What are the most significant cases or transactions that your legal team has recently been involved in?

One of the largest transactions that we advised was the financing case for a company domiciled in Chile. The operation amount was around $500m and was financed by various banks. The difficult part of handling this case was to cooperate with lawyers from multiple jurisdictions who spoke different languages while reviewing large number of documents to provide analysis based on different legislation.

How do you feel the pandemic has changed the world of work for in-house counsel and the function of the general counsel?

The pandemic allowed us to benefit from digital technologies including digital tools and programs, and this made us perform our task more efficiently. What are some of the key developments – legal, geopolitical or otherwise – that have affected your business over the past year? The pandemic forced us to transition into the digital and non-face-to-face interaction work environment.

Looking forward, what technological advancements do you feel will impact the role of in-house legal teams in the future the most?

With blockchain technology and artificial intelligence, we will be able to work more efficiently by providing faster services to our internal as well external clients. Development of modern technologies in legal sector will help us to improve our information management skill, and this will also help us to reduce legal risk for our clients.