Dentons' partners have voted to combine with Rattagan Macchiavello Arocena in Argentina and Jiménez de Aréchaga, Viana & Brause in Uruguay. The combinations will position Dentons as the largest global law firm in Argentina and Uruguay from launch, connecting the combined firms’ clients to top-tier legal talent in 23 countries throughout Latin America and the Caribbean ("LAC"), and more than 10,000 lawyers around the globe.

Dentons has more offices in all of Latin America and the Caribbean than any other law firm in the world, making Dentons the first truly Pan-LAC firm in the history of the legal profession.

Since entering the region in 2016, Dentons has become the fastest growing law firm in LAC. With new offices in Buenos Aires and Montevideo, the combinations will give Dentons' clients access to an additional team of lawyers who can meet the needs of clients across a wide range of industries.

Dentons' combinations in Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Brazil, the Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, St. Kitts and Nevis, St, Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela have helped to establish Dentons as the only pan-LAC law firm, and these combinations in Argentina and Uruguay further strengthen the position for Dentons to become the global leading law firm in the region.

Rattagan Macchiavello Arocena is recognized as a leader in the Banking and Finance, Compliance and Anticorruption, Corporate and M&A, Energy, Environment and Natural Resources, Government Relations, Infrastructure, Labor Law, Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Pharmaceuticals and Tax areas.

Jiménez de Aréchaga, Viana & Brause is recognized as a leader in the areas of Banking and Finance, Corporate and M&A, Energy, Infrastructure, Labor Law, Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Natural Resources, and Real Estate.

The practice and sector synergies will give the combined firms a competitive advantage in international panel competition and build on Dentons’ strength in these areas.

Like Dentons, these firms are dedicated to a polycentric approach that values inclusion and diversity and in and of the community roots, and they have strong traditions of giving back to the communities they serve through pro bono work and volunteerism.

The combinations are expected to launch in the next several months.

Earlier this month, Dentons announced its intention to combine with five firms in Africa, LEAD Advogados in Angola, Sayarh & Menjra in Morocco, Fernanda Lopes & Associados Advogados in Mozambique, Kyagaba and Otatiina Advocates in Uganda, and Eric Silwamba, Jalasi and Linyama Legal Practitioners in Zambia. Recently, Dentons also announced its intention to combine with three leading law firms in seven days: Kensington Swan in New Zealand, Gustavo Zacapa y Asociados in Honduras, and Lee International in South Korea. Dentons' partners have approved all three combinations and the combination with Honduras launched last week. Also in 2019, Dentons' partners approved a combination with MawereSibanda in Zimbabwe, and launched Dentons Venezuela in Venezuela and Dentons Larraín Rencoret in Chile. 

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