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Head of Simpson Thacher’s Latin America Practice, Todd Crider, was quoted in a Law.com article titled, “Report: Weak Institutions Hamper Corruption Fight in Latin America.” The article discussed a new report, published by the Lawyers Council for Civil and Economic Rights of the Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice, looking at seventeen countries in the region and mapping their legal efforts to prevent and combat corruption. Todd noted that the report, “focuses a spotlight on the tragic gap between largely successful efforts by the OECD and others to establish, in many jurisdictions, statues that check all the boxes, without a commensurate level of political will and investment in the agencies to make effective those laws.”

Todd currently serves as an executive committee member and previously served as the founding chair of the Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice. The Vance Center advances global justice by engaging lawyers across borders to support civil society and an ethically active legal profession. Through the Vance Center, Todd also serves on the executive committee of the Pro Bono Network of the Americas and was a founder of the Lawyers Council for Civil and Economic Rights.

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