Perspectives on Latin America

As part of Arent Fox’s continuing pro bono work in favor of marriage equality at home and abroad, Hunter Carter was in Panama recently to file an amicus brief on behalf of the New York City Bar before the Panama Supreme Court.

AF International Co-Chair Hunter Carter was quoted in an article published by the Washington Blade in response to a new Chilean bill that would extend marriage and adoption rights to same-sex couples.

The 2017 edition of Legal 500 US has rated 50 Arent Fox LLP attorneys as national leaders in their field. In addition, 17 of the firm’s practice areas were ranked among the best in the country. Legal 500 highlighted Arent Fox’s extensive capabilities across a number of areas of the law.

Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business has recognized 32 Arent Fox LLP attorneys as leaders in their field.

Arent Fox is pleased to announce that once again Managing Partner Cristina A. Carvalho and Complex Litigation partner Hunter T. Carter have been named to the Latin America’s 2017 Top 100 Lawyers list by Latinvex.

Arent Fox LLP’s Trademark practice has been recognized as one of the best in the country by World Trademark Review.

In an opinion article recently published in The Huffington Post, Arent Fox Senior Policy Advisor Senator Byron Dorgan comments on the choice President-elect Trump faces in normalizing or rolling back US diplomatic relations with Cuba.

Latinvex has rated Arent Fox a top international law firm for companies operating in Latin America. In addition, the publication named Arent Fox one of the best firms for Latin American businesses in need of arbitration, FCPA and fraud counseling.

Partner Hunter Carter was quoted in an article for the Washington Blade after Chilean President Michelle Bachelet discussed her plan to pass bills that would legalize same-sex marriage and allow transgender persons to change their name and gender without surgery or a court order.  

Another investor-State arbitration tribunal has dismissed a claim for abuse of process.

Buried among all the provisions arming the government with new enforcement tools in the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 are a handful of benefits which, if applied correctly and appropriately, could save importers money. 

Detroit business leaders understand the value of product innovation and market expansion. For many of these executives, the official release of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement in November signaled a new opportunity of export growth in a region quickly becoming a consumer powerhouse.

Arent Fox LLP is pleased to announce that partner Cristina A. Carvalho has been selected as firmwide Managing Partner.

California passed Assembly Bill 60 (AB60) which allows the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue a driver’s license to any person, which could include an undocumented person, who cannot establish their legal presence in the US but otherwise meets licensing requirements to drive a motor vehicle.

By any standard, these are anxious times. For days, top negotiators from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) have been meeting in San Francisco and Washington, DC and taking up most of the cities’ available hotel rooms.

The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry & Security and the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control released amendments to the Export Administration Regulations and the Cuban Assets Control Regulations to further implement President Obama’s new Cuba policy to ease sanctions.

On July 22, 2015 the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) amended the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to reflect the May 29, 2015 removal of Cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism.

Arent Fox Partner Timothy Feighery spoke with CubaStandard recently for a special feature titled, “As normalization talks proceed, eyes turn towards US claims.”

Partner Hunter Carter’s insights on the recently revealed and globally sensational FIFA corruption case were featured in the June 12 edition of Chile’s leading financial magazine, Capital.

Last week, the US Department of Justice in New York unsealed a 47-count indictment against 14 defendants and at the same time numerous FIFA officials and other persons were arrested as they gathered for annual FIFA meeting in Zurich.

Partner Hunter T. Carter was invited by the Office of the Mayor of Medellín, Colombia, to give the keynote speech of the Summit Meeting of “May for Life,” a month-long series of activities promoting peace and nonviolence in Colombia.

On May 18, partner Hunter T. Carter participated in the conference “Corrupción y sector privado: La experiencia chilena e internacional” or “Corruption and the private sector: The Chilean and international experience” in Santiago, Chile with the President of Chile Transparente, the Chilean regional

The United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas (Bankruptcy Court) declined to grant comity to a decision of the Mexican labor board thereby refusing to recognize a foreclosure sale of assets belonging to Elcoteq, Inc., a US corporation in US bankruptcy proceedings.