In recent developments at Willkie Farr & Gallagher, the firm has named Brazilian corporate and financial services partner, Anna Martini Pereira, as the new chair of its Latin America practice. Pereira steps into this role following the departure of the previous chair, Maria-Leticia Ossa Daza, who left to establish a Latin America practice at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison.
Pereira, qualified in both Brazil and New York, joined Willkie Farr in 2017 after working at Mattos Filho, Brazil’s largest law firm. For further details on this transition, see the full report here.