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ARIAS Costa Rica welcomes Cynthia Wo Ching as new IP Director

Costa Rica

ARIAS´s Costa Rican IP operations are now directed by Cynthia Wo-Ching, expert attorney with over 20 years of experience in the field. Cynthia Wo-Ching is a long-standing ally of ARIAS, having been part of their Costa Rica team since the beginning of her career. Regional IP Partners Morena ...

Limitations and benefits of public trusts in state administration in the Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic, Edward Tavárez

DMK Abogados - Comments to Law No. 28-23 on Public Trusts. There are several alternatives to manage works, projects or services of collective interest, one of them being the public trust, whose regulation is already a reality. The logic behind the public trust is that the State, under a lawful pu...

Infrastructure in Central America - Opportunities and Dispute Resolution

On 12 June, Latin Counsel hosted a well-attended breakfast event at Hotel Bless in Madrid focused on Infrastructure in Central America - Opportunities and Dispute Resolution. The event featured BLP Partners David Gutiérrez, Mauricio Salas and Luis Ortiz, as well as Noelia Marcos, Director of the ...

Ibero-American news: Argentine Senate approves Milei’s reform package, teachers strike against education law in Colombia, Brazil to invest in universities

Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Marina Vanni

Argentina’s Senate approves Milei’s state reform law In the early hours of Thursday, June 13, the Senate of Argentina gave its first major legislative victory to libertarian president Javier Milei. In a context of strong protests and clashes outside the Congress in Buenos Aires, the legislators a...

Inspiring Women In Law - An interview with Miriam Grunstein: Linking the energy transition with gender equality and disruptive ideas

Mexico, Marina Vanni

Latin Counsel spoke with Mexican lawyer Miriam Grunstein, Senior Partner at Brilliant Energy Consulting, about her outstanding projects linked to infrastructure and research, the importance of implementing energy policies that take into account people’s real needs, and the value of generating deep a...

Ivón Hernández promoted to partner at Arias Guatemala

Guatemala

Arias Law has announced that Ivón Hernández, Director of Intellectual Property at ARIAS Guatemala, has been promoted to Partner. Ivón Hernández has more than fifteen years of experience in the field of intellectual property and is a highly regarded lawyer in Guatemala and abroad. She joined the A...

Estate Planning in Dominican Republic: A Comprehensive Approach

Dominican Republic, Maricell Silvestre Rodríguez, Senior Associate, Ulises Cabrera

Ulises Cabrera - Estate planning is a topic of great relevance in the legal, social, and economic spheres. The legal treatment applicable to the successions of deceased persons is provided for in various articles of the Civil Code of the Dominican Republic. These articles are interpreted by doctrine...

OECD updates Principles for Artificial Intelligence

Albert Agustinoy

The OECD calls for a trustworthy AI, emphasizing information integrity and transparency, interoperability, sustainability and responsibility.

Cuatrecasas - On May 3, the OECD updated its Recommendation on Artificial Intelligence (the "Recommendation"). The document, initially adopted in 2019...

An interview with Juan Antonio Mazariegos Gómez: "The biggest conflict that arises in the application of Blockchain technology is the tokenization of physical assets"

Guatemala, Marina Vanni

Latin Counsel spoke with Juan Antonio Mazariegos Gómez, founding partner of Alegalis law firm in Guatemala and of the alliance of Central American firms Legic, about the strategies to advise companies from different countries and continents, the transformation of the legal sector product of technolo...

Pérez-Llorca analyzes the main novelties in termination of employment in its conference ’Pérez-Llorca Laboral al Día’

Spain

The Firm held the third session of ’Pérez-Llorca Laboral al Día’ of 2024

The Labor, Compensation and Benefits area of Pérez-Llorca held a new session of ’Pérez-Llorca Laboral al Día’ which counted with the participation of ...

Costa Rica passes law for the protection of whistleblowers and witnesses of acts of corruption against labor retaliation

Costa Rica

BLP Legal - On February 8, 2024, Costa Rica passed a law to protect persons who report acts of corruption and the witnesses of those who report, which applies to both the public and private sectors. From the labor perspective, this law introduces a special protection jurisdiction and a series of ...

Grupo Evans welcomes Rafael Fernández Mebus as partner

Grupo Evans has announced the appointment of Rafael Fernández Mebus as partner. Rafael was an associate since 2014 and director of the concessions area of the firm since 2021. He has a vast experience in regulatory matters, advising on the development of electricity projects of all kinds, as w...

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