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Is Ecuador ready for an influx of foreign investment? | Ecuador

GC Latin America Survey 2020

Contributed by María del Mar Heredia (senior associate) and Agustín Acosta Cárdenas (partner), Paz Horowitz Abogados

Alfonso Videche, legal head and compliance, Colgate-Palmolive | In Conversation

GC Latin America Survey 2020

In-house lawyers have been working diligently behind the scenes throughout Latin America to manage the challenges brought by COVID-19. Alfonso Videche, regional legal director for Central America at Colgate-Palmolive, shares his experience.

Overview: Costa Rica | Costa Rica

GC Latin America Survey 2020

Contributed by Fernando Vargas-Winiker, EY Law

Overview: Bolivia | Bolivia

GC Latin America Survey 2020

Contributed by Indacochea & Asociados

Contentious Issues | ADR in Latin America

GC Latin America Survey 2020

With alternative dispute resolution mechanisms growing in popularity across Latin America, GC asks how in-house counsel expect corporate conflicts to evolve.

Energy and infrastructure: the resilient opportunities for investment in post-pandemic Latin America | Energy and Infrastructure

GC Latin America Survey 2020

Contributed by Maria-Leticia Ossa Daza, Jorge Kamine and Matthew Vitorla, Willkie Farr & Gallagher

Overview: El Salvador | El Salvador

GC Latin America Survey 2020

Contributed by Mónica Machuca, EY

José D Zuniga, head of legal, compliance, regulatory affairs and asset protection, Cuestamoras Salud | In Conversation

GC Latin America Survey 2020

Workloads for in-house counsel within pharmaceutical companies have exploded in recent times. José D Zuniga, head of legal, compliance, regulatory affairs and asset protection at Cuestamoras Salud shares how he has been navigating recent regulatory changes in Costa Rica.

Overview: Panama | Panama

GC Latin America Survey 2020

Contributed by Ana Clement, EY Law

ESG’s undeniable influence on investment in Latin America | Environment, Social and Governance

GC Latin America Survey 2020

Contributed by Antonia Stolper, Grissel Mercado, Alexandro M. Padrés and Roberta Berliner Cherman, Shearman & Sterling LLP

In-House Technology in Asia Pacific

GC magazine teamed up WSG to survey over 100 of Asia Pacific’s leading general counsel, asking them about everything from the impact of Covid-19 on the legal team’s efficiency to their use of AI, how they find the right software (and the money to buy it), and their expectations of outside counsel when it comes to technology.

Women in Law: Latin America

In this GC magazine special edition, in partnership with Willkie, Farr & Gallagher LLP, we focus on profiling a group of trailblazing women in-house counsel across Latin America – women who have, in the face of quite significant challenges, broken through barriers and glass ceilings, and are paving the way for others to follow.

Their Voices

GC's latest collaboration with Clifford Chance, Their Voices: Insights from Today’s Rising Lawyers, chronicles the journeys and stories of a selection of the next generation of lawyers, revealing that the stereotypical, well-trodden pathway to law is far from the sole entry point to the profession.

Advice To My Younger Self: Reflections of Successful Women Lawyers

In Advice To My Younger Self: Reflections of Successful Women Lawyers, GC Magazine team worked with Clifford Chance to profile the professional journeys of some of its female partners and associates around the world, highlighting the diversity of pathways to success as a woman in law, and also to share practical learnings and tips

To help us understand just how the Covid-19 pandemic impacted businesses in the region, we spoke to over 100 of Latin America’s leading GCs regarding how their organisations adjusted to life during lockdown, what impact the situation had on the legal team’s ability to perform its day-to-day role, and which areas of their businesses’ operations were likely to be hit hardest.