Firm Highly Recommended by Latin Lawyer

August 24, 2022 - HHR was ranked a Highly Recommended firm in the Latin Lawyer 250 for 2023.

The publication’s announcement highlighted the Hispanic heritage and Spanish fluency of some HHR lawyers, many of whom are also fluent in Portuguese. Latin Lawyer also highlighted Brazilian-born Freddie Goudie and Cuban-born Ruben Diaz, who handle transactional work from New York and Miami.

“[The firm’s transactional group] benefitted greatly from the rise in M&A and financing transactions across the region over the past year… [they] advised on fintech investments and mergers between local companies and U.S.-listed special purpose acquisition companies,” Latin Lawyer said.

The announcement highlighted several other attorneys, including Timothy McCarthy, Mark Denham, Carlos Lobo, Amy Dulin, Steven Chung, Luis O'Naghten, Diego Durán de la Vega, Nicolas Swerdloff, John Townsend, Kevin T. Abikoff and Ryan Fayhee, while praising the following practice areas: Corporate M&A, Banking and Finance, Arbitration, Anti-Corruption Investigations and Compliance and Trade.

It also discussed the firm’s Washington, D.C. office, which is active in trade and anti-corruption issues.

The Latin Lawyer 250 is the definitive guide to the leading business law firms of Latin America.