Acknowledgments

• Author: Paulo Marcos Rodrigues Brancher - Carla Amaral de Andrade Junqueira Canero
• Pages: 22-22

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Acknowledgments

This project was initially conceived during the ABA 2009 Spring Meeting in Wash-

ington, D.C., when the editors put forward the suggestion to the ABA Publications

Committee. This second edition was a result of the g reat success of the first edition

published in 2011, as well as of the continued economic growth of the S outh Amer-

ica region. This project was made possible thanks to the support and full commit-

ment of the invited country coordinating authors, and we are delighted with the

result.

Putting together this publication has called for a great deal of determination

and enthusiasm. The work done by each of the country coordinating authors,

coauthors, and contributors is acknowledged in each of the chapters. We wish to

express our gratitude to each lawyer who contributed to the preparation of this

book through the country coordinating authors.

The section’s publications officer, Catherine Doll, and ABA Publishing’s Rich-

ard Paszkiet and Kimberly Rosenfield provided invaluable support and contributed

enormously from the inception of this book to its publication. In our role as edi-

tors, we also enjoyed the full support of other lawyers from our firm, Barretto

Ferreira e Brancher–Sociedade de Advogados (BKBG), for the preparation of the

chapter on Brazil. A warm thanks to all of them.

The chapters of this book are the result of the hard work, persistence, and

cooperation of a highly experienced and skilled team of lawyers. We hope that

readers will rely on the content of this guide when considering doing business in

South America.

Ricardo Barretto Ferreira da Silva

Paulo Marcos Rodrigues Brancher

Carla Amaral de A ndrade Junqueira Canero

Editors