Dentons improves rankings in Legal 500 Latin America 2026

Dentons, the world's largest global law firm, has achieved 231 total rankings in the latest Legal 500 Latin America guide, an 11% increase compared to last year.

Dentons lawyers in Latin America and the Caribbean achieved 104 firm rankings and 127 individual lawyer rankings in Legal 500 Latin America 2026, including 50 new and improved rankings this year.

Our lawyer rankings include five Hall of Fame lawyers, 70 Leading Partners, 19 Next Generation Partners and 33 Leading Associates. Over 42% of Dentons' practice and sector rankings are in the highest quality tiers (1 and 2).

Legal 500 Latin America 2026 recognizes Dentons teams across Argentina, 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)
• Mauricio Dalman (Tax, Bolivia)
• Rodolfo Mercado (Corporate and M&A, Bolivia)
• Rodrigo Vilardo Vella (Corporate and M&A: Mid-market, Brazil)
• Antonio Celso Pugliese (Dispute Resolution: Mid-market Litigation, Brazil)
• Bruna Gobbi (Corporate and M&A: Mid-market, Brazil)
• Dustin Delany (Cross-Caribbean Expertise, Caribbean)
• Santiago Ried (Competition and Antitrust, Chile)
• Andrés Marín (Compliance, Chile)
• Felipe Rencoret (Banking and Finance, Chile)
• Carlos Urzúa (Bankruptcy, Insolvency and Restructuring, Chile)
• Enrique Benítez (Energy and Natural Resources, Chile)
• José Miguel López (Insurance, Chile)
• Carolina del Rio (Intellectual Property, Chile)
• Gonzalo Nieto (Mining, 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)
• Luz Helena Adarve Gomez (Life Sciences, Colombia)
• Camilo Cortés (Tax, Colombia)
• Carmen Sanabria (Tax, Colombia)
• Tatiana Reuben (Compliance, Costa Rica)
• Roy de Jesús Herrera (Dispute Resolution, Costa Rica)
• Anna Karina Jiménez (Labor and Employment, Costa Rica)
• Eduardo Zúñiga (Real Estate, 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

• Nahima Müller (Dispute Resolution: Litigation, Brazil)
• Anderson Moura (Environment, Brazil)
• Marcelo Alarcón (Dispute Resolution: Litigation, Chile)
• José Domingo Villanueva (Environment, Chile)
• Mercedes Londoño (Intellectual Property, Chile)
• Rodrigo Sanhueza (Labor and Employment, Chile)
• Ignacio Vargas (Projects and Infrastructure, Chile)
• Felipe Alarcón (Banking and Finance, Colombia)
• Daniela Mejia (Banking and Finance; Capital Markets, Colombia)
• Santiago Miramón (Corporate and M&A, Colombia)
• Paula Vejarano (Arbitration; Litigation, Colombia)
• Laura Mateus (Labor and Employment, Colombia)
• Pablo Jaramillo (Projects, Colombia)
• Gabriela Gándara (Intellectual Property, Guatemala)
• María del Rosario de Roux (Projects and Energy, Panama)
• Ignacio Demarco (Labor and Employment, Uruguay)
• 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; Tax, Bolivia)
• Melina Curbelo (Intellectual Property, Bolivia)
• Luis Gutiérrez (Labor and Employment, Bolivia)
• Ana Lora (Real Estate, Bolivia)
• Vitor Clark Nunes (Corporate and M&A: Mid-market, Brazil)
• Vitor Luis Pereira Jorge (Compliance, Brazil)
• Daniel Cristi (Bankruptcy, Insolvency and Restructuring, Chile)
• Cristián Vial (Environment; Water Law, Chile)
• Jaime Cruzat (Mining, Chile)
• María Margarita Lorduy (Environment, Colombia)
• Juliana Vargas (Intellectual Property, Colombia)
• Ángela Cubides (Labor and Employment, Colombia)
• Maria Elisa Quintero (Life Sciences, Colombia)
• María Paula Álvarez (Real Estate, Colombia)
• Julián Cardona (Real Estate, Colombia)
• Rocio Ruiz (TMT, 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)
• Maria Jose Huerta (Intellectual Property, Guatemala)
• Jimena González (Corporate and M&A, Uruguay)
• Mariana Lartigau (Corporate and M&A; Intellectual Property, Uruguay)
• Lucia Aguerre (Intellectual Property, Uruguay)
• Alfredo Arocena (Projects and Energy, Uruguay)
• Carolina Bianchi (Projects and Energy, Uruguay)
• Martin Montoro (Tax, Uruguay)

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