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ZBV at 50 | Carolina Zang on legacy, institutional resilience and navigating change in Argentina

Argentina, Zang, Bergel & Viñes

As Zang, Bergel & Viñes marks five decades, its partner Carolina Zang reflects on continuity, adaptation and the challenge of building a lasting legal institution in a volatile market. In a legal market defined by volatility, few firms reach five decades of uninterrupted activity. In Argentina, w...

Campaign for Greener Arbitrations launches innovative Carbon Impact Calculator

Campaign for Greener Arbitrations

The Campaign for Greener Arbitrations ("CGA") has launched its Carbon Impact Calculator ("CGA Calculator"), an innovative tool designed to support arbitration practitioners in quantifying the environmental footprint of arbitral proceedings with greater precision and consistency. The CGA Calculator e...

Marval Hosts Forum on Argentine Labor Reform

Argentina, Marval O´Farell Mairal

Marval | Human resources specialists and executives from major companies operating in Argentina gathered at Marval O’Farrell Mairal’s auditorium to discuss the recently enacted labor reform. Participants highlighted the new legislation as a key instrument for providing legal certainty and aligning r...

Garrigues to Merge Operations with Chilean Firm Barros, Silva, Varela & Vigil

Chile, Garrigues

Garrigues | International law firm Garrigues has reached an agreement to integrate the practice of Barros, Silva, Varela & Vigil (BSVV) in Chile. Following the completion of contractual documentation and approval by the respective partners’ meetings, the combined firm will operate exclusively under ...

Pérez-Llorca and IE University Analyze Generative AI Impact on Tech Assets

Spain, Perez-Llorca

The Pérez-Llorca/IE Chair held a session in Madrid titled "Decapitalization of tech companies due to the use of generative AI" to address the legal and economic challenges this technology poses for the protection and valuation of technological assets. The meeting analyzed how generative AI, whil...

Marcela Mancía joins IGNITE and launches IP practice

El Salvador, IGNITE Legal & Financial Advisors

Marcela Mancía has joined IGNITE Legal & Financial Advisors as partner, where she will lead the launch of the firm’s Intellectual Property practice in El Salvador. The move marks a new stage following nearly a decade leading a regional structure and reflects growing demand for strategic advisory in...

Chile: Guillermo Morales and Eugenio Besa exit Morales & Besa to launch new firm amid market reshuffle

Chile, MBE Abogados

Chile’s legal market is entering a period of recalibration, as structural shifts among established firms and emerging players begin to alter competitive dynamics. Against this backdrop, one of the most consequential recent developments has been the departure of two founding figures from a leading do...

ARIAS asesora en financiamiento por USD 115 millones para TRECSA

Guatemala, Arias

Arias Guatemala acted as local legal advisor to Natixis, New York branch, and BLADEX, in connection with a USD 115 million club deal financing granted to Transportadora de Energía de Centroamérica, S.A. ("TRECSA"), one of the leading energy transmission companies in Guatemala and an affiliate of Gru...

Rodolfo G. Papa highlights key insights from LATIN COUNSEL’s 2026 M&A Report

Latin America-wide, M&A

LATIN COUNSEL recently published —for the fourth consecutive year— the report "LATIN COUNSEL M&A Outlook for the Americas (2026 edition)" (by Rodolfo G. Papa). Rodolfo G. Papa, LATIN COUNSEL’s correspondent in Argentina, editor of the first three editions of this Report, who also acts as a "local...

Carey advises Cencosud on US$500 million international bond issuance and debt refinancing

Chile, Carey

Carey | Cencosud successfully executed an international offering of USD 500 million in 5.750% senior unsecured notes due 2036, conducted under Rule 144A and Regulation S. Concurrent with this issuance, the company performed a cash tender offer to acquire its outstanding international notes maturing ...

Rebaza, Alcázar & De Las Casas names Laura Francia partner to lead new public law practice

Peru, Rebaza, Alcázar & De las Casas

Rebaza, Alcázar & De Las Casas ("RAD") has announced the launch of its new Public Law practice, expanding its value proposition for national and international companies operating in highly regulated sectors and maintaining ongoing interaction with the State. The new practice will be led by Laura ...

FCC Advances New Rules for Offshore Call Centers

Mexico, Greenberg Traurig

Greenberg Traurig | The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to adopt a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) (FCC 26-16) addressing the widespread use of offshore call centers by U.S. communications providers. The proceeding opens a formal 30-day comment period from publication in t...

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