daniel Robalino, Christian Narvaez.
- Tier 2, Tax – Javier Robalino-Orellana, Emilio Aguayo, Diana Guerrero.
- Tier 3, Labour and Employment – Luis Carlos Fernández, Melissa Arroyo, Emilio Aguayo, Marta Villagómez.
- Tier 4, Intellectual Property – Pedro Córdova, María José Peñaherrera.
México (Monterrey): Villarreal VGF –
- Tier 1, City Focus: Monterrey.
Nicaragua: ACZALAW Nicaragua –
- Tier 3, Corporate and Finance – Minerva Bellorín, Alonso Porras.
- Tier 4, Intellectual Property – Minerva Bellorín, Diógenes Velásquez.
Panama: DELCO Law –
- Tier 2, Transport: Aviation – Felipe Escalona.
- Tier 4, Corporate and M&A – Alberto Levy, Diego Corró, Felipe Escalona, Ricardo Delvalle.
Paraguay: Zacarias & Fernández –
- Tier 3, Intellectual Property.
Peru: Santiváñez Abogados –
- Tier 1, Energy and Natural Resources: Electricity – Roberto Santiváñez, Fidel Rocha, Paul Sumar, Abel Venero, Sandra Acosta.
- Tier 2, Bankruptcy and Restructuring – Luis Fernando Martinot, Yanira Becerra Stock, Katia Matallana, Adriana Cangalaya Ponce.
- Tier 2, Hydrocarbons – Roberto Santiváñez, Fidel Rocha, Paul Súmar, Abel Venero, Luigi Rossini.
- Tier 3, Competition and Antitrust – Roberto Santiváñez, Jessica Hondermann, Percy Samaniego.
- Tier 3, Projects and Infrastructure – Roberto Santiváñez, Paul Sumar, Fidel Rocha, Abel Venero, Luigi Rossini, Jose La Torre, Rosa Isabel Luna-Victoria.
- Tier 3, Public Law and Regulation – Fidel Rocha, Roberto Santiváñez, Paul Sumar, Abel Venero, José La Torre, Manuel Suárez.
- Tier 4, Corporate and M&A – Luis Fernando Martinot, Yanira Becerra Stock, Guilhermo Auler, Roberto Lluen.
- Tier 4, Data Privacy – Jessica Hondermann, Percy Samaniego.
- Firms to Watch, Compliance.
- Firms to Watch, Labour and Employment – María Teresa Capella, Waldir Reyes.
