Indacochea & Asociados

At Indacochea & Associates (AI) we perceive our Team as our most valuable asset and they are the basis of our Firm’s success. We are proud to say that since our foundation, we have recognized the value of a richly diverse and equitable culture in recruitment processes across all positions. That’s why we have always been dedicated to fostering a diverse, inclusive and equitable environment for so many partners, team of associates, legal assistants as well as back office positions.

The information below is provided to give you a sense of our focus and mission in this important aspect of our practice:

Recruitment inclusive

IA is committed to recruiting, developing, retaining and promoting talented lawyers and professionals with diverse backgrounds and experiences. Diversity in our Firm encompasses a variety of characteristics and perspectives, including race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, education, disability and socioeconomic status. We strongly believe that our inclusive environment is essential for both the quality of our client service and the personal satisfaction of our
lawyers and staff.

Mentoring Program

From day one, we support our professional growth through a comprehensive array of career development programs, customized to each lawyer’s individual needs and interests in parallel areas to their practice for e.g. technical skill set, develop their soft skills, including cross-collaboration, creativity, lateral thinking, solving complex problems, emotional intelligence and flexibility. All of the above will allow our professionals not only to be an excellent lawyer but a business-oriented professional.

At IA we strive not only to keep up and drive the pace for our Diversity & Inclusion professionals, but also lead by example and continue to raise the bar for our entire profession. One of the key efforts we develop is the appointment of a mentoring partner for each professional.

We understand that in order to get to the top, guidance is necessary, since experience and commitment is the key to success. Our collaborative work team that promotes mentoring, support and teamwork includes activities such as: internal training sessions, mentoring meetings that provide an important and personal link and promote leadership within our work teams.

Women´s Initiatives and Leadership

As a result of our good practice on diversity and inclusion, we have the following data: Women make up more than 57% of our Associates, 67% of the Partners teams, and 68% of the Back Office Staff, we provide opportunities for professional growth and career to law students from both public and private universities, more than 40% of our staff is of mixed origin and we certainly take the lead on gender issues. We note that such high percentages are not common or developed within the legal practice in our country, it is more dare to say that IA is the only Law Firm with such positive percentages that promote the inclusion of women eliminating the wage gap and enhancing the talent of their professionals based on meritocracy and the results obtained.

We recognize our responsibility to give back to the communities we serve, therefore our professionals maintain active participation in the following networks of collaboration and development of society among them we can mention:

• The Vance Center Women in the Profession Program – (WIP), institution that promotes the development of women lawyers in the legal practice and equal protection under the law- in Bolivia
• The Meritas Young Lawyer Program in Bolivia which aims to offer young lawyers a peer-topeer contact at Law Firms and integrates them to help ensure the success of each of their firms
• Women Leadership Network of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce –(CAINCO), a recognized business platform that brings together outstanding businesswomen and executives from different fields and specialties, to promote their managerial and leadership potential
• The Pro Bono Foundation for Bolivia that works with other partner firms to manage the daily operation of pro bono practice in projects and associations
• Fundación Iguales Bolivia, whose main objective is to achieve economic and social transformation based on the protagonism of female talent in companies and organizations, with the support of IE University and the United Nations