Amendments to Trademark Procedures in Argentina Announced
Peru, OMC Abogados
OMC Abogados | As of March 1, trademark registration procedures in Argentina have undergone several modifications pursuant to Resolution INPI P-583/25, issued by the National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI).
The purpose of this regulation is to shorten deadlines and streamline the process...
Pérez-Llorca grows by 28% in 2025 to reach 211.3 million euros in revenue
Spain, Pérez-Llorca
Legal advice in Spain grew by 17% compared to 2024, reaching €155.8 million.
26% of Pérez-Llorca’s global pro forma revenue (€55.5 million) came from the Firm’s Portuguese, Mexican, and Colombian businesses.
The Firm has increased its sales sixfold in the last decade.
Pérez-Llorca has increased its global pro forma revenue by 28% in 2025, closing the year with €211.3 million (approximately $250 million), a figure th...
Lundin Mining Increases Interest in Caserones and Acquires Stake in Los Helados Project
Chile, Bofill Mir
Bofill Mir | In a significant development within the Latin American mining sector, Lundin Mining announced on March 9, 2026, the acquisition of an additional stake in the Caserones mine, along with a substantial interest in the Los Helados project, both located in Chile. The transaction, valued at U...
New Milestone for the 42-Hour Workweek: Implementation Rules and the End of the Proportional Minimum Wage
Chile, Alessandri
Alessandri | On April 26, the standard workweek in Chile will be reduced from a maximum of 44 to 42 hours per week. The real impact lies in how this reduction is to be implemented and in the administrative definitions accompanying its implementation.
The 40-hour reform was originally designed as ...
Carey advises Laboratorios SAVAL on the acquisition of Instituto Sanitas and Chemopharma
Carey
Carey advised Laboratorios SAVAL on the acquisition of Chilean pharmaceutical companies Instituto Sanitas and Chemopharma. The transaction, agreed in September 2024, was approved by the Fiscalía Nacional Económica in early February 2026, following the successful negotiation of the mitigation measure...
Mijares Represents Six Mexican Banks in MXN11.4bn Credit Bureau Divestiture
Mexico, Mijares, Angoitia, Cortés y Fuentes
Mexican law firm Mijares, Angoitia, Cortés y Fuentes represented the six largest Mexican banks in the sale of their equity interests in TransUnion de México, S.A., S.I.C., the country’s largest consumer credit information provider, commonly known as Buró de Crédito, to the U.S. credit reporting agen...
A&O Shearman advises banks on Entre Ríos’ US$300 million bond issuance
A&O Shearman
A&O Shearman advised the initial purchasers in the Province of Entre Ríos’s offering of US$300 million 9.550% Notes due 2033, marking the province’s first return to international capital markets since March 2017, alongside a tender offer for its Step Up Notes due 2028.
The Province of Entre Ríos ...
Carey advises Empresas Iansa on the sale of its pet food business
Chile, Carey
Carey | On February 6, 2026, Empresas Iansa, together with its subsidiary LDA, successfully completed the sale of its industrial facility and assets related to its pet food business line, following a private bidding process.
The transaction was awarded to Alimentos Cisternas, a domestic business ...
Tourism in the Dominican Republic: from hotel expansion to the development of business ecosystems
Dominican Republic, Ulises Cabrera
Ulises Cabrera | Dominican tourism is experiencing one of the most sophisticated periods in its history.
The record 11.7 million visitors confirms the country’s regional leadership, but the real change isn’t in the number: it’s in the transformation of the model.
Today, tourism is conceived as a c...
New Law for the Harmonization of the Commercial Code and the Strengthening of Special Powers
Costa Rica, EY Law
EY Law | On March 6, 2026, through Supplement No. 24 of Official Gazette No. 45, the new Law 10840, "LAW FOR THE HARMONIZATION OF THE COMMERCIAL CODE AND THE STRENGTHENING OF SPECIAL POWERS OF ATTORNEY," was published.
This Law amends Articles 98 and 146 of the Commercial Code, establishing that ...
Bomchil and Marval advise PSA Finance on new notes issuance
Argentina, Bomchil | Marval O´Farrell Mairal
Bomchil advised PSA Finance Argentina Compañía Financiera S.A. ("PSA") and Marval O´Farrell Mairal advised the organizers and placement agents and the placement agents, in the issuance of (i) the Negotiable Obligations Series No. 37 denominated and payable in Pesos at a variable interest rate repres...
Costa Rica: Update on Competition Law
Costa Rica, Arias
ARIAS informs its clients about a relevant institutional situation affecting merger control processes in Costa Rica.
The Higher Body of the Commission to Promote Competition is the collegiate body responsible for issuing final resolutions in merger review cases. Its role is essential, as it grant...
