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Jaime Carey, IBA President, Previews the Key Themes of the Annual Conference in Toronto

International Bar Association

"The IBA promotes mentorship programs, global networks, and young leadership spaces that specifically seek to break down those barriers"

In the context of the upcoming International Bar Association (IBA) Annual Conference in Toronto, Latin Counsel spoke with Jaime Carey, President of th...

Carey hosts the First Latin American Legal Marketing Forum, gathering the Elite of the sector in the region

Latin America-wide

Marketing and Business Development solidify as strategic drivers of law firm growth in Latin America

Nader, Hayaux & Goebel welcomes Mario Lara Rodríguez as Of Counsel

Mexico, Nader, Hagaux & Goebel

Nader, Hayaux & Goebel is pleased to welcome Mario Lara Rodríguez as Of Counsel in the firm’s Foreign Trade / Customs practice. Mario brings a robust track record in customs law, foreign trade, administrative audits, legal defense strategies (including amparo and nullity actions), and the design of ...

Partner-Led New Boutique: Del Olmo Legal Launches in Buenos Aires, offering Elite M&A, Real Estate, and Complex Dispute Resolution

Argentina, Del Olmo Legal

Mariano del Olmo and Marcelo Antonio Pepe have launched Del Olmo Legal, a new partner-led legal boutique in Buenos Aires. The firm is built on the core principles of partner-level attention and uncompromising technical rigor. del Olmo Legal focuses on Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), corporate law, real estate, and complex disputes, combining the discipline and technical depth expected of a large firm with the agility, responsiveness, and proximity of a specialized boutique. The firm’s lawyers advise clients in both Spanish and English on both Argentina-focused and sophisticated cross-border matters, ensuring seamless communication and exe...

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Insights on OFAC Sanctions Compliance in Brazil

Brazil, Diaz Reus International Law Firm

Diaz Reus International Law Firm - In July 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Brazilian Supreme Court (Supremo Tribunal Federal, STF) Justice Alexandre de Moraes under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (GLOMAG). Weeks lat...

DLA Piper welcomes Macarena Gatica to the Data, Privacy and Cybersecurity practice

Chile, DLA Piper

DLA Piper is pleased to welcome Macarena Gatica as a partner in the firm’s Data, Privacy and Cybersecurity practice. Her arrival reflects the firm’s commitment to expanding the capabilities of its Chile office. Gatica brings more than 20 years of experience in data protection, cybersecurity, and ...

Publication of Hydrocarbons Sector Regulations

Mexico, Greenberg Traurig

Greenberg Traurig - On October 3, 2025, the Official Gazette of the Federation (the "DOF" in Spanish, for Diario Oficial de la Federación) published two relevant changes for the hydrocarbons sector in Mexico: Regulation of the Hydrocarbons Sector Law (Reglamento de la Ley del Sector Hidrocarburo...

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The Rule of Law at Risk: UN Warning on Guatemala

Guatemala, Alegalis

Alegalis - In June 2025, the United Nations Special Rapporteur, Margaret Satterthwaite, issued a forceful report stating that the rule of law in Guatemala is in the process of being dismantled. The UN expert denounced a systematic pattern of criminalization and penal persecution directed against jud...

Bofill Mir Abogados strengthens its Dispute Resolution practice with the addition of two new partners

Chile, Bofill Mir

Bofill Mir Abogados announced the incorporation of Liat Tapia and Felipe de Marinis as new partners leading the Dispute Resolution team. With their arrival, Bofill Mir reaches a total of 14 partners — nearly one-third of them women — as part of its steady growth process. Through this strategic de...

Von Wobeser y Sierra positions Itself as a Leading Firm in Latin America

Mexico, Von wobeser

Von Wobeser y Sierra, S.C., is proud to share that it has been recognized in the Latin American Corporate Counsel Association (LACCA) Approved 2026 ranking — a distinction based on the votes of in-house counsel across the region. This recognition reaffirms its position as a leading full-service f...

Pérez-Llorca strengthens its Lisbon office with the appointment of Sébastien Coquard as partner

Spain, Perez-Llorca

Pérez-Llorca has announced the appointment of Sébastien Coquard as partner in the Lisbon office’s Corporate and Infrastructure practice. With an established track record in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate restructuring and capital markets transactions, Coquard will contribute to ...

NHG advises Platinum Equity on $375M acquisition of Owens & Minor’s Products & Healthcare Services

Mexico, Nader, Hayaux & Goebel

Nader, Hayaux & Goebel (NHG) acted as Mexican counsel to Platinum Equity in its USD 375 million acquisition of Owens & Minor’s Products & Healthcare Services business. The transaction involved complex cross-border elements requiring coordination between multiple jurisdictions. NHG advised on the ...

Carla Illanes: new partner in Alessandri’s Technology and Data group

Chile, Alessandri

Alessandri - Almost a year before the new regulation comes into force and the National Personal Data Agency makes its debut in Chile, Alessandri Abogados has brought in lawyer Carla Illanes as a partner in the firm’s Technology and Personal Data group. With a Master’s Degree in Law in Regulated Sect...

New US H-1B policy: Economic, Social, and strategic impacts for Central America

Costa Rica, BLP Legal

A Radical Change in US Immigration Policy

On September 19, 2025, President Donald Trump’s administration issued a proclamation that marks a turning point in the use of the H-1B visa. The rule ...

Guzmán Ariza Appoints Fabio Guzmán Saladín as Co-Managing Partner in Leadership Transition

Dominican Republic, Guzmán Ariza

Guzmán Ariza, Attorneys at Law, proudly announces the appointment of our partner, Fabio J. Guzmán Saladín, as Co-Managing Partner. He will work alongside Fabio J. Guzmán Ariza, the current Managing Partner, in leading the firm through a two-year transition period that will culminate in 2027, the yea...

Corporate Criminal Liability, Compliance, and Anti-Corruption Efforts: Is There a Real Change in Latin America’s Legal Culture?

Spain, InLaw Alliance of Law Firms | Círculo Legal

InLaw Alliance Spain - The rapid global expansion of compliance has made it an essential pillar in the fight against corruption in Europe and Latin America. Compliance was born in the USA as a tool for defending organizations against that fearsome legal institution: the criminal liability of legal...

B2SG Legal: New Firm Focused on Corporate, Real Estate, Tax, and Compliance

Chile, B2SG Legal

With the goal of providing specialized legal advice in corporate law, real estate law, tax law, compliance, and dispute resolution, the creation of the new firm B2SG Legal was formalized in September 2025. The law firm is led by its partners Ignacio Bolelli, Jazmín Gajardo, Benjamín Salas, and Fr...

Costa Rica: Tax Administration Clarifies VAT Rules for Free Zone Companies

Costa Rica, EY Law

EY Law - Through official document MH-DGT-CONS-119-0063-2025 (dated September 18, 2025, as provided in the original text), the Tax Administration clarified to a taxpayer, whose company is subject to the Free Trade Zone (FTZ) regime, whether they are required to: Perform the reverse charge (sel...

Bold acquires VendeMás in Peru

Peru, Rebaza, Alcázar & De Las Casas

Rebaza, Alcázar & De Las Casas - In September of this year, Bold acquired VendeMás, a payment facilitator that -until the closing of the transaction- was part of Niubiz. Bold is a Colombian fintech that began its operations by offering payment solutions for small and medium-sized businesses in th...

BMV and BIVA publish rules for Simplified Issuances

Mexico, Nader, Hayaux, and Goebel

Nader, Hayaux, and Goebel - The Mexican Stock Exchange (BMV) and the Institutional Stock Exchange (BIVA) amended their respective internal regulations to incorporate the provisions applicable to the simplified issuance regime, in accordance with the Securities Market Law and the Single Circular issu...

Trademark cancellation for lack of use, a strategy not always reliable

Peru, OMC Abogados

OMC Abogados - The use of the trademark is the main obligation acquired by the owner, something that is not necessarily fulfilled, especially when the Peruvian Trademark Law, in contrast with the Anglo-Saxon Law, its constitute and obey to the principle of the registration, which means that it is no...

Bofill Mir Leads Smart Fit Chile on $120 Million Syndicated Financing to Fuel Expansion

Chile, Bofill Mir

Bofill Mir Abogados successfully advised its client, Latamfit Chile SpA, the operator of the Smart Fit fitness brand in Chile, as the borrower’s lead counsel in the negotiation and closing of a $120,000,000 syndicated credit facility. The financing, which closed on September 30, 2025, is pivotal ...

Chilean Wine as a National Beverage: A Critical Look at the Need for Legislative Reform

Chile, Alessandri

Alessandri - As part of the commemoration of the tenth anniversary of National Wine Day—officially established in 2015—on September 2, 2025, a new phase began in the institutional appreciation of Chilean wine with the creation of the so-called Wine Caucus in the National Congress. This body, compose...

Bomchil advises ICBC and Banco de Galicia on the granting of a syndicated loan to Metrogas

Argentina, Bomchil

Bomchil advised Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Argentina) S.A.U. ("ICBC") and Banco de Galicia y Buenos Aires S.A. ("Galicia") on the granting of a syndicated loan to Metrogas S.A. ("Metrogas"), the leading gas distributor in Argentina. In this case, ICBC and Galicia granted Metrogas a syn...

Mexico: The New Supreme Court Takes Office

Mexico, Greenberg Traurig

Greenberg Traurig - In compliance with the Judicial Reform approved in September 2024, the new composition of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation ("SJCN") began operating on September 1, 2025, modifying the structure and operation of the SCJN as a result of the reduction from eleven to nine j...

Pérez-Llorca Laboral al Día Analyzes Labor Updates: Timekeeping, Parental Leave, and Case Law

Spain, Pérez-Llorca

Pérez-Llorca’s Barcelona office hosted a new session in its "Pérez-Llorca Labor Update" series, which addressed the main regulatory and jurisprudential developments in recent months in the labor and employment field. The session, moderated by Manel Hernández, partner in the firm’s Labor, Compensatio...

Brand Protection in the Digital Age: New Challenges and Opportunities. A Brief Look at the Challenges of the Metaverse and E-Commerce

Guatemala, Alegalis

Alegalis - The digital world has radically transformed the way brands interact with consumers and competitors. The emergence of the metaverse, NFTs, and the expansion of e-commerce have generated scenarios that require new strategies for protecting industrial property. Trademarks, currently more tha...

Initiative to reform the Federal Law for the Protection of Industrial Property

Mexico, Galicia Abogados

Galicia - On September 15, President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo sent the Senate the Initiative with Draft Decree amending, adding to, and repealing various provisions of the Federal Law for the Protection of Industrial Property (the "LFPPI" or the "Law") (the "Initiative"). The Initiative proposes, amo...

The IBA Law Firm Management Committee Conference attracts the legal elite with a record-breaking turnout

International Bar Association

International Bar Association — The legal industry in Latin America is on a new trajectory of growth and sophistication, a sentiment that resonated throughout the Law Firm Management Committee Latin America Conference held recently in São Paulo. Under the theme of "Building the law firm of the fu...

Interview with Andrey Dorado, expert in M&A and Competition Law in Costa Rica

Costa Rica, Arias Law

"Costa Rica has a very high level of professional talent. There is healthy and relevant competition, which drives continuous improvement in the practice."

At Latin Counsel, we have had the pleasure of talking to Andrey Dorado, a key partner in the corporate and financial law area at Arias Costa Rica. Wit...

Successful Next-Gen IBA Summit in São Paulo: Shaping the Future of Law Firm Management

international Bar Association

The International Bar Association’s Next Generation Legal Summit brought together rising leaders in early September in Sao Paulo to examine how law firm management is evolving and what it means for young lawyers aiming for leadership roles. The session, titled "Building Your Professional Future in a...

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