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Record Nr.

UNINA9910300519603321

Titolo

Big Law in Latin America and Spain [[electronic resource] ] : Globalization and Adjustments in the Provision of High-End Legal Services / / edited by Manuel Gómez, Rogelio Pérez-Perdomo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018

ISBN

3-319-65403-9

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XV, 350 p. 8 illus., 7 illus. in color.)

Disciplina

320.4

Soggetti

Latin America—Politics and government

Commercial law

Latin American Politics

Commercial Law

Business Law

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Corporate lawyers and multinational corporations in Latin America and Spain: 1990-2015 -- 2. Law firms in Argentina: Challenges and responses to a crisis -- 3. Big Law in Brazil: Rise and current challenges -- 4. Big Law in Chile: A glance at the law firms -- 5. Big Law in Central America and the Dominican Republic: Growth strategies in small economies -- 6. The rise of Big Law in Colombia -- 7. Global and traditional: A profile of corporate lawyers in Mexico -- 8. Big Law in Spain: A dynamic ecosystem -- 9. Lawyers and globalization in Peru (1990-2014) -- 10. Big Law in Venezuela: From globalization to revolution -- 11. Reconstructing Big Law: The big picture -- 12. The value of Law and Society research in the study of Big Law -- 13. Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

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.