Until April 8, 2024, there was uncertainty as to whether municipal public concessions had to be approved by the Congress of the Republic or whether a Municipal Council had such authority.
Through case file 219-2024, the Constitutional Court resolved the jurisdictional issue submitted by the Munic...
EY Law | Several countries across Central America, Panama and the Dominican Republic adopted new regulatory and customs measures during the first half of 2026 focused on digitalization, trade facilitation, traceability controls and labor and tax compliance.
In Costa Rica, the General Directorate ...
Pérez-Llorca, Iberdrola, ASEAF and Universidad Pontificia Comillas have presented the guide "Conocer para proteger", a tool aimed at promoting foster care in Spain by identifying the rights and obligations of foster families, with the objective of strengthening legal certainty within the child prote...
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig has strengthened its Real Estate and Hospitality practices with the addition of cross-border attorneys Carlos A. Sugich and Carlos Freaner, both joining from Snell & Wilmer.
Sugich joins as co-chair of the Americas Hospitality Group in Phoenix and Mexico, while F...
ARIAS advised FinDev Canada in connection with a senior unsecured bilateral credit facility of up to USD 30 million granted to CIFI to finance sustainable infrastructure projects across Latin America and the Caribbean.
According to the parties, the transaction is intended to strengthen the relati...
Carey | Francisco Carey, partner at Carey and co-head of the firm’s Intellectual Property and Information Technology group, was recognized as "Practitioner of the Year" at the Managing IP Americas Awards 2026, one of the most prestigious global awards in the sphere of intellectual property.
Organ...
DLA Piper | Mexico’s National Energy Commission (CNE) published the "General Administrative Guidelines for the Integration of Electric Energy Storage Systems into the National Electric System" in the Federal Official Gazette on April 16, 2026. Together with the Electricity Sector Law (LSE) and its R...
Alessandri | Inma Martínez, a global pioneer in artificial intelligence, discussed the regulatory challenges facing Chile in relation to the development and deployment of AI during a conversation hosted by Alessandri.
The discussion examined the main regulatory, economic, and institutional challe...
A&O Shearman advised the initial purchasers in connection with the issuance by DB Terra Chile HoldCo SpA (Mundo) of USD 435 million in 7.950% senior sustainable notes due 2031.
Mundo intends to use the net proceeds to repay or repurchase certain existing debt, with the remainder allocated to gene...
Ceyhun Necati Pehlivan, known to clients and colleagues as "Cey", has launched Cornerstone Counsel, a new boutique law firm based in Madrid focused on high-value advisory in technology, digital and commercial law, including data protection, cybersecurity and artificial intelligence.
A technology ...
Sports and e-commerce are two major sectors contributing to Latin America’s economic growth. The session Expanding into Latin America: Navigating Risk, Unlocking Value and Protecting Intangibles, moderated by Erika Diniz Silla, Executive Director at Associacao Brasileira da Propriedade Intelectual, ...
Cavelier Abogados, a Colombian law firm with over 70 years of experience in intellectual property (IP) and business law , has announced its integration with Consuelo Benjumea & Asociados, a firm based in Medellín specializing in IP, sanitary registry, competition, and consumer protection.
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