(Agenda is subject to change)

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM | Opening Keynote: The General Counsel Office of 2030

What will the legal department of 2030 look like? 86% of general counsel say their department contributes significantly to business objectives, but only 17% of the C-suite agrees. How do GC’s transform their departments to improve this. From inside Thomson Reuters legal department, you will hear what worked, what did not, and what the team would do differently. You will leave with a picture of the GCO of 2030, three principles for getting there, and a 90-day starting plan.

Jennifer Ruddick, Deputy General Counsel, Corporate & Securities - Thomson Reuters

9:35 AM - 10:35 AM | Plenary Panel Session: AI Transparency General Counsel Should Demand from Outside Counsel

  • The push to use AI instead of outside counsel
  • What to do when reliant on external counsel in multiple jurisdictions
  • Law firm billing transparency: what does “AI time” mean, how to ask firms the right questions
  • Best practices on retaining outside counsel – preapproved firms, criteria process, RFP’s
Aleksey Shtivelman, Partner - Shutts & Bowen LLP
Nilo Barredo, Head of Legal, Wealth Americas Banking & Lending - Citigroup, Inc.
Maria Lizzy Massa, Corporate Affairs Executive Director & General Counsel - BELCORP
Victoria Meni Battaglia, Associate General Counsel - Airbnb
Marcela Villavicencio, Director Legal and Institutional Relations Peru - REPSOL



Supported by: Shutts Bowen

10:35 AM - 11:00 AM | Networking Break

Enforcement & Regulation

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

US Regulatory Shifts: Enforcement Priorities and Multi-State Complexity

  • US DOJ enforcement priorities and rising scrutiny
  • Key agency developments (SEC, FTC, DOJ)
  • State vs federal tension: diverging rules (e.g., privacy, ESG, labor) and the impact on multi-state operations
  • Cross-border considerations: Sanctions, trade, and the international spillover of US regulatory policy
Effie Silva, SVP, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary - Del Monte Corporation
Salvador Escalon, Senior Legal Advisor - Millicom
Daniela Fonseca Puggina, Partner - Baker McKenzie



Supported by: Baker McKenzie

Labor & Employment - LatAm

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Labor Reform in Latin America: Risk, Reform and Reality for General Counsel

  • Key developments in LatAm
  • Which recent labor reforms are most impactful across the region?
  • How are union dynamics and worker activism evolving?
  • Where is enforcement and litigation risk increasing?
  • How do you manage compliance across divergent local regimes?
  • What are the challenges of managing contractors and gig workers?
  • How can legal support HR and leadership through workforce change?
Mónica Schiaffino, Shareholder - Littler Mendelson
Vivian Bocchio, Associate General Counsel Latin America and Canada - Olympus Optical do Brasil Ltda.
Mario Conde Romero, Legal Business Partner - Amer Sports
Ruben Mejia, Associate General Counsel, Employment - Unilever
Vicente Umaña, Partner - Posse Herrera Ruiz



Supported by: Littler Mendelson

Talent Management

12:10 PM - 1:10 PM

The Modern Legal Function: Talent Pipelines and Smarter Use of Outside Counsel

  • When do you invest in developing talent vs bringing in new capability?
  • How do you assess where your team is underpowered with technical skills, commerciality, leadership?
  • What keeps high performers in-house, is it career progression, exposure to the business, flexibility?
  • New talent vs AI – where do the graduates go?
Jodie Zerega, Managing Director - Zerega Consulting
Jeannine Acevedo, Chief Legal Officer - Atlas Renewable Energy
Matias Hercovich, Managing Director, Regional Counsel, Andean South Cone, Central America & the Caribbean - FedEx Corporation
Renata Wolfe Schlesinger, EVP, Chief Legal Officer & General Counsel - Safra National Bank



Supported by: Zerega Consulting

Enforcement & Regulation - LatAm

12:10 PM - 1:10 PM

Latin America in Focus: Enforcement, Regulation, and Regional Risk

  • Which regulatory changes are having the biggest business impact?
  •  Where is enforcement activity intensifying across the region?
  • How do you manage differing local requirements at scale?
  •  What are the key corruption and investigations risks to monitor?
  • How do global enforcement trends shape regional strategy?
  •  How can legal balance risk mitigation with enabling growth?
Scott Hulsey, Partner - Barnes & Thornburg
Roberto L Frias, General Counsel - Sanfer Farma
Daniel Mora, General Counsel - WOW Tele
Jaime Raich, Chief Counsel, Global Investigations - GE Aerospace
Renata Regino, General Counsel Latin America & Brazil - Dentsu



Supported by: Barnes & Thornburg

Roundtable Luncheon

Roundtable 1

1:10 PM - 2:25 PM

RT01 - You’ve Implemented GenAI – Now What?

  • Post implementation reality: benefits and consequences
  • Governance & accountability: who owns decisions made with AI? What is the control framework?
  • Operational risk: hallucinations, bias, confidentiality, privilege, audit trails
  • Choosing providers for the future
Alberto Estrella, Managing Partner - Estrella



Supported by: Meritas

Roundtable 2

1:10 PM - 2:25 PM

RT02 - Rethinking Disputes in Latin America

  • Shifts away from investor-state arbitration (ICSID, BITs)
  • Rise of domestic courts and regional alternatives
  • Political risk and state intervention
  • Contract structuring and dispute planning
  • Enforcement and recovery challenges
Ofilio Mayorga, Partner - Foley Hoag



Supported by: Foley Hoag

Roundtable 3

1:10 PM - 2:25 PM

RT03 - Proving It Pays: Measuring AI ROI in Legal Work

Everyone agrees AI saves time, but few teams can show the numbers when the budget conversations arise. This discussion explores how leading legal teams set baselines, pick the right metrics, and turn early wins into a business case leadership will sign off on.

Kristina Brennan, Engagement Manager - Legora



Supported by: Legora

Roundtable 4

1:10 PM - 2:25 PM

RT04 - Thinking Like a CEO: The GC as a Strategist, Enabler and Risk Partner

  • Gatekeeper to enabler – prediction liabilities to enabling business growth
  • How can the law be used to move the company forward?
  • How to advise CEO’s and boards who want a “yes” with guardrails
Chase Dowden, Deputy General Counsel - Filevine, Inc.



Supported by: Filevine

Roundtable 5

1:10 PM - 2:25 PM

RT05 - The Human Edge: What AI Can’t Replace in Legal Leadership

  • Where does human judgement still outperform AI in legal decision-making?
  • How important is emotional intelligence in influencing boards and executives?
  • What role does empathy play in negotiations and dispute resolution?
  • How do you build trust internally and externally under pressure?
  • What leadership qualities will define the next generation of GCs?
  • How do you develop EQ skills within legal teams alongside tech adoption?
Elan Hersh, Managing Director, PineWest Data Intelligence and Chair, Data Solutions, Akerman - Akerman
Dan Degener, AI Data Consultant - Akerman LLP

Roundtable 6

Roundtable 7

1:10 PM - 2:25 PM

RT07 - Preventing Litigation in Latin America

  • Aggressive enforcement and disputes activity
  • Complex cross-border risk in the region
  • Increased governance and transparency pressure




Roundtable 8

1:10 PM - 2:25 PM

RT08 - M&A Under the Microscope

  • Due diligence blind spots
  • Cross-border complexity
  • Regulatory and antitrust scrutiny in the US – increasing intervention




Roundtable 9

1:10 PM - 2:25 PM

RT09 - How Latin American GCs Should Navigate Trade, Customs and New Rules

  • How is Mexico’s union rights framework now linked to cross-border trade enforcement?
  • How to execute free trade agreements 
  • Barriers of trade across Latin America
  • Opportunities the new regulations bring




Roundtable 10

1:10 PM - 2:25 PM

RT10 - Managing a Patchwork of Data and Privacy Laws in Latin America

  • Multi-country compliance realities: different maturity levels and enforcement risk
  • Practical approach: mapping, contractual controls, cross-border transfers, incident playbooks
  • Running one programme across Colombia/Peru/Chile vs Mexico and others




Fireside Chat 1

Fireside Chat 2

Reputational Risk

2:55 PM - 3:55 PM

The Speed of Risk: Managing Reputation in the Digital Age

  • Types of risk: misinformation and social media
  • Fast decision making - how legal, comms, compliance, HR coordinate in a live crisis
  • When to act early vs litigate or settle
  • Governance: who decides, how decisions are documented, how to avoid creating evidence problems
Carol Barnhart, Co-Chair of the Miami Corporate Practice - Greenberg Traurig
Santiago Cueto, Managing Partner - Cueto Law Group
Fernando Guardazzi, Legal Counsel - I Squared Capital
Alexandra McLaughlin, Associate General Counsel - GlobeNet
Anaeli Petisco-Rojas, SVP, Labor, Employment & Litigation - TelevisaUnivision, Inc.



Supported by: Greenberg Traurig

Competition & Consumer Risk - LatAm

2:55 PM - 3:55 PM

LatAm Market Access Under Pressure: Competition and Consumer Risk and Strategic Growth

  • Competition and consumer enforcement trends
  • Competition compliance in growth phases -managing growth in a sustainable way
  • Understanding EU competition regulations and how to comply
  • Patents as a competition tool
  • How are algorithms affecting market relationships and competition?
Roberto Pupo, Partner and Co-chair of the South Florida Corporate, M&A and Securities Practice Group and Co-chair of the Latin America Practice Group - Holland & Knight
Natalie D'Urso, Legal Director / Regional General Counsel LATAM - Reckitt
Monica Sadurni, Associate General Counsel II Mexico & LATAM - Bunge
Rodrigo Salles Medina, VP Legal LatAm and Canada - Medtronic



Supported by: Holland & Knight

3:55 PM - 4:15 PM | Networking Break

4:15 PM - 5:15 PM | Plenary Ethics Panel Session - Professional Conduct with Courts, Regulators, and Third Parties

  • What does good conduct look like in front of regulators and courts today and why is it important?
  • Where are the boundaries between strong advocacy and ethical risk?
  • How should GCs manage informal vs formal regulator engagement?
  • What are the key pitfalls in third-party communications (e.g. witnesses, counterparties, advisors)?
  • How do you protect privilege while meeting disclosure expectations?
  • What governance and controls are needed to ensure consistent external conduct?
  • How do you build relationships with regulators when there is so much disruption within the agencies?
Juan Francisco Torres Landa Ruffo, Partner - Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
Alderiza Agustini, Latin America General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer - Bridgestone
Gustavo Alarcon, General Counsel - Fresnillo plc
Robert Jarvis, Professor of Law - Nova Southeastern University College of Law
Violeta Longino, Counsel - Seyfarth Shaw
Adriana Rivera, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary - Sanitas



Supported by: Hogan Lovells Cadwalader

5:15 PM - 6:30 PM | Networking Reception