Latin American investment redrew Miami’s skyline. Now it is changing the demographic for attorneys practicing international law.

High-end international transactions were once almost exclusively handled by New York attorneys, those in the field say. But that has changed over the last 15 years as Miami’s evolution into a Latin America gateway has shifted the location and demographics of the region’s international practice attorneys. Like many of the clients they woo to their firms, a majority of those now practicing international legal work in Miami are Hispanic.