Chambers Latin America has released its 2025 guide, ranking Baker McKenzie in 69 practice areas and in 153 lawyer categories.
Another 20 of the Firm's LatAm lawyers received new rankings in this year’s guide, 14 of whom entered the Associates to Watch/Up and Coming table. Eighteen lawyers received promotions including six who moved into the top Band 1 and 2 categories. A further six moved from ‘Up and Coming’ into the numerical band rankings. The number of women lawyers ranked rose from 43 to 55, a 28% increase.
Baker McKenzie gained five new rankings in the Practice categories, two of which are in the regional category for International Counsel in Banking & Finance and Capital Markets. The Firm was also promoted to Band 2 in the Colombia Corporate/M&A category.
The Firm upheld Band 1 rankings for Colombia Dispute Resolution (2024-2025); Mexico General Business Law: Monterrey (2016-2025) and International Trade/WTO (2009-2025); and Peru Banking & Finance (2023-2025), Capital Markets (2020-2025), Dispute Resolution: Arbitration (2015-2025), and Public Law (2015-2025).
Chambers is the leading international legal directory, covering over 200 jurisdictions around the world. Rankings are based on interviews with clients and peers as well as firm submissions. Practices and individuals earning a Band 1 ranking are noted by the guide for achieving the highest, "technical legal ability, client service, commercial vision and business understanding, diligence, value for money, depth of team, and other qualities most valued by the client."
Band 1 lawyers ranked:
Bernard William Malone (Argentina): Intellectual Property
Guillermo Cervio (Argentina): TMT (Telecoms, Media, Technology)
Claudia Ines Benavides Galvis (Colombia): Dispute Resolution
Juan Pablo Concha Delgado (Colombia): Intellectual Property
Tatiana Garcés Carvajal (Colombia): Labour & Employment
Ciro Meza (Colombia): Tax
Michael Fitzgerald: Banking & Finance (*International Counsel)
Michael Fitzgerald: Capital Markets (*International Counsel)
Alfonso Cortez-Fernández (Mexico): Dispute Resolution: Monterrey
Benjamín Torres-Barrón (Mexico): Energy & Natural Resources
Federico M Ruanova Guinea (Mexico): Environment
Pablo Berckholtz (Peru): Capital Markets
Alonso Miranda Vargas (Peru): Capital Markets
Liliana Espinosa Reboa (Peru): Corporate/M&A
Ana María Arrarte Arisnabarreta (Peru): Dispute Resolution: Arbitration
María del Carmen Tovar Gil (Peru): Dispute Resolution: Arbitration
Valentín Paniagua Jara (Peru): Energy & Natural Resources: Mining
Jorge Danós Ordóñez (Peru): Public Law
Juan Carlos Morón Urbina (Peru): Public Law
Eugenio Hernández-Bretón (Venezuela): Dispute Resolution
Eugenio Hernández-Bretón (Venezuela): Dispute Resolution: Most in Demand Arbitrators
Carlos A Felce (Venezuela): Labour & Employment
Ronald Evans (Venezuela): Tax
Newly ranked lawyers:
Fernando Goldaracena (Argentina): Compliance
Martín Roth (Argentina): TMT (Telecoms, Media, Technology)
Mónica Cubillos (Colombia): Banking & Finance
Carlos Arboleda (Colombia): Competition/Antitrust
Jaime Trujillo Caicedo (Colombia): Corporate/M&A
Natalia Ponce de Leon (Colombia): Corporate/M&A
Daniela Páez-Cala (Colombia): Dispute Resolution
Camila Jiménez (Colombia): Energy & Natural Resources
Yuliana Salamanca (Colombia): Intellectual Property
Daniela Liévano (Colombia): Labour & Employment
Gabriela Saucedo-Garza (Mexico): Corporate/Commercial: Monterrey
Reynaldo Vizcarra-Mendez (Mexico): Corporate/M&A
Daniel Sánchez Elizondo (Mexico): International Trade/WTO
Carla Calderón (Mexico): Life Sciences
Luciana Palomino (Peru): Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Angela Camara (Peru): Dispute Resolution: Arbitration
Nicole Freire (Peru): Environment
Natalia Mori (Peru): Public Law
Ricardo Canepa (Peru): Real Estate
Serviliano Abache (Venezuela): Tax
Promoted lawyers:
Francisco Fernández Rostello (Argentina): Corporate/M&A
Ezequiel Artola (Argentina): Energy & Natural Resources: Oil & Gas
Santiago Maqueda (Argentina): Public Law
Alejandra Verónica Bugna (Argentina): Real Estate
Martín Roth (Argentina): Real Estate
Guillermo Cervio (Argentina): TMT (Telecoms, Media, Technology)
Mirco Hilgers (Chile): Energy & Natural Resources: Mining
Ricardo Trejos Robledo (Colombia): Banking & Finance
Juan David Velasco (Colombia): Tax
Carlo A Pérez-Arizti Morales (Mexico): Corporate/M&A
Fabián Monsalve-Agraz (Mexico): General Business Law: Guadalajara
Carlos Dávila (Mexico): Intellectual Property
Marina Hurtado Cruz (Mexico): Intellectual Property
Luis C Carbajo-Martínez (Mexico): Tax: Non-contentious
Alonso Miranda Vargas (Peru): Banking & Finance
Gonzalo Bernal Neumann (Peru): International Trade/WTO
Monica Pizarro (Peru): Labour & Employment
Luis Miguel Almendariz (Peru): Labour & Employment
Band 1 practice areas:
Dispute Resolution (Colombia)
General Business Law: Monterrey (Mexico)
International Trade/WTO (Mexico)
Banking & Finance (Peru)
Capital Markets (Peru)
Dispute Resolution: Arbitration (Peru)
Public Law (Peru)
Promoted practice areas:
Corporate/M&A (Colombia)
Newly ranked practice area:
Banking & Finance (*International Counsel)
Capital Markets (*International Counsel)
Banking & Finance (Argentina)
Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Peru)
Consumer Law (Peru)