"Dentons focuses on knowing its clients and their needs."

- Dentons client testimonial in Legal 500 Latin America 2025

Dentons lawyers in Latin America and the Caribbean achieved over 200 firm and individual lawyer rankings in this year's Legal 500 Latin America directory, with 33 new and improved rankings in total.

Our 105 lawyer rankings represent a 13 percent increase from last year, while over a third of Dentons' practice and sector rankings are in the highest quality tiers (1 and 2).

Our lawyer rankings include five Hall of Fame lawyers, 60 Leading Partners, 18 Next Generation Partners and 22 Leading Associates. 

The leading independent legal publisher recognizes Dentons teams across Bolivia, Brazil (strategic alliance with Vella Pugliese Buosi Guidoni), Central America (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama), Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela. The separate Legal 500 Caribbean guide also ranks Dentons’ expertise in several areas across the Caribbean.

Dentons lawyers ranked in Legal 500 throughout Latin America and the Caribbean include:

Hall of Fame

• Ramiro Guevara (Energy and Natural Resources, Bolivia)
• Primitivo Gutiérrez (Labor and Employment, Bolivia)
• Luz Helena Adarve (Intellectual Property, Colombia)
• Virginia Brause (Corporate and M&A, Uruguay)
• Diego Viana (Labor and Employment, Uruguay)

Leading Partners

• Jorge Inchauste (Banking and Finance; Corporate and M&A; Energy and Natural Resources, Bolivia)
• Enrique Barrios (Banking and Finance; Energy and Natural Resources, Bolivia)
• Ramiro Guevara (Corporate and M&A, Bolivia)
• Rodrigo Rivera (Dispute Resolution, Bolivia)
• Jaime Lora (Labor and Employment, Bolivia) In Memoriam
• Mauricio Dalman (Tax, Bolivia)
• Rodrigo Vilardo Vella (Corporate and M&A: Mid-market, Brazil)
• Antonio Celso Pugliese (Dispute Resolution: Litigation, Brazil)
• Dustin Delany (Cross-Caribbean, Caribbean)
• Felipe Rencoret (Banking and Finance, Chile)
• Carlos Urzúa (Bankruptcy, Insolvency and Restructuring, Chile)
• José Miguel López (Insurance, Chile)
• Carolina del Rio (Intellectual Property, Chile)
• Juan Pablo Orellana (Tax, Chile)
• José Ignacio Morán (Water Law, Chile)
• Bernardo Cárdenas (Banking and Finance; Capital Markets, Colombia)
• Ximena Zuleta (Competition and Antitrust; Public Law, Colombia)
• Mauricio Borrero (Corporate and M&A, Colombia)
• Eduardo Cárdenas (Corporate and M&A, Colombia)
• Andrés Fernández de Soto (Dispute Resolution, Colombia)
• Santiago González (Energy and Natural Resources, Colombia)
• Hernán Rodríguez (Energy and Natural Resources, Colombia)
• Jorge Neher (Energy and Natural Resources, Colombia)
• Juanita Acosta (Intellectual Property; TMT, Colombia)
• Lorena Arámbula (Labor and Employment, Colombia)
• Camilo Cortés (Tax, Colombia)
• Anna Karina Jiménez (Labor and Employment, Costa Rica)
• Daniel Martínez (Corporate and M&A, El Salvador)
• Gustavo Zacapa (Intellectual Property, Honduras)
• Arturo Zacapa (Intellectual Property, Honduras)
• Rogelio López-Velarde (Energy and Natural Resources, Mexico)
• Fernando Pickmann (Energy and Natural Resources, Peru)
• Nicolás Brause (Dispute Resolution, Uruguay)
• Nicolás Herrera (Banking and Finance; Corporate and M&A, Uruguay)
• Fernando Jiménez de Aréchaga Jr. (Banking and Finance; Projects and Energy, Uruguay)
• Mariela Ruanova (Banking and Finance; Dispute Resolution, Uruguay)
• Daniela Jaimes (Banking and Finance;
• Corporate and M&A; Energy and Natural Resources, Venezuela)
• Rubén Eduardo Luján (Banking and Finance, Venezuela)
• Natalija Vojvodic (Banking and Finance; Corporate and M&A; Energy and Natural Resources, Venezuela)
• Sergio Casinelli (Corporate and M&A; Energy and Natural Resources, Venezuela)
• Ramón Alvins (Dispute Resolution, Venezuela)
• Yanet Aguiar (Labor and Employment, Venezuela)
• Esther Cecilia Blondet (Labor and Employment, Venezuela)
• Victor Duran (Labor and Employment, Venezuela)
• Juan Carlos Pró-Rísquez (Labor and Employment, Venezuela)
• Luis Ernesto Andueza (Public Law, Venezuela)
• Moisés Vallenilla (Tax, Venezuela)

Next Generation Partners

• Bruna Gobbi (Corporate and M&A: Mid-market, Brazil)
• Nahima Müller (Dispute Resolution: Litigation, Brazil)
• Anderson Moura (Environment, Brazil)
• Stuart Cullen (Dispute Resolution, British Virgin Islands)
• Marcelo Alarcón (Dispute Resolution: Litigation, Chile)
• José Domingo Villanueva (Environment, Chile)
• Rodrigo Sanhueza (Labor and Employment, Chile)
• Ignacio Vargas (Projects and Infrastructure, Chile)
• Felipe Alarcón (Banking and Finance, Colombia)
• Daniela Mejia (Banking and Finance, Colombia)
• Santiago Miramón (Corporate and M&A, Colombia)
• Paula Vejarano (Arbitration; Litigation, Colombia)
• Mónica Bonnett (Life Sciences, Colombia)
• Pablo Jaramillo (Projects, Colombia)
• María del Rosario de Roux (Projects and Energy, Panama)
• Ignacio Demarco (Labor and Employment, Uruguay)
• Pedro Saghy (Dispute Resolution, Venezuela)
• Fernando Sanquírico (Dispute Resolution, Venezuela)

Leading Associates

• Alejandra Guevara (Banking and Finance; Corporate and M&A; Energy and Natural Resources, Bolivia)
• Belén Montes (Dispute Resolution, Bolivia)
• Luis Gutiérrez (Labor and Employment; Bolivia)
• Ana Lora (Real Estate, Bolivia)
• Belén Montes (Tax, Bolivia)
• Daniel Cristi (Bankruptcy, Insolvency and Restructuring, Chile)
• Jaime Cruzat (Mining, Chile)
• María Margarita Lorduy (Environment, Colombia)
• Nicolás Díaz (Public Law, Colombia)
• María Paula Álvarez (Real Estate, Colombia)
• Julián Cardona (Real Estate, Colombia)
• Eduardo Esparza (Competition and Antitrust, Ecuador)
• Leyre Suarez (Dispute Resolution, Ecuador)
• David Aguilar (Corporate and M&A, El Salvador)
• Paola Haase (Dispute Resolution, Guatemala)
• Gabriela Gándara (Intellectual Property, Guatemala)
• Mayra Navarrete (Intellectual Property, Nicaragua)
• Jimena González (Corporate and M&A, Uruguay)
• Mariana Lartigau (Corporate and M&A, Uruguay)
• Martin Montoro (Tax, Uruguay)

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