Women in Law: Latin America

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Foreword: Steven Gartner

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

 

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Andrea Gualde
Director of Legal and Institutional Affairs
Farmacity

Patricia Barbelli
Legal and Corporate Security Director (Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay)
Diageo

Zelma Acosta-Rubio
General Counsel and Secretary to the Board
Interbank and Grupo Intercorp

Mariana Olivares
Legal Director and Corporate Affairs
Sodexo

Maria-Leticia Ossa Daza
Partner/Head of Latin America Practice
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

Mónica Jiménez González
Secretary general
Ecopetrol S.A.

Fatima Picoto
Assistant General Counsel and Legal Director Brazil
GlaxoSmithKline

Sandra Monroy
Legal Director, Andean Region
Uber and Uber Eats

Brenda Puig and Carmen Roman
Director of Legal Affairs; Legal Manager and Corporate Affairs
Walmart Chile

Michael Bruce
Senior Legal Counsel
Procter & Gamble, Costa Rica

María Gabriela Alvarez de la Fuente
Regional Legal Director (Southern Cone)
Colgate-Palmolive

Denise Guillen Lara
Legal Vice President and Integrity Leader
The Nielsen Company

Andrea Camargo
Director of international legal affairs
Odinsa S.A.

Andrea Convalia
General Counsel and Ethics Correspondent
L'Oréal Chile

Highlights

Features

Foreword: Steven Gartner | Foreword

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

 

A new era of matriarchal lawyers | Women in law

Despite Latin America’s deep ‘cultural institution’, which has led to gender bias at both work and at home, GC finds that, with the help of conglomerate investment and the #MeToo movement, women in the legal profession are increasingly able to break barriers and question their role with the workplace.

Turning of the tide | Women in law

Each year, we see more representation, more women role models, and more organisations turning their words into visible actions. While there is still room for progress, real change is coming.

Breaking Latin America’s glass ceiling | Women in law

In conversation with leading senior and general counsel, GC finds that, although moves to improve issues around gender diversity and equality in Latin America remain slow, in-house lawyers are optimistic for the future.

Interviews

Andrea Gualde
Director of Legal and Institutional Affairs
Farmacity

Patricia Barbelli
Legal and Corporate Security Director (Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay)
Diageo

Zelma Acosta-Rubio
General Counsel and Secretary to the Board
Interbank and Grupo Intercorp

Mariana Olivares
Legal Director and Corporate Affairs
Sodexo

Maria-Leticia Ossa Daza
Partner/Head of Latin America Practice
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

Mónica Jiménez González
Secretary general
Ecopetrol S.A.

Fatima Picoto
Assistant General Counsel and Legal Director Brazil
GlaxoSmithKline

Sandra Monroy
Legal Director, Andean Region
Uber and Uber Eats

Brenda Puig and Carmen Roman
Director of Legal Affairs; Legal Manager and Corporate Affairs
Walmart Chile

Michael Bruce
Senior Legal Counsel
Procter & Gamble, Costa Rica

María Gabriela Alvarez de la Fuente
Regional Legal Director (Southern Cone)
Colgate-Palmolive

Denise Guillen Lara
Legal Vice President and Integrity Leader
The Nielsen Company

Andrea Camargo
Director of international legal affairs
Odinsa S.A.

Andrea Convalia
General Counsel and Ethics Correspondent
L'Oréal Chile

Highlights