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Big Law in Latin America and Spain

Globalization and Adjustments in the Provision of High-End Legal Services

Palgrave Macmillan
  • 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)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
  3. Big Law in Latin America and Spain

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 25-25
    2. Big Law in Brazil: Rise and Current Challenges

      • Mariana Conti Craveiro, Manuel Gómez
      Pages 63-81
    3. Big Law in Chile: A Glance at the Law Firms

      • Iñigo de la Maza Gazmuri, Rafael Mery Nieto, Juan Enrique Vargas Viancos
      Pages 83-121
    4. The Rise of Big Law in Colombia

      • Everaldo Lamprea, Mariana Díaz Chalela
      Pages 155-176
    5. Global and Traditional: A Profile of Corporate Lawyers in Mexico

      • Rodrigo Meneses-Reyes, José Antonio Caballero
      Pages 177-195
    6. Big Law in Spain: A Dynamic Ecosystem

      • Marisa Méndez Sordo
      Pages 241-285
    7. Big Law in Venezuela: From Globalization to Revolution

      • Manuel Gómez, Rogelio Pérez-Perdomo
      Pages 287-319
  4. The Bigger Picture

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 321-321
    2. Reconstructing Big Law: The Big Picture

      • Deborah R. Hensler
      Pages 323-329
    3. Big Law Today and Tomorrow

      • Lawrence M. Friedman
      Pages 331-340
  5. Looking Ahead

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 341-341
    2. Conclusion

      • Manuel Gómez, Rogelio Pérez-Perdomo
      Pages 343-348
  6. Back Matter

    Pages 349-350

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

  • Florida International University, Miami, USA

    Manuel Gómez

  • Universidad Metropolitana, Caracas, Venezuela

    Rogelio Pérez-Perdomo

About the editors

Manuel A. Gómez is Associate Professor of Law and Associate Dean at Florida International University College of Law, USA. 


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

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eBook USD 119.00
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  • Read on any device
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Softcover Book USD 159.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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Hardcover Book USD 159.00
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  • Durable hardcover edition
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