Agenda

1.00pm-2:00pm Registration & lunch

2.00pm-2.05pm Opening remarks

    • Margherita Birri, research editor, Legal 500,

2.05pm-2.55pm Generating value from the legal department, in association with Santiváñez Abogados

Panelists will discuss real cases where legal departments and in house counsel have taken the initiative to:

I. accelerate legal consultation processes

II. deliver measurable cost savings

III. anticipate and mitigate risks before they escalate

The session is designed to challenge the perception of legal as a business blocker, demonstrating instead how proactive, initiative driven legal teams can reshape their role and be seen as enablers of business performance.

    • Yanira Becerra, partner, Santivañez Abogados
    • Fernando Martinot, partner, Santivañez Abogados
    • Diana Gárate, chief legal and regulatory counsel, APM Terminals Callao
    • Juan Chacón, associate legal director, Xiaomi Peru
    • Jorge Tenorio, senior legal counsel, Ferreycorp S.A.A.

2.55pm-3.30pm Dominican Republic in the spotlight, in association with Pellerano & Herrera

The panel will examine key regulatory trends, sector-specific opportunities, and the evolving legal landscape shaping foreign and domestic investment. With insights into recent reforms, market dynamics, and practical challenges, the discussion will offer a forward-looking perspective on why the Dominican Republic continues to attract international attention and what lies ahead for companies operating in or entering the market.

    • Carolina León, partner, Pellerano & Herrera

3.30pm-3.45pm Coffee break 

3.45pm-4.30pm Rethinking legal leadership and external partnerships

The role of the General Counsel has changed permanently. Technical excellence remains essential, but it no longer defines impact. Today’s GCs are expected to shape strategy, influence capital decisions, manage geopolitical exposure, and lead enterprise risk at board level.

Yet in many organisations, the structure and operating model of the legal function have not evolved at the same pace. This is forcing difficult choices around where authority sits, which capabilities must be built and owned internally, and how external partnerships are defined and justified.

At the same time, the traditional law firm relationship is being renegotiated. Legal panels are tightening, pricing models are under scrutiny, and expectations around speed, transparency, and commercial judgement are rising.

As AI begins to reshape how legal work is delivered, legal leaders are being pushed to redraw the boundary between in-house capability and external counsel.

Set against the realities of operating in Latin America, this session explores how senior legal leaders are redesigning the structure, authority, and partnership model of the legal function in practice, and how they preserve the independence that gives the role its credibility as legal becomes more embedded in strategic decision making.

    • Margherita Birri, research editor, Legal 500
    • Christiann Hudtwalcker, former general counsel, Telefónica del Perú S.A.A.
    • Zelma Acosta-Rubio, independent director
    • Dr Karina Aliz Lanfranco, chief legal & compliance officer, CBC, Peru
    • Ana Ferrucci Greco, chief legal officer, Cosapi

4.30pm-5.05pm Ecuador – investment’s opportunities, in association with Flor Bustamante Pizarro & Hurtado (FBPH Law)

The Flor Bustamante’s presentation will cover the main investment opportunities in Ecuador, with a focus on energy and natural resources, as well as agribusiness, aquaculture and fisheries, and financial services. It will analyze key trends, risks and enabling conditions, highlighting the country’s untapped potential and the sectors with the greatest prospects for large-scale project development.

    • Mario Flor López, partner, Flor Bustamante Pizarro & Hurtado
    • Roque Bernardo Bustamante Espinosa, partner, Flor Bustamante Pizarro & Hurtado

5.05pm-5.35pm Opportunities for improvement in environmental regulation and enforcement in Peru, in association with Estudio Muñiz

    • Renato De Vettori, senior partner at Muñiz, head of the environmental practice, Estudio Muñiz
    • Solange Cuadros Ramírez, general manager, Peru LNG
    • Hernán Velando, legal affairs manager, DP World
    • Samir Ziane, chief legal officer, Minera Chinalco

5.35pm-5.40pm Closing remarks

5.40pm-8.00pm Drinks & canapes reception