Legal certainty in Ibero-America: "If you promote trust in institutions, investments will come", says Eduardo Rodríguez-Rovira of FIE
Latin Counsel has spoken with Eduardo Rodríguez-Rovira Rodríguez, vice-president of the Board of Trustees of the Fundación Iberoamericana Empresarial (Ibero-American Business Foundation, FIE) about the region’s challenges in term
The VIII Meeting of Multilatin Companies held at the Menéndez Pelayo International University from July 12 to 14 made one idea clear: there is an imag...
Peru Insight: MEF announces the launch of the first Securitisation Trust to Finance Urban Mobility Infrastructure Projects
Peru
Last week, Peru’s Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) announced the launch of a securitisation trust to finance urban mobility infrastructure projects in Lima and Callao (the "Infrastructure Trust").
This would be the first trust of its kind and would reportedly be used to finance the design an...
Inspiring Women in Law Q&A: Michelle Barclay, CMS (Perú)
"Inclusion should not remain only on paper"
LATIN COUNSEL has spoken with Michelle Barclay, Partner at CMS Grau (Peru) and Head of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at CMS Latin America, about the i...
Inspiring Women in Law Q&A: Ana María Yuri - Bofill Mir Abogados
Chile
LATIN COUNSEL has spoken with Ana María Yuri, Real Estate and Corporate Partner at leading Chilean firm Bofill Mir Abogados.
She is one of the first women in Chile´s history to have been appointed managing partner of a law firm, and one of only three Chilean lawyers recognized in the elite IFLR Wom...
Insight: The Betrayal of Artificial Intelligence
Juan Javier Negri
Are Artificial Intelligence and Law compatible?
Mr. Roberto Mata was traveling on an Avianca plane from El Salvador to New York. Comfortably seated –or at least with the degree of comfort afforded b...
WLW Launches "Conoce(De)", a Program to Promote Law Careers in Schools across Spain
Spain
Women in a Legal World ("WLW") has launched the Conoce(De) Program, the first National program to promote law subjects in schools and high schools throughout Spain.
The Project is being designed by the Training Commission of WLW | Women in a Legal World, and will be launched at the beginning of t...
Insight: A New Post-Pandemic Leadership
David Gutierrez
Law firms need to prepare for the new form of leadership that emerged post-pandemic.
The pandemic caused a disruptive change in business. A couple of years of working from home gave many employees respite and time to consider their career paths, priorities and life goals.
Many decided they wa...
Insight: V International Congress on Anti-Corruption - ICC Costa Rica
Costa Rica
The Anti-Corruption Commission of the International Chamber of Commerce of Costa Rica gathered last Thursday, June 22, in an event that promoted spaces for the dissemination of information and news on anti-corruption, with the participation of global experts and professionals.
Recognizing that Co...
Interview with Sandra Casaponsa, Head of Client Relations at IUS+AEQUITAS Trial Lawyers
Spain
LATIN COUNSEL talks with Sandra Casaponsa Martínez-Geijo, Head of the Client Department of IUS+AEQUITAS Trial Lawyers about her important work in the firm, the firm’s projections, and about the new B Corp Rating recently granted to the firm.
LC: Can you tell us about the firm, the direction it i...
Insight by Rodolfo Papa: VI Edition of the Marval Annual Summit on Compliance, Anti-Corruption and Investigations
Argentina
Last Thursday, June 8, the VI edition of the "Marval Annual Summit on Compliance, Anti-Corruption and Investigations" took place at Marval´s offices in Buenos Aires and virtually.
The landmark conference has been running continuously since 2018 by Marval O’Farrell Mairal, and due to its reputation,...
Interview with Diego Vicenzi: The Isla del Coco Expansion, the "30x30" initiative and CMAR in Costa Rica
Costa Rica
LATIN COUNSEL chats with lawyer Diego Vincenzi, from the Costa Rica Ministry of Environment and Energy, about important environmental topics, such as the expansion of the "Isla del Coco", the 30x30 initiative, and CMAR, a foundation which helps the Oceans supported by re:wild and the Jeff Bezos Foun...
Inspiring Women in Law Q&A: Mariana Herrero, Partner at Galicia Abogados and Founder of Abogadas MX
Mexico
LATIN COUNSEL has spoken with the inspiring lawyer Mariana Herrero, Partner of the Environmental and ESG practices at the prestigious Mexican law firm Galicia Abogados, Member of the Executive Committee and the DE&I Committee of the firm, and one of the founders of Abogadas MX, a non-profit associat...
