As we move towards a post-pandemic era and economic activities resume, wellness must remain a priority for law firms and businesses, Diego Martín Menjívar (pictured), a partner at Consortium Legal in El Salvador, writes in this opinion piece
Law firms are like a company’s ‘family doctor’, with knowledge of its track record, strengths and weaknesses, which enables them to provide emergency attention, according to César Alejandro Villegas Ávila, Acciona’s
Ecuadorian law firm Heka Law incorporated Cristina Viteri as a partner and the new head of its litigation and arbitration practice in June, and who tells us about the use of arbitration in the country
Brazil’s data protection law came into effect in August 2020, designed to provide a comprehensive legal framework and which will bring new challenges to companies and law firms as they help their clients navigate the
As the COVID-19 pandemic pummels Latin America, the current human tragedy will slowly give way to an economic collapse that will plunge the region’s countries into crisis. Lawyers in Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Mexico and
A Q&A with Baker McKenzie’s Latin America Chair Jaime Trujillo Caicedo, on the firm’s COVID-19 Resource Centre and how the firm has adapted to clients’ changing needs during these challenging
US law firm Polsinelli launched a Latin America practice in March, and its chair, Emil R. Infante spoke to us about the opportunities south of the border, as well as the landscape post-COVID-19.
Diego Abeo Sabogal, director of penal law and compliance at Estudio Olaechea in Lima, identifies and analyses the principal risks created by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the measures companies should adopt to prevent and/or
When it comes to outsourcing work to external law firms, “there are certain ‘soft skills’ that bring added value to the relationship, and which are much appreciated by in-house lawyers,” according to Intercorp Peru’s
Chilean law firm Lawgic Abogados launched earlier this year, founded by a team of partners with ample experience in environmental laws, natural resources, mining and water.
