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

23 Mar - 25 Mar 2026

Session information

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)

Session / Workshop Chair(s)

Erika Villarreal	Anzola Robles & Asociados, Panama City, Panama; Co-Secretary, Young Lawyers' Committee
Jose Visoso	Galicia Abogados, Mexico City, Mexico; Secretary, Corporate Membership Subcommittee

Speakers

Augusto Aragone	EVP, Secretary and General Counsel, Ingram Micro, Miami, Florida, USA
Laura Kotsachis	Danone, Montevideo, Uruguay
Marie Clare Le Chevalier	Accenture, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Sebastian Palacios	Microsoft, Santiago, Chile
Alejandro Rubilar	JP Morgan, Santiago, Chile

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