What has been the number one challenge that has impacted you over the past year?

The number one challenge has been keeping on top of the legal practice, in an intensive growing company with hard Korean culture, while being located in a Latin American country. Every day is a new project that completely revamps the day before, and as legal you must keep up the pace and manage risk.

In which ways have you attempted to bring the legal department closer to your business colleagues?

A key factor to get closer with business colleagues after Covid is going back to the office and having face to face meetings and casual conversations. Usually, in such ‘water-cooler’ conversations, relevant and important topics are discussed, unlike in virtual meetings.

What are some of the most significant cases and transactions you have been involved in recently?

We recently conducted a distribution case in Costa Rica, which was the most important case for Samsung worldwide, due to its subject.