Publications for Latin American Regional Forum

The in-house perspective on legal ops and new tech tools reshaping legal services

A conference report on the ‘The in-house perspective on legal ops and new tech tools reshaping legal services’ session from the Biennial IBA Latin American Regional Forum Conference: Technology, social media and artificial intelligence: challenges for the legal industry in the digital age.

Released on Jul 27, 2023

Is fake news the new elector? Is social media the new press? Impact on the legal industry and investments in Latin America

A conference report on the ‘Is fake news the new elector? Is social media the new press? Impact on the legal industry and investments in Latin America’ session from the Biennial IBA Latin American Regional Forum Conference: Technology, social media and artificial intelligence: challenges for the legal industry in the digital age.

Released on Jul 27, 2023

Venture capital investments in Legal Tech and the technology industry

A conference report on the ‘Venture capital investments in Legal Tech and the technology industry’ session from the Biennial IBA Latin American Regional Forum Conference: Technology, social media and artificial intelligence: challenges for the legal industry in the digital age.

Released on Jul 27, 2023

Innovation, technology and the rule of law

A conference report on the ‘Innovation, technology and the rule of law’ session from the Biennial IBA Latin American Regional Forum Conference: Technology, social media and artificial intelligence: challenges for the legal industry in the digital age.

Released on Jul 27, 2023

M&A and tech in Latin America: how will unicorns (existing and up-and-coming) confront a changing investment landscape?

A conference report on the ‘M&A and tech in Latin America: how will unicorns (existing and up-and-coming) confront a changing investment landscape?’ session from the Biennial IBA Latin American Regional Forum Conference: Technology, social media and artificial intelligence: challenges for the legal industry in the digital age.

Released on Jul 27, 2023

Emerging legal issues in the metaverse: new digital horizons for businesses

A conference report on the ‘Emerging legal issues in the metaverse: new digital horizons for businesses’ session from the Biennial IBA Latin American Regional Forum Conference: Technology, social media and artificial intelligence: challenges for the legal industry in the digital age.

Released on Jul 27, 2023

Tech or no tech? There is NO question. Lawyers cannot afford not to resort to new technological tools

A conference report on the ‘Tech or no tech? There is NO question. Lawyers cannot afford not to resort to new technological tools’ session from the Biennial IBA Latin American Regional Forum Conference: Technology, social media and artificial intelligence: challenges for the legal industry in the digital age.

Released on Jul 25, 2023

Green software, AI and trusted data: the impact of technology in ESG

A conference report on the ‘Green software, AI and trusted data: the impact of technology in ESG’ session from the Biennial IBA Latin American Regional Forum Conference: Technology, social media and artificial intelligence: challenges for the legal industry in the digital age.

Released on Jul 25, 2023

From blockchain to crypto: there and back again

A conference report on the ‘From blockchain to crypto: there and back again’ session from the Biennial IBA Latin American Regional Forum Conference: Technology, social media and artificial intelligence: challenges for the legal industry in the digital age.

Released on Jul 25, 2023

Rise of the machines: will lawyers be replaced by Artificial Intelligence? What do the services providers have to offer?

A conference report on the ‘Rise of the machines: will lawyers be replaced by Artificial Intelligence? What do the services providers have to offer?’ session from the Biennial IBA Latin American Regional Forum Conference: Technology, social media and artificial intelligence: challenges for the legal industry in the digital age.

Released on Jul 25, 2023

The challenge of data protection: new trends in terms of regulation, investigation and emblematic cases

A conference report on the ‘The challenge of data protection: new trends in terms of regulation, investigation and emblematic cases’ session from the Biennial IBA Latin American Regional Forum Conference: Technology, social media and artificial intelligence: challenges for the legal industry in the digital age.

Released on Jul 25, 2023

Big Data/big challenge: lawyers managing their information

A conference report on the ‘Big Data/big challenge: lawyers managing their information’ session from the Biennial IBA Latin American Regional Forum Conference: Technology, social media and artificial intelligence: challenges for the legal industry in the digital age.

Released on Jul 25, 2023

Acceleration, artificiality and abundance: how will the convergence of disruptive technologies impact the practice of law?

A conference report on the ‘Acceleration, artificiality and abundance: how will the convergence of disruptive technologies impact the practice of law?’ session from the Biennial IBA Latin American Regional Forum Conference: Technology, social media and artificial intelligence: challenges for the legal industry in the digital age.

Released on Jul 25, 2023

Perspectives for a ‘right to be forgotten’ amid the reintegration of ex-guerrilla members in Colombia

One of the most important challenges after the signature of the peace process in Colombia with the FARC guerilla (the ‘Peace Process’) is how the government, and the society as a whole, can assure ex-guerrilla members that they will be able to reintegrate effectively into a digital driven society where information about their past, and about the crimes they committed, is just one click away.

Released on May 9, 2023

Navigating the complexities of facial recognition for public security in Latin America

The ongoing security crisis in Latin America has prompted governments to try new solutions to fight the problem. Major cities in the region have installed face recognition technology (FRT) cameras in public spaces

Released on May 9, 2023

Antitrust drivers in M&A

Report on the joint session of the Antitrust Section and the Latin American Regional Forum at the IBA Annual Conference in Miami

Released on Feb 17, 2023

M&A in Latin America

Report on the joint session of the Corporate and M&A Law Committee and the Latin American Regional Forum at the IBA Annual Conference in Miami

Released on Feb 17, 2023

Private equity and venture capital in Latin America in the aftermath of the pandemic: the new wave?

Report on the joint session of the Latin American Regional Forum and the Closely Held Companies Committee at the IBA Annual Conference in Miami

Released on Feb 17, 2023

Multinational LATAM companies in distress: Chapter 11 or Chapter 15 of US Bankruptcy Code – opportunities and pitfalls

Report on the session of the Insolvency Section of the Latin American Regional Forum at the IBA Annual Conference in Miami

Released on Feb 17, 2023

Where is my profit share? The Nagoya Protocol and how companies must compensate indigenous traditional knowledge

Report on the joint session of the Indigenous Peoples Committee, the Latin American Regional Forum and the Professional Ethics Committee at the IBA Annual Conference in Miami

Released on Feb 17, 2023

Regional integration through international trade agreements: business opportunities that lawyers need to know and nobody has told them yet

Report on the joint session of the Regional Fora, the African Regional Forum, the Arab Regional Forum, the Asia Pacific Regional Forum, the European Regional Forum, the Latin American Regional Forum and the North American Regional Forum at the IBA Annual Conference in Miami

Released on Feb 17, 2023

Football corporations in Brazil (SAF): new perspectives for foreign investment in Brazilian football teams

The new Law of Football Corporations (SAF Law) brought unprecedented innovation and created new opportunities for investors wishing to enter the Brazilian football market.

Released on Nov 3, 2022

Meet the members: Latin American Regional Forum

Meet the members from the IBA Latin American Regional Forum: Jaime Carey, Moira Huggard-Caine, Marcela Hughes, Fernando Pelaez Pier, Daniel del Rio and Adriana Castro

Released on Oct 12, 2022

In memoriam: Claudio Undurraga

In memoriam: Claudio Undurraga (1940-2022), founding partner of Prieto and former Chair of the Latin American Regional Forum.

Released on Oct 12, 2022

The applicable substantive law: an absent debate in the current international investment legal reform proposals

In this article, the author reviews the history of investment claims and the current backlash the system faces. In particular, the article deals with an issue unaddressed in most relevant discussions on international investment legal reform, namely the substantive law applicable to foreign investment.

Released on Sep 30, 2022

Renewable energy projects under the new Venezuelan Special Economic Zones Organic Law

Renewable and alternative energies have a lower environmental impact than conventional energy resources with the use of new technologies. This is the fundamental assumption of the global energy transition and is part of commitments made by Venezuela under the Paris Agreement and other treaties.

Released on Sep 30, 2022

The new normal in Mexico

Almost four years since the beginning of the mandate of Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) the Mexican president, national and international investors, as well as the governments of Mexico’s biggest international partners, remain deeply and increasingly concerned about his internal and international policies, as well as the upholding of the rule of law in Mexico.

Released on Sep 30, 2022

Obtaining Spanish nationality through the new Grandchildren’s Law

The legislation known as the Grandchildren’s Law or the Democratic Memory Law was finally approved in the Spanish Parliament on 14 July 2020 after a long period of waiting. This will allow children and grandchildren of Spaniards to obtain Spanish nationality directly, without the obligation of having to reside in Spain for a minimum period of time.

Released on Sep 30, 2022

Brazil – fluid recovery in consumer class actions

Under Brazilian law, fluid recovery applies in homogeneous individual rights class actions either if, within the first year after the publication of a generic award in newspapers, individual claims are not filed by the members of the class to seek liquidation and enforcement or if the number of claims by the members of the class is not significant. The fluid recovery’s total amount should be allocated to the Diffuse Rights Fund.

Released on Sep 30, 2022

Let’s face it: challenges of face recognition technology in Latin America

Let’s face it: challenges of face recognition technology in Latin America.