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The Latin American Corporate Counsel Association brings together leading in-house counsel working in the region to facilitate opportunities to meet and exchange ideas.

Members are nominated by their peers and invited to join following validation by Latin Lawyer's researchers. LACCA members can browse a list of association members by country, with their biographies and photographs.

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Community news

M&A deals will change and antitrust regulations should too

Conference report

Friday, 9th December 2011

While M&A activity in Brazil will continue to be intense in the coming years, deals will increasingly feature small- and mid-sized companies and the average ticket size will be smaller, were some of the conclusions reached during the banking and finance panel that kicked off Latin Lawyer’s second annual M&A Conference in São Paulo on Tuesday.

Two weeks to go to M&A Conference

Monday, 21st November 2011

With a top list of speakers including UBS, AmBev, Advent, Wal-mart, Tarpon and Cosan, Latin Lawyer’s M&A Conference is selling out fast, and there are just two weeks to go to buy your ticket.
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Payet Rey partner moves in-house

Wednesday, 16th November 2011

Corporate partner Daniel Abramovich has left Peruvian firm Payet, Rey, Cauvi Abogados to become general counsel at Edegel, a power generation company belonging to Spain’s Endesa.

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Strategy and management

Tightened budgets risk an increased level of corruption

Corruption challenges in an age of austerity

Monday, 9th January 2012 by Rosie Scammell

As Transparency International publishes its 2011 Corruption Perceptions Index, we talk to the lawyers leading the anti-bribery battle
Neil Taylor, creative director at The Writer

The power of being understood

Wednesday, 23rd November 2011 by Rosie Scammell

Lawyers have a reputation for using impenetrable language, but particularly in the in-house world being understood by a wide range of people is essential. Rosie Scammell reports on one consultant’s solution
Gonzalo Smith

No longer a seller’s profession

Wednesday, 5th October 2011 by Rosie Scammell

Walmart wants to hire Latin American law firms which are gender-balanced, fair places to work, and with lawyers who at least occasionally have free weekends – and is willing to flex its Fortune one muscles to get that, reports Rosie Scammell

The great divide

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Friday, 10th June 2011 by Marieke Breijer

At times, it can feel like there can be a gulf of understanding between in-house counsel and their external providers. LACCA hosted a conversation between high-level GCs and law firm partners to try and bridge that gap. Reporting by Marieke Breijer

Footing the bill

Wednesday, 3rd November 2010 by Rosie Cresswell 1 Comments

Firms might be reluctant to disclose what they are charging, but regional general counsel of leading multinationals are happy to give their opinion of how rates compare across Latin America. Rosie Cresswell asks regional members of Latin Lawyer's Latin American Corporate Counsel Association for their thoughts

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Market focus

LACCA Bogotá – meeting report

Is it boom time for Colombia? LACCA members share their thoughts in Bogotá

Wednesday, 27th July 2011 by Marieke Breijer

Boom time in Colombia, or is it? The latest LACCA meeting in Bogotá delved into the opportunities for in-house counsel as well as the country: can in-house counsel easily move up the ladder, or act for multiple jurisdictions from Colombia?

A client’s market

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Tuesday, 12th July 2011 by Marieke Breijer

There are just too many options for legal services in Peru these days - meaning law firms cannot afford to be complacent, according to in-house counsel at a recent meeting of the Latin American Corporate Counsel Association held in Lima. Marieke Breijer reports

The new Paulistanos

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Friday, 10th June 2011 by Clare Bolton

While moving a company's regional HQ to São Paulo may make sense from a business perspective, running a legal team from the city remains challenging, finds Clare Bolton

In the driving seat

The message at LACCA's regional meeting in Miami was that in-house counsel are gaining power

LACCA Miami regional meeting

Friday, 26th November 2010 by Clare Bolton

Over the last 10 years, the role of the in-house counsel has changed dramatically - leading some to say that the balance of power has now changed hands completely, with in-house counsel calling all the shots, and driving fundamental changes in fees structures, law firm business models, and client relationships. At a recent Latin American Corporate Counsel Association meeting in Miami, Clare Bolton led a conversation on how the recession, globalisation and focus on technology and efficiency are pushing core changes in the type of advice clients want from firms

Balancing Act

Monday, 20th September 2010 by Rosie Cresswell

Managing a company's legal issues in up to 18 countries with vastly different political and economical climates is something akin to spinning plates. At our second Latin American Corporate Counsel Association Texas meeting this May, in-house counsel based in Houston with responsibility for Latin America convened at the Houstonian Hotel, where they shared training tips for internal and external teams to make that challenge easier

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Practice area focus

Level 3 will acquire operations in nine Latin American countries

Level 3 moves into Latin America

Tuesday, 22nd November 2011 by Rosie Scammell

When telecoms company Level 3 acquired Global Crossing last month, it brought together legal teams totalling 115 people. Valeria Plastino heads up the new corporation’s Latin America arm, and talks to Rosie Scammell about the US$1.9 billion deal

From cost centre to non-profit centre

Corporate counsel in Latin America are increasingly aware of the contribution they can make to improve access to justice in the region

Thursday, 22nd September 2011 by Marieke Breijer

Pro bono is a relatively new concept in Latin America, even for law firms, so it is no wonder corporates also struggle to find their place in the region's pro bono chain. Marieke Breijer assesses the barriers companies face
Carolina Cabrera

Pro bono 2011: Not for nothing

Friday, 9th September 2011 by Marieke Breijer

Institutionalisation of pro bono in Latin America, though still in infancy, is slowly making headway. But next to firms' efforts, corporate legal departments are still lagging behind. Here Marieke Breijer talks to Carolina Cabrera, pro bono coordinator for HP, about the necessity of their involvement

Standard bearers

Wednesday, 18th November 2009 by David Thorley

With regulatory oversight sharpening across the region, David Thorley talks to in-house and private practice lawyers across the region about the challenges of developing and maintaining good governance

Projecting growth

Friday, 5th June 2009 by Rosie Cresswell

The economic crisis may have temporarily clogged the project finance deal pipeline, but there is real hope for a region-wide pickup sooner rather than later, finds Rosie Cresswell

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Interviews

Insurance for sale

Ana-Mita Betancourt and Ivan Illescas

Monday, 5th December 2011 by Rosie Cresswell

The in-house team of the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency, the political risk insurance arm of the World Bank Group, tells Rosie Cresswell what the agency has to offer Latin America after a historic overhaul of its mandate
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Drilling deep

Monday, 15th August 2011 by Kyriaki Karadelis

The head of Mexico's oil and gas regulator, Juan Carlos Zepeda Molina, talks common safety standards in the Gulf of Mexico and how Mexico is opening up its oil industry after 70 years with Pemex as sole player. Interview by Kyriaki Karadelis

The unlikely associate

Sergio Chodos

Thursday, 9th June 2011 by Emiliano Mellino

Sergio Chodos is not your ordinary Argentine business lawyer. After a brilliant career as a young associate in the US and Argentina he decided to work for the administrations of both Néstor and Cristina Kirchner – governments which most of Argentina's corporate lawyers are opposed to. Emiliano Mellino looks at how this once rising star of the legal community became a member of the government lawyers love to hate
Fernando Fresco

Finding common ground

Friday, 26th November 2010 by Marieke Breijer

Fernando Fresco traded in Buenos Aires for Kuwait in 2008 to start work for Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration. Marieke Breijer talks to the Argentine about his work as senior legal counsel for the oil & gas company.
Josie Jardim

The compliance ambassador

Thursday, 25th November 2010 by Clare Bolton

GE's regional counsel for Latin America, Josie Jardim, talks to Clare Bolton about her team's work in compliance and diversity - as well as the day job

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Opinion

Legalising pro bono in Brazil has been a battle

“The last ten years were a fight – the next ten, growth”

Friday, 2nd December 2011 by Clare Bolton

BRAZIL BLOG: Brazil’s pro bono clearinghouse is celebrating its tenth birthday. Clare Bolton looks at just how far the practice of pro bono has changed over the last decade, and the next steps for law firms and legal departments
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A massive cost

Friday, 25th November 2011 by Clare Bolton

BRAZIL BLOG: Mass litigation maybe out of fashion for Brazil’s top firms, but clients are still facing hundreds of thousands of claims against them and billions in liabilities. Clare Bolton asks what can be done about this aspect of the ‘Custo Brasil’
To offer low prices, Walmart has to demand low prices

Low cost living

Friday, 4th November 2011 by Clare Bolton

BRAZIL BLOG: Walmart prides itself on spending very little, and so on providing low cost to consumers. How does its Brazilian general counsel reconcile that with rising legal costs in the country, asks Clare Bolton
Even in tiny villages, internet access through 'LAN houses' is common in Brazil

“If we die, we die screaming”

Sunday, 11th September 2011 by Clare Bolton

BRAZIL BLOG: UOL's Carol Elizabeth Conway describes a professional life spent fighting in the weak regulatory landscape of the media sector in Brazil
Clovis Torres

“It is like I never left”

Thursday, 4th August 2011 by Clare Bolton

BRAZIL BLOG: Vale's new general counsel Clovis Torres talks to Clare Bolton about how continuity is the balm to soothe the company's changeable 2011

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