Conference coverage
YPF legal head confirmed for LL Live 10th Annual Oil & Gas Summit
08 April 2019
German Vito Fernández, the vice president of YPF’s legal department, will speak at Latin Lawyer Live 10th Annual Oil & Gas next month.
Programme announced for LL Live 10th Annual Oil & Gas Summit
29 March 2019
The complete programme for Latin Lawyer Live 10th Annual Oil & Gas has been published.
Programme announced for LL - GAR 3rd Annual Arbitration Summit
27 March 2019
The complete programme for Latin Lawyer - Global Arbitration Review Live 3rd Annual Arbitration Summit has been published in full.
Notes on a scandal
25 January 2019
In early 2018, Óscar Centeno, a driver for an ex-official in Argentina’s ministry of public planning, turned over a box of handwritten notebooks to newspaper La Nación. In doing so, he sparked Argentina’s largest ever investigation into graft.
LL Labour & Employment: People analytics and data protection’s ascent
02 January 2019
A full transcript from a panel at Latin Lawyer’s labour and employment conference in Miami on data-driven human resource management and its legality under existing Latin American data protection regulations is now available to view.
Hurdles remain before reps and warranties takes off in LatAm PE
12 December 2018
Lawyers believe there is business potential for reps and warranties insurance in Latin American private equity investments, but various regulatory hurdles remain before the market can take off, heard delegates at Latin Lawyer Live 9th Annual Private Equity.
Latin Lawyer Labour & Employment: How to investigate and manage a harassment claim
10 December 2018
A full transcript from a panel at Latin Lawyer’s recent labour and employment conference in Miami discussing how to investigate and manage internal harassment cases is now available to view.
Car Wash fines were too lenient, CADE commissioner says
05 December 2018
A commissioner at Brazil’s competition authority has criticised the US$234 million fines that her own agency levied on four members of a construction cartel earlier in November, for being too small and for failing to disincentivise illegal collusion.
New Argentine antitrust authority expected in mid 2019
04 December 2018
A commissioner at Argentina's existing competition watchdog has said that plans to establish a new antitrust authority are behind schedule, but he remains optimistic that it will be in place by mid 2019.
Panellists urge PE buyers to dig deeper in due diligence
30 November 2018
Increasing Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement means buyers asking probing questions about target companies no longer risk competitive disadvantage, since there is now a greater acceptance in favour of more thorough due diligence among both buyers and sellers, heard delegates at Latin Lawyer Live 9th Annual Private Equity.