About

Valeria Chapa is noted for being an ‘outstanding lawyer’ and a ‘true leader with impressive accomplishments’. Following her graduation, Chapa joined international law firm Baker & McKenzie, becoming a partner at the age of 29. She moved to Fortune 100 company Honeywell International in 2010 serving as general counsel for Latin America, adding the role of vice president for the region later. Since joining the multinational conglomerate, Chapa has built a legal department that has grown with the business, reorganised Honeywell’s entities in the Latin America and supported the business in anticipating regulatory changes. Chapa also plays a key role in closing deals and devising company strategy. As one source says ‘it is only natural that she is also engaged in a wide array of disciplines within Honeywell, many of which are not typical for lawyers’. Outside of Honeywell, Chapa is proactive in innovating and contributing to the legal profession and is considered an inspirational female figure in the industry, having received a number of awards in recognition of this. In 2015 she co-founded Abogadas MX, a female lawyers mentoring network, is a member of the Vance Center’s Women in the Profession Steering Committee and a fellow on the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity.