Spotlight on: My role as an in-house counsel 

Lucía Ottati is currently legal and corporate affairs manager at Coca-Cola FEMSA Uruguay, position she has occupied since 2017. She is a lawyer with 20 years of experience, is qualified in Uruguay and prior to her experience in Coca-Cola she was legal manager in an oil and gas Company with assets in Paraguay, Bolivia and Peru among other countries. Before becoming an in-house counsel, she practiced law at Hughes & Hughes law firm for eleven years as external counsel to different companies dedicated to a variety of activities giving her a wide scope of expertise.   

In her current position, Lucia’s main responsibilities involve providing advice to the company on all legal matters as well as having an active involvement in the strategic planning of the Company’s business plan. Further, in the corporate affairs department she oversees relationships with the government and key stakeholders, follow-up of regulatory affairs as well as crisis management and external communications. A very important part of corporate affairs includes the definition of ESG priorities and handling all sustainability related issues.