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...
Rodolfo G. Papa highlights key insights from LATIN COUNSEL’s 2026 M&A Report
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...
Menezes Niebuhr opens São Paulo office
Menezes Niebuhr Sociedade de Advogados, originally from Santa Catarina and recognized nationally for its integrated and specialized practice, has launched a new office in São Paulo, marking a strategic step in the consolidation of its national presence from Brazil’s main economic and financial cente...
Mergers in Costa Rica | A Practical Roadmap for Operating Companies
Costa Rica, BLP
BLP Legal | Mergers of operating companies in Costa Rica extend well beyond a formal corporate transaction. They require coordinated execution across legal, regulatory, tax, labour and operational dimensions, with strict adherence to procedural milestones and timing considerations. This guide by BLP...
IBA Litigation Forum Madrid 2026 | Litigators in a Fragmented World
The world has lost its compass: we need to talk about litigators!
International Bar Association | Madrid this week hosts one of the most relevant global gatherings for dispute resolution practitioners: the IBA Annual...
Marval advises on BD’s global spin-off
Argentina, Marval O´Farrell Mairal
Marval O’Farrell Mairal advised Becton, Dickinson and Company ("BD"), one of the largest global medical technology companies, on the Argentine law aspects of the global spin-off of its Biosciences & Diagnostic Solutions business. Immediately following the spin-off, the spun-off entity was combined w...
ICCA 2026: arbitration faces the ESG challenge and the right to regulate
ICCA
At the 27th International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA) Congress, held in Madrid from 13 to 15 April 2026, one of the most substantive and forward-looking discussions focused on the growing impact of ESG considerations on international arbitration, particularly in relation to the right t...
Madrid hosts landmark opening of ICCA Congress at Teatro Real
ICCA 2026
Welcome to the world’s largest event in international arbitration
Madrid has formally opened the 27th edition of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA) Congress with a high-profile ceremony at th...
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...
Uruguay IBA 2026 | Coco Oderigo’s powerful closing keynote: Rugby as a tool for prison reintegration
Uruguay, International Bar Association
Eduardo "Coco" Oderigo delivered a powerful closing keynote at the IBA conference in Punta del Este, outlining how a prison-based rugby initiative has helped reduce recidivism and reshape approaches to rehabilitation, in an intervention that moved a packed audience.
At the International Bar Association conference held in Punta del Este, Uruguay, the closing keynote did not centre on transactions or regulatory fram...
Rebaza advises Revolut on banking license in Peru
Peru, Rebaza, Alcazar & de las Casas
Rebaza, Alcázar & de las Casas | The Superintendency of Banking, Insurance and AFPs (SBS) has granted the Organization Authorization (Autorización de Organización) to Revolut Bank Perú, by resolution dated March 30, 2026, making it the first 100% digital bank authorized in the Peruvian financial mar...
Galicia shortlisted for multiple awards at IFLR’s Women in Business Law Americas 2026
Mexico, Galicia
Galicia Abogados has announced that it has once again been shortlisted in several categories at IFLR´s Women in Business Law Americas Awards 2026, marking its fifth consecutive year of recognition in these awards.
According to the firm, the nominations span a range of Latin American categories, i...
