Global law firm Baker McKenzie has received 87 practice areas and 143 lawyer rankings in the recently published 2026 edition of The Legal 500 Latin America guide.
The Legal 500 rankings are based on a series of criteria, including work conducted by law firms over the past 12 months, experience and depth of teams, areas of specialization and ancillary services, and client feedback.
Practice areas that have earned Tier 1 rankings are:
Argentina:
- Compliance
- Fintech
- Labour and Employment
- Life Sciences and Healthcare
- TMT
Colombia:
- Competition and Antitrust
- Corporate and M&A
- Labour and Employment
- Tax
Mexico:
- City Focus – Guadalajara
- City Focus – Monterrey
- City Focus – Tijuana
- Energy and Natural Resources
- International Trade and Customs
- Labour and Employment
Venezuela:
- Corporate and M&A
- Dispute Resolution
- Economic Regulation
- Labour and Employment
- Public Law
- Public Law: TMT
- Tax
- Tax: Wealth Management
Latin America:
- City Focus – Miami
Among the Firm’s 143 individual rankings, the following lawyers were newly recognized:
Argentina:
- Gabriel Gómez Giglio – Banking and Finance
- Francisco Fernández Rostello – Corporate and M&A
- Candelaria Munilla – Corporate and M&A
Chile:
- Cristobal Larrain – Capital Markets
- Arantxa Ereche – Dispute Resolution: Arbitration
- Ignacio Naudon – Dispute Resolution: Litigation
- Valentina Venturelli – Intellectual Property
- Valentina Venturelli – Life Sciences
Colombia:
- Carolina Pardo – Compliance and White-Collar Crime
- Sebastian Quintero – Dispute Resolution: Arbitration
- Juan David López – International Trade and Customs
- Andrea Jiménez – Tax
Mexico:
- Raymundo Enriquez – Competition and Antitrust
Venezuela:
- Hector Martinez – Energy and Natural Resources
- Serviliano Abache Carvajal – Tax
- David Mongiovi – Tax
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