Approved: Transfer of powers from the national forestry institute (INAFOR) to the ministry of environment and natural resources (MARENA)
Nicaragua
Arias - To ensure compliance with the forestry regime in the national territory, the National Assembly approved Law No. 1,222 "Law on the Transfer of Functions from the National Forestry Institute (INAFOR) to the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources", which was published on Thursday, Octobe...
Cuatrecasas hires Alejandra Palacios as new competition external advisor
Mexico
Cuatrecasas - Alejandra Palacios has joined Cuatrecasas as an external advisor to the Firm, based in the Mexico City office.
With a notable career that includes serving as the first woman to chair Mexico’s Antitrust Agency (COFECE) from 2013 to 2021, Palacios brings experience to strengthen Cuatr...
Cartel enforcement is evolving across the Americas. Here are three aspects to consider
Latin America-wide
DLA Piper - Competition enforcers throughout the Americas focus their efforts to investigate and prosecute antitrust cartels: agreements between competitors to fix prices, rig bids, or allocate markets.
These offenses, which the US Supreme Court has labeled the "supreme evil of antitrust," are un...
Smartsheet to be Acquired by Blackstone and Vista Equity Partners for US $8.4 Billion
Smartsheet has entered into an agreement to be acquired by funds managed by Blackstone and Vista Equity Partners (the "Purchasers") in a transaction valued at approximately US $8.4 billion.
Kirkland & Ellis LLP and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP are acting as legal counsel to the Purchasers.
T...
Historic Signing of Male Champions for Change Pledge at the IBA’s 10th World Women Lawyers’ Conference
International Bar Association
In a significant step towards fostering gender equity in the legal profession, five esteemed leaders from the global legal community gathered in Toronto to formally sign the Male Champions for Change Pledge during the 10th World Women Lawyers’ Conference in Toronto.
This milestone event underscor...
Lawyers’ professional secrecy and money laundering
Diego Cabezuela Sancho, President of the Inlaw Alliance of Law Firms
Lawyers’ professional secrecy is not living its best years. The fight against money laundering is also putting it on the ropes, imposing on us the obligation to control our clients, monitor their business and even report their suspicious actions.
Generally speaking, no one doubts that lawyer-...
Inspiring Women in Law - An Interview with Melissa Diaz, Compliance manager for Central America and The Caribbean at Inchcape
Costa Rica, Melissa Diaz, Inchcape Central America & The Caribbean
"It is increasingly common to see women in roles previously dominated by men"
Latin Counsel has spoken with Melissa Diaz, Compliance Manager of Inchcape Central America and the Caribbean , about the challenges and opportunities ...
Academic presentation of the book "M&A Transactions - Current Legal Issues"
Rodolfo Papa, Latin Counsel
On Tuesday, October 15, the academic presentation -in classroom format- of the book "Operaciones de M&A. Cuestiones Jurídicas de Actualidad" was held.
Cuestiones Jurídicas de Actualidad" (First edition. Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires. Llanes Ediciones. 2024), whose author is the corporate lawyer...
Argentina regulates framework for Private Placements
Argentina
DLA Piper - On September 18, 2024, the Argentine Securities and Exchange Commission (CNV) issued Resolution No. 1016 (the Resolution), which regulates the country’s framework for the private placement of securities and cross-border transactions.
The Resolution aligns Argentina’s legal framework w...
Q3 Quarterly Investment Outlook - October 2024
Graham Wainer, Stonehage Fleming
- Summary -
Despite a generally favourable environment, the outlook for the global economy is uncertain. Over the last quarter, the consensus mood has fluctuated between confidence in an economic ‘Goldilocks’ and fears of imminent recession. Sentiment is likely to continue to waver.
In this qu...
Navigating Risk and Legacy in a Shifting World
Stonehage Fleming
Matthew Fleming, Head of Family Governance & Succession at Stonehage Fleming, led an insightful discussion at a dinner in Buenos Aires, following the STEP LATAM Conference, showcasing our commitment to the Latin American families. The event centred around findings from the firm’s latest Four Pillars...
Impact of restrictions on temporary stays (Airbnb type) in Mexico City
Mexico, Greenberg Traurig - Miguel Flores Bernés, Joselino Morales, José Antonio Diez de Bonilla, Gerardo Carrillo
Greenberg Traurig - In April and October 2024, Mexico City implemented significant reforms to its Tourism Law, Housing Law for Mexico City and Law for the Integral Reconstruction of CDMX, as well as to the Regulations of the Tourism Law of the Law of Mercantile Establishments ("normativity"), direct...
