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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."

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...

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, including "Mexico Firm of the Year," as well as distinctions in career development, gender diversity support, and Women in Business Law practice in the region. The firm is also nominated for "Mexico Firm of the Year," underscoring its leadership and continued commitment to professional excellence and diversity within the legal profession. At the ...

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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. ...

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...

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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...

Greenberg Traurig Adds Ashley Keenan to Energy Group in Boston

Greenberg Traurig

Greenberg Traurig | Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP has added Ashley Keenan to its Boston office as of counsel in the firm’s Energy & Natural Resources Practice. Keenan focuses her practice on renewable energy, conventional energy, and infrastructure development. She represents developers,...

URUGUAY IBA 2026 | Claudia Barrero and Corina Bove lead Women Lawyers Breakfast Session

International Bar Association

At the International Bar Association (IBA) conference "Mergers and acquisitions in Latin America — building bridges through business: rethinking M&A in the Americas", held from 23 to 25 March 2026, the Women Lawyers Breakfast Session, organised jointly by the IBA Women Lawyers Committee and the IBA ...

White & Case strengthens its Latin America M&A practice with the arrival of Gabriel Salinas from Mayer Brown in Houston

White & Case

Global law firm White & Case LLP has expanded its Global Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Practice and Global Energy Industry Group with the addition of Gabriel Salinas as a partner in Houston. "Investing in our leading energy and infrastructure capabilities is a strategic priority for White & Case. ...

Marval Advises Danone and Arcor on the Creation of a Dairy Leader in Argentina

Argentina, Marval O’Farrell Mairal

Marval has advised Danone, a global leader in food and beverages, in the creation of a strategic Joint Venture with Arcor S.A.I.C., one of Argentina’s leading food companies, with the aim of creating a leading dairy company in Argentina. The transaction contemplates the joint acquisition of the r...

The Dominican Republic’s strategic moment in a transforming hemisphere

Dominican Republic, Guzmán Ariza

Guzmán Ariza | In a recent article published in Newsweek magazine, author Wenceslao Guerrero Matos highlights how the Dominican Republic is evolving from a stable, tourism-based economy into a strategic economic and geopolitical partner in the Western Hemisphere. The article underscores decades of s...

Amendments to Trademark Procedures in Argentina Announced

Peru, OMC Abogados

OMC Abogados | As of March 1, trademark registration procedures in Argentina have undergone several modifications pursuant to Resolution INPI P-583/25, issued by the National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI). The purpose of this regulation is to shorten deadlines and streamline the process...

Pérez-Llorca grows by 28% in 2025 to reach 211.3 million euros in revenue

Spain, Pérez-Llorca

Legal advice in Spain grew by 17% compared to 2024, reaching €155.8 million.
26% of Pérez-Llorca’s global pro forma revenue (€55.5 million) came from the Firm’s Portuguese, Mexican, and Colombian businesses.
The Firm has increased its sales sixfold in the last decade.

Pérez-Llorca has increased its global pro forma revenue by 28% in 2025, closing the year with €211.3 million (approximately $250 million), a figure th...

Lundin Mining Increases Interest in Caserones and Acquires Stake in Los Helados Project

Chile, Bofill Mir

Bofill Mir | In a significant development within the Latin American mining sector, Lundin Mining announced on March 9, 2026, the acquisition of an additional stake in the Caserones mine, along with a substantial interest in the Los Helados project, both located in Chile. The transaction, valued at U...

New Milestone for the 42-Hour Workweek: Implementation Rules and the End of the Proportional Minimum Wage

Chile, Alessandri

Alessandri | On April 26, the standard workweek in Chile will be reduced from a maximum of 44 to 42 hours per week. The real impact lies in how this reduction is to be implemented and in the administrative definitions accompanying its implementation. The 40-hour reform was originally designed as ...

Carey advises Laboratorios SAVAL on the acquisition of Instituto Sanitas and Chemopharma

Carey

Carey advised Laboratorios SAVAL on the acquisition of Chilean pharmaceutical companies Instituto Sanitas and Chemopharma. The transaction, agreed in September 2024, was approved by the Fiscalía Nacional Económica in early February 2026, following the successful negotiation of the mitigation measure...

Mijares Represents Six Mexican Banks in MXN11.4bn Credit Bureau Divestiture

Mexico, Mijares, Angoitia, Cortés y Fuentes

Mexican law firm Mijares, Angoitia, Cortés y Fuentes represented the six largest Mexican banks in the sale of their equity interests in TransUnion de México, S.A., S.I.C., the country’s largest consumer credit information provider, commonly known as Buró de Crédito, to the U.S. credit reporting agen...

A&O Shearman advises banks on Entre Ríos’ US$300 million bond issuance

A&O Shearman

A&O Shearman advised the initial purchasers in the Province of Entre Ríos’s offering of US$300 million 9.550% Notes due 2033, marking the province’s first return to international capital markets since March 2017, alongside a tender offer for its Step Up Notes due 2028. The Province of Entre Ríos ...

Carey advises Empresas Iansa on the sale of its pet food business

Chile, Carey

Carey | On February 6, 2026, Empresas Iansa, together with its subsidiary LDA, successfully completed the sale of its industrial facility and assets related to its pet food business line, following a private bidding process. The transaction was awarded to Alimentos Cisternas, a domestic business ...

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