The firm is now the biggest global brand in Argentina’s legal industry
Dentons has expanded its reach across Latin America with a new combination.
The firm announced its combination with local leading firm Rattagan Macchiavello Arocena on 4 May. As a result of the combination, Dentons is now the biggest global brand in Argentina’s legal industry.
The new office will be called Dentons Rattagan Macchiavello Arocena.
“Argentina has a number of exceptional legal-service providers, but Rattagan Macchiavello Arocena stood out for its leadership and innovative and forward-looking thinking,” said Jorge Alers, CEO of Dentons Latin America and the Caribbean region. “This new launch means we can now connect clients to market-leading talent in Argentina and the whole of the Americas.”
After nearly 15 years in the business, Rattagan Macchiavello Arocena has built its reputation as a specialist in the fields of corporate and M&A, energy, environment and natural resources, banking and finance, compliance and anticorruption, government relations, infrastructure, labour law, litigation and dispute resolution, pharmaceuticals and tax.
“As part of Dentons, our Buenos Aires office will now have at hand’s reach all of the knowledge, talent, best practices and state-of-the-art technology to better support our clients, allowing them to do business throughout Latin America and the Caribbean and, quite literally, in any other place of the world,” said Michael Rattagan, co-founder of Rattagan Macchiavello Arocena.
Dentons presently has more offices in Latin America and the Caribbean than any law firm.
“Despite the current challenges created by COVID-19, Dentons continues to execute its strategy to scale the firm through virtual combinations with leading law firms like Rattagan Macchiavello Arocena and is now present in virtually all of Latin America and the Caribbean,” said Joe Andrew, global chairman of Dentons.
The firm’s polycentric expansion strategy has seen the Dentons brand extend across 24 countries in this region. Last month, the firm made legal history as the first truly Pan-Latin American and Caribbean brand in the profession through its combination with a local firm in Uruguay.
