The Madrid International and Ibero-American Arbitration Center (CIIAM) and the Conciliation, Arbitration and Amicable Settlement Center of the Medellín Chamber of Commerce for Antioquia (CCMA) have entered into an alliance aimed at strengthening their international arbitration activities and expandi...
Bomchil and Martínez de Hoz & Rueda advised on a new ARS 320 billion syndicated loan granted to Empresa Distribuidora Sur S.A. (EDESUR), the concessionaire responsible for the distribution and commercialization of electricity in the southern area of the City of Buenos Aires and 12 municipalities in ...
Andrés Echevarría, Partner-Chairman of VIVANCO & VIVANCO (V&V) and head of the firm’s global immigration practice, has been selected as a panelist for the 2027 EB-5 & Global Immigration Expo, to be held from January 20-22, 2027 at The Pendry Hotel in Newport Beach, California.
The event will brin...
Nader Hayaux Goebel (NHG) advised MercadoLibre, Inc. on Mexican legal matters in connection with its USD 1 billion U.S. debt offering of 5.850% senior unsecured notes due 2036.
The offering was conducted under MercadoLibre’s U.S. SEC-registered shelf program.
The notes are guaranteed by Mercad...
ARIAS has announced the grant of the first patent issued in Guatemala under the Accelerated Patent Grant (APG) program.
The patent covers an audio invention developed by Dolby International, a global company specializing in audio, imaging and voice technologies for the entertainment industry.
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Pérez-Llorca continues to advance its internationalisation strategy with the relocation of two partners from Colombia. Juan David Quintero, a partner in the Corporate/M&A practice, will join the New York office from Bogotá, while Alejandro Sanabria, a partner in the Tax practice, will be based in Ma...
Somewhere this month, a compliance officer is preparing a report to the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") that lists your frozen tokens—or perhaps no one is preparing such a report because your tokens were never blocked in the first place. The 2026 Annual Re...
ALEGALIS examines the main implications of Decree 18-2026 for individuals and companies holding real estate assets in Guatemala, following a reform that changes the treatment of the Single Property Tax (IUSI) according to the use of each property.
The analysis, authored by Mildred María Almengor ...
Giselle Reuben, a Partner at BLP in San José, Costa Rica, has built a career combining intellectual property practice with extensive involvement in some of the sector’s principal international professional organisations. She joined BLP in 2006 and became a Partner in 2014. Her practice focuses on In...
Arias has analyzed Panama’s new economic substance regulations under Executive Decree No. 32 of September 2, 2026, which implements the provisions introduced into the Fiscal Code by Law No. 526 of May 28, 2026. The new framework will apply to fiscal periods beginning on or after January 1, 2027.
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The Government of Panama has officially added Ecuador to the immigration category commonly known as the Friendly Nations regime through Executive Decree No. 16 of August 31, 2026, published in Official Gazette No. 30601-B.
The decree amends Executive Decree No. 416 of June 13, 2012, and includes ...
Rocío Olea Salgado, a shareholder in Greenberg Traurig’s Mexico City office, has been appointed Co-Lead of the Corporate & M&A Commission of the Mexico Chapter of Women in a Legal World (WLW) for 2026.
Olea Salgado is a member of Greenberg Traurig’s Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions, Antitrust Li...
