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Bank of America dates its presence in Latin America back to 1951, when it opened its first office in Mexico City. Today, the bank has corporate offices in six Latin American countries- Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru. Despite Brazil’s recession, its investment banking arm, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, recently experienced a stellar year, emerging as a winner in the fight for investment banking fees and clients in the country. The firm attracted more fees from M&A and debt and equity underwriting than any competing firm in Brazil in 2016, with the exception of Banco Itau BBA, and recorded revenue growth of 15%. These achievements would have been impossible without the work of the bank’s highly organised São Paulo based legal team, which is at the heart of all of the bank’s projects and transactions across its corporate finance and trading divisions. Individual lawyers highlighted by nominators in this year’s research include Cristiane Bernardes Antunes Quiterio, Fernanda Iacia and Nathalia Haddad Rodrigues.