Speaker details

Mergers and acquisitions in Latin America — building bridges through business: rethinking M&A in the Americas

23 Mar - 25 Mar 2026

Enjoy Punta del Este Resort y Casino, Punta del Este, Uruguay

Speaker information

Erika Villarreal

Biography

Erika is a partner at Anzola Robles & Asociados since 2014 and has been practicing law for more than 20 years. She leads the Commercial Law and M&A Department at ARA. She studied at the University of Panama, School of Law and graduated magna cum laude. She completed her Masters in Laws (LLM) at Duke University Law School, with a Fulbright Scholarship. She also completed a Post graduate study of International Business Law at the Complutense University of Madrid, School of Law. She is an officer of the Young Lawyers Committee and of the Latin American Forum of the International Bar Association. She is also a member and a director of Women in the Profession – Panama Chapter (WIP). Erika practices Commercial Law, Financial Law and Mergers and Acquisitions. Erika has been listed as a leading corporate/M&A lawyer by Chambers Latin America, IFLR1000 and Best Lawyer.

Session

General counsel roundtable: the role of the lawyers, both inhouse and external in building a better society: pro bono, ESG. Is it just propaganda? Do companies and their legal teams really care? How to enforce real programmes that may be game changers

Wednesday 25 March (1000 - 1115)

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