Latinvex Names Hunton Andrews Kurth Top Law Firm in Latin America for 2021

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP has been recognized as a top international law firm in Latin America by Latinvex, an online publisher of daily news and weekly analysis of busines in Latin America.

The list, its eighth year of annual rankings of top law firms working in Latin America, is based on a combination of factors, including value, prominence and scope of work, and references among clients and peers. The research is based on an exclusive Latinvex survey among the firms. Latinvex has ranked Hunton Andrews Kurth 26 out of hundreds of prominent international law firms working in Latin America.

Additionally, the firm garnered top rankings in the subcategories of Banking and Finance, Corporate/M&A, and Trademarks and Patents. For the first time this year, the firm was also recognized by Latinvex for Insurance and Project Finance.

Hunton Andrews Kurth has an established and diverse Latin America practice. For more than 30 years, its team of experienced lawyers and consultants have represented clients ranging from global financial institutions and multinational corporations to local governments and agencies, and prominent Latin American families.

About Latinvex

Latinvex publishes nearly 50 rankings benchmarking the region’s companies, countries and people. It provides extensive coverage of Latin America’s legal, energy and technology sectors. For the seventh annual Top 100 Lawyers ranking the editorial and writing staff included attorneys from across 12 categories, including arbitration & litigation, banking & finance, capital markets, corporate/M&A, energy, FCPA & fraud and project finance. The criteria used was a combination of factors, including recent track record on major deals and business, prominence of firm in Latin America and rankings by third parties such as Chambers and Partners, Legal 500 and Refinitiv. 

About Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP

With 1,000 lawyers in the United States, Asia, Europe and the Middle East, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP serves clients across a broad range of complex transactional, litigation and regulatory matters. We are known for our strength in the energy, financial services, real estate, and retail and consumer products industries, as well as our considerable experience in more than 100 distinct areas of practice, including privacy and cybersecurity, intellectual property, environmental, and mergers and acquisitions. Our full-service litigation practice is one of the largest in the country, with particular depth in key litigation markets such as Texas, California, Florida and the Mid-Atlantic.