Agenda

12.15pm-1.00pm Registration & Lunch

1.00pm-1.05pm Opening remarks

    • Francisco Castro, research editor, Legal 500

1.05pm-1.20pm Keynote – the illusion of legal certainty

    • Macarena Vargas Losada, vice president legal and general counsel, CODELCO

1.20pm-2.05pm The legal function has a growth target now

The keynote makes the argument. This panel tests it. Senior legal leaders from across sectors examine what it actually means to be responsible for legal certainty in an environment where that certainty is actively being renegotiated by a new government, new regulators and new capital asking new questions.

    • Juan Carlos Urquidi Herrera, General Counsel Latin America, Teck Resources
    • Tatiana Munro Cabezas, general counsel EY Chile and LATAM lead counsel (contracts), EY
    • Macarena Vargas Losada, vice president legal and general counsel, CODELCO
    • Alejandro Arias Edwards, general counsel, head of corporate affairs, Siemens Chile

2.05pm-2.50pm M&A disputes: substantive and procedural lessons from recent cases, in association with Cuatrecasas

    • Cristián Conejero, managing partner, Cuatrecasas Chile
    • Michel Diban, partner, corporate and M&A, Cuatrecasas
    • Carolina Menichetti, partner, real estate M&A, Cuatrecasas
    • Juan Ignacio Langlois, partner, Tyndall Group
    • Francisca Vásquez, legal director, Engie Chile

2.50pm-3.10pm Coffee break

3.10pm-3.55pm Data Protection: The Board’s Compliance Agenda Ahead of Chile’s Law 21,719

Just months before Law 21,719 takes effect, data protection compliance has become the operational priority for legal teams and boards alike. This panel brings together General Counsels and senior in-house leaders of leading companies to discuss how organisations are translating the new framework into effective governance: internal structures, appointment of the data protection officer, vendor management, impact assessments, breach notification and its intersection with the duties under Chile’s Cybersecurity Framework Law. The conversation will focus on what is actually being done inside organisations, and on the gaps that still need to be closed before December 2026.
    • Jessica Matus, director of privacy and security, Magliona Abogados
    • Macarena López, head of legal for IT, privacy and cybersecurity, Falabella
    • Francisca González, head of legal and compliance, Porsche Volkswagen Servicios Financieros
    • José Jasinski, senior lawyer and data protection officer, Inchcape
    • Alex Pessó Stoulman, legal and corporate affairs director, Microsoft Chile

3.55pm-4.40pm The general counsel as efficiency architect: leading transformation through integrated digital ecosystems,  in association with vLex part of Clio

Tool fragmentation is the enemy of agility. This session will discuss the trend toward unifying legal intelligence with operational management. The debate will focus on how Agentic AI acts as the connective tissue that allows legal departments to scale their impact without increasing headcount, transforming in-house legal counsel into a driver of competitive advantage for the company.

    • Paola Barbosa, solutions engineer manager, LATAM, vLex part of Clio
    • Andrés Jara, founder partner,  Alster Legal (company partner of vLex part of Clio)
    • Ximena Santibáñez, general counsel, Walmart Chile
    • Pablo Vera, head of legal affairs for corporate affairs, Entel
    • Luis Herrera, sales manager Chile, vLex part of Clio

4.40pm-5.00pm Fireside chat

5.00pm-5.05pm Closing remarks

5.05pm-6.00pm Drinks and canapes