Latin America Task Force

Williams Mullen's Latin America Task Force, a team of attorneys and professionals having particularly extensive skills and experience with Latin American legal and business issues, serves our clients’ increasing activities in Latin America and supports future business growth opportunities.

Williams Mullen's Latin America Task Force, a team of attorneys and professionals having particularly extensive skills and experience with Latin American legal and business issues, serves our clients’ increasing activities in Latin America and supports future business growth opportunities. Strengths of the team include:

• experience in the Civil Code Legal system;
• extensive contacts in government and industry sectors in almost all Latin America countries;
• highly proficient Spanish language skills, written and spoken, including industry and legal lexicons;
• an in-house collection of selected Codes, laws and regulations of all major Latin American countries;
• experience in business, corporate, commercial, investment, customs, tax, intellectual property and trade issues in Latin American countries;
• a fundamental understanding of Latin American cultures;
• a well-respected reputation in Latin America;
• established affiliations and close working relationships with selected Latin American law firms that specialize in targeted areas in all major commercial centers; and
• extensive work with legislative bodies, administrative/executive branch agencies and independent entities in certain South and Central American countries.

Our team has substantial experience with commercial, trade, investment and regulatory issues specific to U.S.-Latin-American businesses, including: antidumping and countervailing duty cases; trade policy and trade agreements such as NAFTA, MERCOSUR, CARICOM and the Andean Community; international litigation, dispute resolution and arbitration; customs matters; product standards; trade legislation; intellectual property matters; labor and employment law; energy and environmental law; privatization projects; mergers and acquisitions; corporate finance and securities; immigration matters; and international tax.