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Andrea Gualde | Andrea Gualde

Women in Law: Latin America

Director of legal and institutional affairs, Farmacity

Foreword: Steven Gartner | Foreword

Women in Law: Latin America

Steven Gartner discusses how Willkie Farr & Gallagher is embracing diversity and inclusion across the firm and how it is critical to its overall success.

Foreword: J. Michael Bernard | Foreword

In-House Technology in Latin America

J. Michael Bernard discusses how WSG strives to be an agent of change that helps facilitate progress.

Marcos Jarne, General Counsel, Nubank | Fintech Meets Legal Tech

In-House Technology in Latin America

Jarne shares his thoughts on the value technology can add for in-house legal teams and how the human component is still key.

Breaking barriers: Adjusting to change | Led by Example

In-House Technology in Latin America

Having an appetite for technological solutions is one thing, but it’s not the only thing. Speaking to leading in-house counsel for this report, it is apparent that what is needed is leadership – be it within the team, from the wider business, or from trusted external partners.

Juan Pablo Ovalle Arana, Country Counsel, IBM Colombia | (Legal) Technology

In-House Technology in Latin America

Ovalle Arana shares his view on the impact of technology in the legal profession and his thoughts on what Colombia can do to ensure a more technologically robust future.

Growing up: The rising importance of technology | Different Futures

In-House Technology in Latin America

Nearly all in-house counsel surveyed for this report were making use of technology in some way – but on the question of how emerging technology is best deployed, and where these advancements are taking the in-house team, opinions are nuanced.

Patricia Ulian, General Counsel, Archer Daniels Midland, Brazil | Only Connect

In-House Technology in Latin America

Ulian explains the importance of connectivity in tomorrow’s business world, and discusses the practical implications for a profession in which everyone is increasingly linked to one another via advancing technology.

A red light for red tape? | The Benefits of Bureaucracy

In-House Technology in Latin America

Red tape – it’s everyone’s favourite bugbear and a common source of frustration for companies. But Brazilian entrepreneurs are exploiting red tape – and discovering an engine for a whole new legal ecosystem.

Alejandra Castro and Catalina Morales, Bayer, Costa Rica | Tech-driven Ccompliance

In-House Technology in Latin America

GC speaks to Alejandra Castro, head of law, patents and compliance for Central America, Caribbean and Andean region, and Catalina Morales, data privacy manager for Central America and Caribbean, to uncover the technology transformation taking place within the legal team of pharmaceutical giant Bayer.

Eye of the storm: General Counsel take the lead in crisis management | In partnership with Ashurst

To explore how companies are approaching more frequent and varied crises, the Ashurst Leadership Centre convened a roundtable in partnership with The Legal 500 in Sydney in November 2023.

ESG: Building an Effective Governance Programme | In association with Irwin Mitchell

GC has again partnered with Irwin Mitchell to gauge the ESG outlook of leading corporate counsel across the globe. For this edition, we surveyed over 115 in-house lawyers worldwide to gather their insights for how to develop and implement successful and forward-looking governance programmes.

ESG Risk Research Survey Report: 2021 | In association with Irwin Mitchell

GC has partnered with Irwin Mitchell to gauge the ESG outlook of leading corporate counsel across Europe and the United States. This research documents the thoughts and opinions of more than 190 in-house lawyers on ESG, their risk outlook, and how a shift in business focus has shaped their legal agenda.

Under Investigation: A GC Guide to White Collar and Sanctions Trends in 2021

GC Magazine, in association with Latham & Watkins, looks at the concerns and risks GCs around the world have identified as emerging threats in this evolving regulatory climate.

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.