Senior Director, Legal and Regulatory | Cable & Wireless Panama

Adviel Centeno Mayta
Senior Director, Legal and Regulatory | Cable & Wireless Panama
What are the most significant cases, projects, or transactions that you and your legal team have recently been involved in?
Access to spectrum on appropriate commercial terms is a critical component of our business. Throughout 2025 and 2026, our team successfully secured the necessary spectrum and reached agreement with the relevant regulatory authorities on pricing that enables the company to continue investing in enhanced services for our customers.
How do you approach managing legal aspects during periods of instability or crisis to ensure the organisation’s resilience?
By fostering a secure environment for discussions and interactions, and ensuring clarity in both messaging and information.
What do you think are the most important attributes for a modern in-house counsel to possess?
A clear understanding of the legal function’s role in supporting the business and its revenue-generating activities.
What do you think is the greatest innovation you have enacted in the past year?
A recognition that innovation is both the present and the future of our business.
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Adviel Centeno Mayta has been general counsel and secretary at The AES Corporation since 2010 having previously served in executive in-house legal positions and private practice at Bufete MF&Co, SAB...