M&A boost for US law firms in Latin America

Skadden Arps, White & Case, Shearman & Sterling and other major U.S. law firms have seen a massive growth in their Latin American M&A business. Skadden has doubled the value of its Latin America M&A deals from $7.1bn in 2007 to $15.0bn in 2008. Brazilian law firm Mattos Filho still takes the lead in the Latin American M&A rankings in both in announced and completed transactions.