Global law firm Baker McKenzie has received 106 practice areas and 177 lawyer rankings in the recently published 2025 edition of The Legal 500 Latin America guide.

The Legal 500 rankings are based on a series of criteria, including work conducted by law firms over the past 12 months, experience and depth of teams, areas of specialization and ancillary services, and client feedback. 

 

Practice areas that have earned Tier 1 rankings are:

Argentina:

  • Investigations, Compliance & Ethics
  • Banking & Finance; Data & Technology
  • Employment & Compensation
  • Healthcare & Life Sciences
  • Data & Technology

Colombia:

  • Antitrust & Competition
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Dispute Resolution
  • Dispute Resolution
  • Employment & Compensation
  • Tax

Mexico:

  • City Focus - Monterrey
  • Energy & Infrastructure
  • International Commercial & Trade
  • Employment & Compensation

Peru: 

  • Banking & Finance
  • Capital Markets
  • Dispute Resolution
  • Intellectual Property
  • Energy & Infrastructure
  • Dispute Resolution
  • Data & Technology

Venezuela:

  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Dispute Resolution
  • Employment & Compensation
  • Dispute Resolution Public Law
  • Data & Technology
  • Tax
  • Tax: Wealth Management

Latin America: International firms

  • City Leaders - Miami

 

Among the Firm’s 177 individual rankings, the following lawyers were newly recognized:

Argentina:

  • Fernando Goldaracena - Compliance
  • Nicolas Servente - Compliance
  • Roberto Grane - Corporate and M&A
  • Victoria Acevedo Freixas - International Trade and Customs
  • Alberto González Torres - Labour and Employment

Chile:

  • Jose Ignacio - Berner Banking and Finance      
  • Cristóbal Larraín - Corporate and M&A 
  • Juan Pablo Labbé - Dispute Resolution: Arbitration       
  • Felipe Soza - Dispute Resolution: Litigation      
  • Felipe Soza - Public Law          

Colombia:

  • Carlos Arboleda - Competition and Antitrust      
  • Alexandra Montealegre - Corporate and M&A   
  • Andrés Ramón Rodríguez-Gómez - Energy and Natural Resources      
  • Julián David Ruiz Rondan - Intellectual Property
  • Gabriela Delgado - Labour and Employment     
  • Juan Pablo Concha - Life Sciences      

Mexico:

  • Alfonso Martínez-Bejarano - Banking and Finance: Fintech       

Peru:

  • Adrian Tovar - Capital Markets 
  • Viviana Chávez - Compliance   
  • Fernando Sam - Corporate and M&A    
  • Claudia Pacora - Energy and Natural Resources: Mining           
  • Andrea Jiménez - Intellectual Property  
  • Karen Bustamante - Labour and Employment   
  • Juan Carlos Morón - Projects and Infrastructure
  • Eileen Infantas - TMT   

Venezuela:

  • Adriana Gonçalves - Corporate and M&A         
  • Marie Roschelle Quintero - Corporate and M&A
  • Jesús Villegas - Dispute Resolution      

Latin America:

  • Federico Cuadra Del Carmen - Corporate and M&A  
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