2025 Labor Updates: Labor Code and Transitional Severance/Bonus Regime (Aguinaldo)
El Salvador, Arias
Arias - On October 15th, 2025, the Congress approved amendments to the Labor Code regarding the payment of year-end bonuses to workers. According to these amendments, the payment of the economic benefit to employees must be made between October 20th and December 20th of each year, with each employer...
Carey hosts the First Latin American Legal Marketing Forum, gathering the Elite of the sector in the region
Latin America-wide, LMBD Latam
Marketing and Business Development solidify as strategic drivers of law firm growth in Latin America
More than 100 legal sector professionals from Latin America gathered in Santiago, Chile, at the offices of Carey, the country’s largest law firm, to a...
The Legislative Assembly of El Salvador approves Tax Amnesty programme
El Salvador, EY Law
EY Law - The Legislative Assembly of El Salvador approved a tax amnesty programme, which aims to enable taxpayers to voluntarily comply with any outstanding obligations related to taxes administered by the General Directorate of Internal Revenue, the General Directorate of Customs, or before the Cou...
Greenberg Traurig advises Volkswagen Bank on MXN$2.5 billion issuance
Mexico, Greenberg Traurig
Greenberg Traurig - Attorneys from global law firm Greenberg Traurig’s Mexico City office represented Volkswagen Bank in launching a long-term program for issuing bank notes for up to MXN$7 billion pesos. The firm also advised on the first two joint issuances — one variable-rate and one fixed-rate —...
Alessandri Boosts INTA’s Unreal Campaign in Chile: Education for Conscious Consumption
Chile, Alessandri
Unreal Campaign, a global educational initiative of the International Trademark Association (INTA), has strengthened its presence in Chile with the active participation of associates from the Chilean firm Alessandri, Laura Hernández Bethermyt and Eliseo Albornoz.
The campaign seeks to raise aware...
Marval Advises Anders Group on the Sale of Anders Argentina to French Multinational Safic-Alcan
Argentina, Marval
Marval acted as legal counsel in Argentina for Anders Group in the sale of 70% of the share capital of Anders Argentina SRL to Safic-Alcan. This transaction strengthens the French multinational’s expansion into South America and consolidates its regional growth strategy.
With its headquarters in ...
New special law on money laundering and terrorism financing in El Salvador
Costa Rica, BLP Legal
BLP Legal - On October 9, the Legislative Decree No. 426 was duly published in the Official Gazette, containing the Special Law for the Prevention, Control, and Sanction of Money Laundering, Terrorism Financing, and the Financing of the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction ( the "Law"). Its ...
A&O Shearman Advises Peru’s Luz del Sur on its First International Bond Offering for $397 Million
United States, A&O Shearman
A&O Shearman represented Luz del Sur S.A.A. in connection with its first-ever international bond offering of PEN1.38bn (approximately USD397m) 6.750% senior notes due 2032.
Luz del Sur intends to use the net proceeds from the offering to refinance existing financial debt and for general corporate...
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...
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...
