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Inspiring Women in Law Q&A: Abogadas MX intern interviews ICC Judge Socorro Flores Liera

"The presence of Mexican women in international bodies contributes to gender perspective in decision-making"

Astrid Cerón Padilla, member of the internship program of Mexican NGO Abogadas MX, has had the opportunity to speak with Socorro Flores-Liera, Judge o...

Jus Mundi welcomes Annie Lespérance as Head of the Americas

Jus Mundi, the provider of legal data and analytics in international law and arbitration, is delighted to announce Annie Lespérance as its new Head of the Americas. Based in the vibrant heart of New York City, Annie is poised to spearhead Jus Mundi’s regional expansion. Annie brings an illustr...

Inspiring Women in Law Q&A: Michelle Germán González

"The laws, bodies and institutions in Latin America facilitate, support and protect foreign investment"

â€‹â€‹â€‹â€‹â€‹Latin Counsel has spoken to Dominican lawyer Michelle Germán González, CEO of BMG Asesores with offices in Madrid and Santo Domingo, Do...

The Challenges of Port Investment in Guatemala: The Need for Legal Certainty

Guatemala, Rodolfo Salazar, BLP

The port infrastructure of a country is undoubtedly one of the pillars that sustains and enhances its economy. In this context, Guatemala, with its strategic geographical position, has extensive potential to consolidate itself as an important international trade center. However, in recent years, ...

Inspiring Women in Law Q&A: Ana López, Lawyer and BD, Marketing & Communications Director at Galicia Abogados

Mexico

"Internal Collaboration is key, and in Galicia it is part of the firm´s DNA at all levels of the organisation"

Ana López Pariente is the Director of Business Development, Marketing & Strategic Communications at elite Mexican Firm Galicia Abogados. Over the l...

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...

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