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Interviews & Insights

“Lego’s brand-protection strategy combats online and offline piracy”

“Lego’s brand-protection strategy combats online and offline piracy”

Arturo Ishbak Gonzalez Sr. is the Lego Group’s corporate counsel for the Latin America region. In this interview he explains the company’s intellectual property strategy, its fight...
“Intellectual property, for the pharmaceutical industry, represents its most important asset”

“Intellectual property, for the pharmaceutical industry, represents its most important asset”

Juan Pablo Malfavon, Legal Director LatAm at AstraZeneca, discusses intellectual property in the pharmaceutical industry and the use of innovative technological tools by the compan...
“Creating solid protection for IP rights should be an important element of any company’s strategy”

“Creating solid protection for IP rights should be an important element of any company’s strategy”

Fernanda Diaz, Global Intellectual Property Counsel at America Movil, a multinational telecom company present in more than 20 countries in the Americas and Europe, gives us her vie...
“A lawyer who works in the technology industry must above all be resilient and creative”

“A lawyer who works in the technology industry must above all be resilient and creative”

Rafael López Guerrero, Regional Head of Legal LATAM at Xiaomi, tells us about the most important aspects to be taken into account in terms of risk in a technology company and its s...
"We are in the process of implementing AI tools to assist our lawyers"

"We are in the process of implementing AI tools to assist our lawyers"

Diego Gomez Palacio Borboa, legal, strategy and M&A director at Bupa Mexico, discuses the group’s recent M&A moves in the country and the major challenges for a corporate l...
The pandemic represented a big challenge for the CCL Arbitration Centre, but also a unique opportunity to evolve

The pandemic represented a big challenge for the CCL Arbitration Centre, but also a unique opportunity to evolve

Marianella Ventura, general secretary of the Lima Chamber of Commerce’s Arbitration Center, tells us about the evolution of the CCL over the past two years and its future direction...
"Data traffic is predicted to increase from an average use of 8GB up to 29.5 GB per smartphone per year between 2021 and 2026"

"Data traffic is predicted to increase from an average use of 8GB up to 29.5 GB per smartphone per year between 2021 and 2026"

Ana Claudina García Allende, Senior Director of Legal and Public Affairs at American Tower Mexico, commented about the main trends in the telecommunications sector, the lessons lea...
“The change with the greatest impact is the establishment of administrative infringements against industrial secrets”.

“The change with the greatest impact is the establishment of administrative infringements against industrial secrets”.

The Ley Federal de Protección a la Propiedad Industrial, a new piece of Mexican intellectual property legislation, came into force on November 5th, 2020. We got the thoughts of Let...
“The EU-Mexico Agreement Covers Workers' Rights, the Environment and Climate Change.”

“The EU-Mexico Agreement Covers Workers' Rights, the Environment and Climate Change.”

Mexico and the European Union have successfully concluded negotiations on a new, updated trade agreement. The pact will include provisions on investment protection and government p...
Interview with Juan Pablo Rico, managing partner and Gustavo Robles founding partner at Rico Robles Libenson

Interview with Juan Pablo Rico, managing partner and Gustavo Robles founding partner at Rico Robles Libenson

The Mexican landscape has witnessed some economic and political changes since President Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador took office in December 2017. We spoke with the managing and fou...
Institute for Transnational Arbitration (ITA) - Montserrat Manzano, Chair of the Young Arbitrators Initiative (YAI): "We must st

Institute for Transnational Arbitration (ITA) - Montserrat Manzano, Chair of the Young Arbitrators Initiative (YAI): "We must st

Interview with Montserrat Manzano, Chair of the Young Arbitrators Initiative (YAI) of ITA.