Chambers Latin America has released its 2025 guide, ranking Baker McKenzie in 69 practice areas and in 153 lawyer categories.
Another 20 of the Firm's LatAm lawyers received new rankings in this year’s guide, 14 of whom entered the Associates to Watch/Up and Coming table. Eighteen lawyers received promotions including six who moved into the top Band 1 and 2 categories. A further six moved from ‘Up and Coming’ into the numerical band rankings. The number of women lawyers ranked rose from 43 to 55, a 28% increase.
Baker McKenzie gained five new rankings in the Practice categories, two of which are in the regional category for International Counsel in Banking & Finance and Capital Markets. The Firm was also promoted to Band 2 in the Colombia Corporate/M&A category.
The Firm upheld Band 1 rankings for Colombia Dispute Resolution (2024-2025); Mexico General Business Law: Monterrey (2016-2025) and International Trade/WTO (2009-2025); and Peru Banking & Finance (2023-2025), Capital Markets (2020-2025), Dispute Resolution: Arbitration (2015-2025), and Public Law (2015-2025).
Chambers is the leading international legal directory, covering over 200 jurisdictions around the world. Rankings are based on interviews with clients and peers as well as firm submissions. Practices and individuals earning a Band 1 ranking are noted by the guide for achieving the highest, "technical legal ability, client service, commercial vision and business understanding, diligence, value for money, depth of team, and other qualities most valued by the client."
Band 1 lawyers ranked:
- Bernard William Malone (Argentina): Intellectual Property
- Guillermo Cervio (Argentina): TMT (Telecoms, Media, Technology)
- Claudia Ines Benavides Galvis (Colombia): Dispute Resolution
- Juan Pablo Concha Delgado (Colombia): Intellectual Property
- Tatiana Garcés Carvajal (Colombia): Labour & Employment
- Ciro Meza (Colombia): Tax
- Michael Fitzgerald: Banking & Finance (*International Counsel)
- Michael Fitzgerald: Capital Markets (*International Counsel)
- Alfonso Cortez-Fernández (Mexico): Dispute Resolution: Monterrey
- Benjamín Torres-Barrón (Mexico): Energy & Natural Resources
- Federico M Ruanova Guinea (Mexico): Environment
- Pablo Berckholtz (Peru): Capital Markets
- Alonso Miranda Vargas (Peru): Capital Markets
- Liliana Espinosa Reboa (Peru): Corporate/M&A
- Ana María Arrarte Arisnabarreta (Peru): Dispute Resolution: Arbitration
- María del Carmen Tovar Gil (Peru): Dispute Resolution: Arbitration
- Valentín Paniagua Jara (Peru): Energy & Natural Resources: Mining
- Jorge Danós Ordóñez (Peru): Public Law
- Juan Carlos Morón Urbina (Peru): Public Law
- Eugenio Hernández-Bretón (Venezuela): Dispute Resolution
- Eugenio Hernández-Bretón (Venezuela): Dispute Resolution: Most in Demand Arbitrators
- Carlos A Felce (Venezuela): Labour & Employment
- Ronald Evans (Venezuela): Tax
Newly ranked lawyers:
- Fernando Goldaracena (Argentina): Compliance
- Martín Roth (Argentina): TMT (Telecoms, Media, Technology)
- Mónica Cubillos (Colombia): Banking & Finance
- Carlos Arboleda (Colombia): Competition/Antitrust
- Jaime Trujillo Caicedo (Colombia): Corporate/M&A
- Natalia Ponce de Leon (Colombia): Corporate/M&A
- Daniela Páez-Cala (Colombia): Dispute Resolution
- Camila Jiménez (Colombia): Energy & Natural Resources
- Yuliana Salamanca (Colombia): Intellectual Property
- Daniela Liévano (Colombia): Labour & Employment
- Gabriela Saucedo-Garza (Mexico): Corporate/Commercial: Monterrey
- Reynaldo Vizcarra-Mendez (Mexico): Corporate/M&A
- Daniel Sánchez Elizondo (Mexico): International Trade/WTO
- Carla Calderón (Mexico): Life Sciences
- Luciana Palomino (Peru): Bankruptcy/Restructuring
- Angela Camara (Peru): Dispute Resolution: Arbitration
- Nicole Freire (Peru): Environment
- Natalia Mori (Peru): Public Law
- Ricardo Canepa (Peru): Real Estate
- Serviliano Abache (Venezuela): Tax
Promoted lawyers:
- Francisco Fernández Rostello (Argentina): Corporate/M&A
- Ezequiel Artola (Argentina): Energy & Natural Resources: Oil & Gas
- Santiago Maqueda (Argentina): Public Law
- Alejandra Verónica Bugna (Argentina): Real Estate
- Martín Roth (Argentina): Real Estate
- Guillermo Cervio (Argentina): TMT (Telecoms, Media, Technology)
- Mirco Hilgers (Chile): Energy & Natural Resources: Mining
- Ricardo Trejos Robledo (Colombia): Banking & Finance
- Juan David Velasco (Colombia): Tax
- Carlo A Pérez-Arizti Morales (Mexico): Corporate/M&A
- Fabián Monsalve-Agraz (Mexico): General Business Law: Guadalajara
- Carlos Dávila (Mexico): Intellectual Property
- Marina Hurtado Cruz (Mexico): Intellectual Property
- Luis C Carbajo-Martínez (Mexico): Tax: Non-contentious
- Alonso Miranda Vargas (Peru): Banking & Finance
- Gonzalo Bernal Neumann (Peru): International Trade/WTO
- Monica Pizarro (Peru): Labour & Employment
- Luis Miguel Almendariz (Peru): Labour & Employment
Band 1 practice areas:
- Dispute Resolution (Colombia)
- General Business Law: Monterrey (Mexico)
- International Trade/WTO (Mexico)
- Banking & Finance (Peru)
- Capital Markets (Peru)
- Dispute Resolution: Arbitration (Peru)
- Public Law (Peru)
Promoted practice areas:
- Corporate/M&A (Colombia)
Newly ranked practice area:
- Banking & Finance (*International Counsel)
- Capital Markets (*International Counsel)
- Banking & Finance (Argentina)
- Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Peru)
- Consumer Law (Peru)
A full list of the Firm's rankings can be found here.