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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."

Ahead of the Annual Meeting of the International Trademark Association (INTA) in London, which is expected to bring together approximately 10,000 prof...

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...

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...

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 11 of Guatemala City, setting the Internal Horizontal Surface at 1,551 meters above mean sea level (masl) and establishing a Conical Surface with a 5% slope. In response, the real estate sector adopted different strategies. While some developers opted to engage with the authority through dialogue tables—leading to working sessions, privately fund...

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China’s Growing Footprint in Latin America: Insights from the IBA Conference in Punta del Este

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...

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 New President

BLP Legal

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...

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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...

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

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. ...

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 ...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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 ...

Tourism in the Dominican Republic: from hotel expansion to the development of business ecosystems

Dominican Republic, Ulises Cabrera

Ulises Cabrera | Dominican tourism is experiencing one of the most sophisticated periods in its history. The record 11.7 million visitors confirms the country’s regional leadership, but the real change isn’t in the number: it’s in the transformation of the model. Today, tourism is conceived as a c...

New Law for the Harmonization of the Commercial Code and the Strengthening of Special Powers

Costa Rica, EY Law

EY Law | On March 6, 2026, through Supplement No. 24 of Official Gazette No. 45, the new Law 10840, "LAW FOR THE HARMONIZATION OF THE COMMERCIAL CODE AND THE STRENGTHENING OF SPECIAL POWERS OF ATTORNEY," was published. This Law amends Articles 98 and 146 of the Commercial Code, establishing that ...

Bomchil and Marval advise PSA Finance on new notes issuance

Argentina, Bomchil | Marval O´Farrell Mairal

Bomchil advised PSA Finance Argentina Compañía Financiera S.A. ("PSA") and Marval O´Farrell Mairal advised the organizers and placement agents and the placement agents, in the issuance of (i) the Negotiable Obligations Series No. 37 denominated and payable in Pesos at a variable interest rate repres...

Costa Rica: Update on Competition Law

Costa Rica, Arias

ARIAS informs its clients about a relevant institutional situation affecting merger control processes in Costa Rica. The Higher Body of the Commission to Promote Competition is the collegiate body responsible for issuing final resolutions in merger review cases. Its role is essential, as it grant...

Pérez-Llorca reinforces its commitment to culture and joins the group of patrons of the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum

Portugal, Spain, Perez-Llorca

The Firm and the Museum have signed a protocol to support the Institution’s mission in promoting the artistic and cultural agenda of one of Portugal’s most renowned cultural centers, which houses one of the world’s most important collections

Pérez-Llorca has signed a patronage agreement with the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum in Lisbon, thus reinforcing its commitment to promoting culture in P...

U.S. Tax Season: Five Key Considerations to Be Prepared

United States, Vivanco & Vivanco

It happens every year: one moment we are toasting the start of January and, before we know it, the mid-April filing deadline is just around the corner. For Latin American entrepreneurs and investors with interests in the United States, this period is often synonymous with administrative pressure and...

Alessandri Strengthens Real Estate Practice with Joaquín Solar Appointment

Chile, Alessandri

"The industry is going through a structural transformation, not just a temporary slowdown"

Chilean firm Alessandri has strengthened its Real Estate and Construction practice by appointing Joaquín Solar Larraín as partner, at a time when mark...

PEMEX policy barring contracts with companies litigating against it ruled unconstitutional

Mexico, Galicia

Galicia | On February 27, 2026, the Tenth Collegiate Court for Administrative Matters of the First Circuit (Thesis: I.10o.A.60 A (11a.)) published an isolated ruling declaring unconstitutional PEMEX’s policy of not entering into contracts with companies facing pending lawsuits. The case arose fro...

Carey strengthens its Antitrust practice with the addition of María José Henríquez as Senior Counsel

Chile, Carey

Carey, Chile’s largest law firm, announced that it has strengthened its Antitrust and Regulated Markets team, led by partners Lorena Pavic and José Pardo, with the addition of María José Henríquez as Senior Counsel. María José earned her law degree from Universidad de Chile and holds an LL.M. in ...

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