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David Gutiérrez - Founding Partner, BLP - Member of the IBA´s Latin American Regional Forum Advisory Board

In the legal environment, where precision, decisiveness and control are highly valued virtues, the notion of vulnerability has historically been seen as a weakness. However, Jacob Morgan’s recent book, Leading with Vulnerability: Unlock Your Greatest Superpower to Transform Yourself, Your Team, a...

Inspiring Women in Law: An Interview with Maricell Silvestre Rodríguez

Dominican Republic, Ulises Cabrera

‘In my work, dealing with emotions is fundamental’

Latin Counsel has had the pleasure of talking to lawyer Maricell Silvestre Rodríguez about her personal and professional motivations, as well as her w...

Inspiring Women in Law - An Interview with Ana Saenz-Gammans

Costa Rica, Ana Sáenz, Senior manager, EY Law

"Work-life balance is essential for long-term success"

Latin Counsel has had the privilege of speaking with Ana Sáenz-Gammans, Senior Manager at EY Law Costa Rica, about her career path, the challenges and...

Inspiring Women in Law: Macarena Gatica examines Chile’s new Data Protection law and offers keys to its implementation in companies

Chile

Alessandri - After more than seven years of legislative processing, the draft law on personal data in Chile has been passed into law. It is now up to the Constitutional Court to examine its constitutionality. Latin Counsel spoke to Macarena Gatica, partner at Alessandri Abogados and leader of ...

Inspiring Women in Law - Interview with Mónica Machuca

El Salvador

‘We aspire to promote an organisational culture that considers our people as integral human beings and not only as professionals’

Latin Counsel has conversed with Mónica Machuca, Senior Manager at EY Law El Salvador, about her experience and trajectory as a leading lawyer in inte...

Inspiring Women in Law - Interview with Claudia Barrero

Colombia

’Women need to be in leadership positions to close the gender gap’

Latin Counsel has spoken with lawyer Claudia Barrero, member of the DEI Committee of the PPU Colombia and an M&A, and Capital Markets partner at the e...

Inspiring Women in Law - Interview with Cecilia Mairal

Argentina, Marina Vanni - Latin Counsel

’It is essential to develop clear and specific policies that promote diversity and inclusion’

Latin Counsel has talked to Marval, O’Farrell & Mairal partner Cecilia Mairal about the evolution of diversity at the elite Argentinean firm since the...

Inspiring Women In Law - An interview with Barbara Dollstadt: intellectual property, a challenging field in Latin America that is being transformed by technology

Paraguay, Marina Vanni

Latin Counsel spoke with Barbara Dollstadt, administrative litigation and intellectual property (IP) specialist at Berkemeyer’s Paraguay office, about the IP challenges in Latin America, the keys to addressing these issues with clients, and the changes that advances such as artificial intelligence (...

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...

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...

Inspiring Women In Law - An interview with Monica Malcotti: how to carry out the rebranding of a law firm and consolidate its business

Costa Rica, Marina Vanni

Latin Counsel spoke with Monica Malcotti, Director of Business Development at BLP in Costa Rica, about the challenge of completely renewing the firm’s brand identity. In addition, the marketing specialist and member of the Legal Marketing Association explained the key aspects to effective communicat...

Inspiring Women In Law - An interview with Nadia Chaves Zúñiga: from immigration to compliance, how to cover different branches of law and the lessons learned

Costa Rica, Marina Vanni

Latin Counsel spoke with Nadia Chaves Zúñiga, Senior Manager at EY Law in Costa Rica, about how technology is affecting compliance processes and the legal challenges that persist for migrants in her country. Chaves Zúñiga, a versatile lawyer who posseses marketing skills and is in charge of several ...

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