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ZBV at 50 | Carolina Zang on legacy, institutional resilience and navigating change in Argentina

Argentina

As Zang, Bergel & Viñes marks five decades, its partner Carolina Zang reflects on continuity, adaptation and the challenge of building a lasting legal institution in a volatile market. In a legal market defined by volatility, few firms reach five decades of uninterrupted activity. In Argentina, w...

Garrigues to Merge Operations with Chilean Firm Barros, Silva, Varela & Vigil

Spain, Garrigues

Garrigues | International law firm Garrigues has reached an agreement to integrate the practice of Barros, Silva, Varela & Vigil (BSVV) in Chile. Following the completion of contractual documentation and approval by the respective partners’ meetings, the combined firm will operate exclusively under ...

Marcela Mancía joins IGNITE and launches IP practice

El Salvador, IGNITE Legal & Financial Advisors

Marcela Mancía has joined IGNITE Legal & Financial Advisors as partner, where she will lead the launch of the firm’s Intellectual Property practice in El Salvador. The move marks a new stage following nearly a decade leading a regional structure and reflects growing demand for strategic advisory in...

Beccar Varela welcomes Florencia Heredia and Agostina Martínez

Argentina, Beccar Varela

Beccar Varela announces the incorporation of Florencia Heredia and Agostina Martínez as new partners of the firm, as part of the strengthening of its Natural Resources: Mining practice. The addition of Heredia and Martínez—professionals recognized both locally and internationally in natural resources law, particularly in mining—represents a strategic step in consolidating the firm’s position in a key industry for Argentina’s development. Florencia Heredia has over 35 years of experience advising companies and financial institutions on major mining project financings in Argentina. She has been involved in all of the most significant transac...

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Rodolfo G. Papa highlights key insights from LATIN COUNSEL’s 2026 M&A Report

LATIN COUNSEL recently published —for the fourth consecutive year— the report "LATIN COUNSEL M&A Outlook for the Americas (2026 edition)" (by Rodolfo G. Papa). Rodolfo G. Papa, LATIN COUNSEL’s correspondent in Argentina, editor of the first three editions of this Report, who also acts as a "local...

Menezes Niebuhr opens São Paulo office

Menezes Niebuhr Sociedade de Advogados, originally from Santa Catarina and recognized nationally for its integrated and specialized practice, has launched a new office in São Paulo, marking a strategic step in the consolidation of its national presence from Brazil’s main economic and financial cente...

Mergers in Costa Rica | A Practical Roadmap for Operating Companies

Costa Rica, BLP

BLP Legal | Mergers of operating companies in Costa Rica extend well beyond a formal corporate transaction. They require coordinated execution across legal, regulatory, tax, labour and operational dimensions, with strict adherence to procedural milestones and timing considerations. This guide by BLP...

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IBA Litigation Forum Madrid 2026 | Litigators in a Fragmented World

The world has lost its compass: we need to talk about litigators!

International Bar Association | Madrid this week hosts one of the most relevant global gatherings for dispute resolution practitioners: the IBA Annual...

Marval advises on BD’s global spin-off

Argentina, Marval O´Farrell Mairal

Marval O’Farrell Mairal advised Becton, Dickinson and Company ("BD"), one of the largest global medical technology companies, on the Argentine law aspects of the global spin-off of its Biosciences & Diagnostic Solutions business. Immediately following the spin-off, the spun-off entity was combined w...

ICCA 2026: arbitration faces the ESG challenge and the right to regulate

ICCA

At the 27th International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA) Congress, held in Madrid from 13 to 15 April 2026, one of the most substantive and forward-looking discussions focused on the growing impact of ESG considerations on international arbitration, particularly in relation to the right t...

Madrid hosts landmark opening of ICCA Congress at Teatro Real

ICCA 2026

Welcome to the world’s largest event in international arbitration

Madrid has formally opened the 27th edition of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA) Congress with a high-profile ceremony at th...

INTA 2026 | Etienne Sanz de Acedo: IP at a turning point as AI reshapes law, business and global policy

INTA 2026

"Lawyers need to change their mindset—think big, think bold, and understand the business."

Ahead of the Annual Meeting of the International Trademark Association (INTA) in London, which is expected to bring together approximately 10,000 prof...

Chile:Ruling sets 42-hour workweek cut without mandatory agreement

Chile, Bofill Mir

Bofill Mir | The Chilean Labor Directorate (Dirección del Trabajo) has issued Ruling No. 253/21 regarding the mandatory reduction of the standard workweek from 44 to 42 hours, effective April 26, 2026, pursuant to the "40-Hour Law" (Law No. 21.561). The ruling revises, in relevant part, the Direc...

Uruguay IBA 2026 | Coco Oderigo’s powerful closing keynote: Rugby as a tool for prison reintegration

Uruguay, International Bar Association

Eduardo "Coco" Oderigo delivered a powerful closing keynote at the IBA conference in Punta del Este, outlining how a prison-based rugby initiative has helped reduce recidivism and reshape approaches to rehabilitation, in an intervention that moved a packed audience.

At the International Bar Association conference held in Punta del Este, Uruguay, the closing keynote did not centre on transactions or regulatory fram...

Rebaza advises Revolut on banking license in Peru

Peru, Rebaza, Alcazar & de las Casas

Rebaza, Alcázar & de las Casas | The Superintendency of Banking, Insurance and AFPs (SBS) has granted the Organization Authorization (Autorización de Organización) to Revolut Bank Perú, by resolution dated March 30, 2026, making it the first 100% digital bank authorized in the Peruvian financial mar...

Galicia shortlisted for multiple awards at IFLR’s Women in Business Law Americas 2026

Mexico, Galicia

Galicia Abogados has announced that it has once again been shortlisted in several categories at IFLR´s Women in Business Law Americas Awards 2026, marking its fifth consecutive year of recognition in these awards. According to the firm, the nominations span a range of Latin American categories, i...

Argentina: Competition Authority Opens Ex Officio Investigation into Food Delivery Platforms

Argentina, Bomchil

Bomchil | On March 26, 2026, the Autoridad Nacional de la Competencia (ANC) announced the opening of an ex officio investigation into the market for digital intermediation platforms for the purchase and delivery of restaurant products—commonly referred to as food delivery platforms—in Argentina. ...

Diego Cabezuela, President of InLaw Alliance: "We must evolve and grow at the same pace as our clients"

Spain, InLaw Alliance

In the framework of the upcoming InLaw Alliance of Law Firms’ Annual Assembly, to be held in Panama City from May 14th to 16th, the organization commemorates its 20th anniversary, consolidating its position within the Ibero-American legal market. The network, founded in 2006, returns to its original...

PBP strengthens its Guayaquil office with the addition of Katherin Philipp Paulson

Ecuador, Pérez, Bustamente & Ponce

Pérez, Bustamente & Ponce | PBP has announced the appointment of Katherin Philipp Paulson as Director of its Corporate practice in the firm’s Guayaquil office, further strengthening its presence and capabilities in the Ecuadorian legal market. Paulson brings more than 15 years of experience in co...

DLA Piper advises Banco Ciudad on UVA debt issuance

Argentina, DLA Piper

DLA Piper advised Banco de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires (Banco Ciudad) on the public bank’s issuance of Class 23 and Class 24 UVA-denominated debt securities, totaling 55,231,066 UVAs, to support housing finance and infrastructure investment in Argentina. Net proceeds may be used to expand housing f...

Carey leads inbound M&A in Chile and ranks top 5 regionally

Chile, Carey

Carey has been recognized in the report M&A in Latin America 2026: A Guide for US & UK Legal Advisors, prepared by TTR Data, as the local firm with the highest number of inbound transactions in Chile—namely, deals involving investment from the United States and the United Kingdom—and as one of the m...

OECD and World Bank release GloBE Rules in Spanish

Costa Rica, EY Law

EY Law | The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), in collaboration with the World Bank Group, has released the Spanish version of Global Anti-Base Erosion Model Rules (GloBE rules). This publication provides access in Spanish to Pilar Two of the Two Pillar Approach aimed at...

Guatemala Court Suspends Zone 11 Height Limits, Reviving Regulatory Debate

Guatemala, Alegalis

Alegalis | At the end of last year, concerns were raised regarding the impact of Resolution RES-DS-464-2025 issued by the General Directorate of Civil Aeronautics (DGAC), which revoked Administrative Resolution RES-DS-084-2020. The measure implied a reduction in permitted height parameters in Zone 1...

China’s Growing Footprint in Latin America: Insights from the IBA Conference in Punta del Este

China, Latin America-wide, International Bar Association

Following China’s USD 3.5 billion investment in Peru’s Chancay Port in late 2024, last year’s Latin America IBA in Peru buzzed with discussions on China-related projects. This year at Punta del Este, the conversation hasn’t slowed—there’s even a dedicated panel titled Investment Coming from China: M...

The Argentine golden ticket: the billion-dollar blueprint

Argentina, Vivanco & Vivanco

Vivanco & Vivanco | Argentina has officially dismantled its traditional barriers to nationality, replacing them with a high-octane economic gateway. The "Citizenship-by-Investment" (CBI) program is no longer a policy proposal; it is a functioning regulatory act published in the Boletín Oficial. This...

Reform of the Public Prosecutor’s Office and Its Implications for Corporate Criminal Compliance

Chile, Alessandri

Alessandri | The National Congress recently approved the bill that strengthens and modernizes the Public Prosecutor’s Office, currently in its final stage of review before the Constitutional Court. The initiative introduces significant amendments to the Organic Constitutional Law of the Public Prose...

Dubai–Costa Rica Business Council appoints David Gutierrez as President

The Dubai–Costa Rica Business Council has announced the appointment of David Gutierrez as its new President, marking a significant step in the strengthening of bilateral ties between Costa Rica and the United Arab Emirates. Gutierrez, a Co-Founding Partner of BLP, is widely recognised as a leadin...

Rebaza Opens Representative Office in Mexico City

Mexico, Rebaza, Alcazar & De Las Casas

Rebaza, Alcazar & de las Casas | The Peruvian firm Rebaza, Alcázar & De Las Casas (RAD) has officially announced the opening of its new Representative Office in Mexico City. This move is part of a strategic expansion plan aimed at strengthening its positioning as the first full-service firm of Peruv...

Nader, Hayaux y Goebel advises Total Play on MXN$1 billion short-term notes issuance Nader, Hayaux y Goebel advises Total Play on MXN$1 billion short-term notes issuance Nader, Hayaux y Goebe

Mexico, Nader, Hayaux y Goebel

Nader, Hayaux y Goebel | In a noteworthy transaction in the Mexican capital markets, Nader, Hayaux y Goebel (NHG) advised Total Play Telecomunicaciones on the issuance and public offering of short-term debt certificates (certificados bursátiles de corto plazo), identified with ticker symbol "TPLAY 0...

Upwyse Strengthens its Regional Leadership with the Strategic Addition of Eugenia Sermeño as Partner

In the context of its seventh anniversary, Upwyse, the leading consultancy in marketing and business development exclusively for the legal sector in Latin America, enthusiastically announces a key milestone in its journey: the incorporation of Eugenia Sermeño as a new partner of the firm. Founded...

SNDA in Mexico: Protecting Investment and Hotel Operations Against Potential Financial Defaults

Mexico, RITCH MUELLER

In recent years, Mexico’s hospitality sector has experienced significant growth, attracting both domestic and international investors seeking to capitalize on opportunities in key tourist and commercial destinations. This expansion has brought with it a series of legal and financial challenges fo...

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