Overview
Includes a deep, contextualized and comparative empirical (qualitative) analysis developed as part of the Stanford Law School Project on the Future of the Legal Profession, of a dozen Latin American, Caribbean jurisdictions and Spain
Explains the changes that occurred in the provision of high-end corporate legal services in fifteen Latin American countries and Spain between 1990 and 2015
Covers the last two decades, a period of significant political, social, and economic developments in the countries studied
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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Front Matter
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Big Law in Latin America and Spain
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Front Matter
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The Bigger Picture
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Front Matter
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Looking Ahead
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Back Matter
Keywords
- High-end legal services
- corporate legal services
- Big law
- Cross-border trade
- law and globalization
- globalization of legal services
- Argentina Corporate Law
- Brazil Corporate Law
- Chile Corporate Law
- Dominican Republic Corporate Law
- Central America Corporate Law
- Colombia Corporate Law
- Spain Corporate Law
- Venezuela Corporate Law
- latin american politics
About this book
This book, part of the Stanford Law School research project on the future of the legal profession, thoroughly examines the future of “big law,” defined as the large and mid-size multiservice highly specialized law firms that provide sophisticated, complex and generally costly legal work to multinationals, large and mid-size domestic corporations, and other business clients. By systematically gathering, assessing, and analyzing the best available quantitative and qualitative data on the first tier of the corporate legal services market of Latin America and Spain, and interviewing a broadly representative sample of corporate legal officers, law firm partners, and other stakeholders in each of the countries covered, this book provides a nuanced perspective on changes in “big law” during the last two decades until the present. It also explores the factors that are driving these changes, and the implications for the future of legal profession, legal education and its relationship with the corporate sector and society in general.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Rogelio Pérez-Perdomo is Professor of Law and Dean Emeritus at Universidad Metropolitana Law School, Venezuela, frequent Visiting Professor at Stanford Law School, USA, and Member of the National Academy of History, Venezuela.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Big Law in Latin America and Spain
Book Subtitle: Globalization and Adjustments in the Provision of High-End Legal Services
Editors: Manuel Gómez, Rogelio Pérez-Perdomo
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65403-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-65402-7Published: 08 January 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-88019-8Published: 06 June 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-65403-4Published: 22 November 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 350
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 7 illustrations in colour
Topics: Latin American Politics, Commercial Law, Business Law