LatAm
Garrigues receives three awards from LatinFinance for its project and infrastructure work
In the last edition of the awards organized by this publication, the firm has garnered further recognition for its legal advice in three key financing projects for development in Latin America. All of Garrigues’ offices in the region have come first in some category.Karen Werner joins Garrigues as partner to head the Dispute Resolution practice in Chile
Garrigues brings Karen Werner on board in Santiago de Chile as partner in charge of the Dispute Resolution: Litigation and Arbitration practice. Her appointment is pending ratification by the next Garrigues Partners’ Meeting.Garrigues wins the award for best law firm in the Andes in banking law
Garrigues has been named Team of the Year for the Andean States in banking and finance law by the International Financial Law Review (IFLR), which each year selects the best deals carried out in Latin America. The editorial board of this prestigious publication focused on the cross-border component, innovation, and the valuation of the companies involved in each of the deals it analyzed.Garrigues receives three awards for project and infrastructure financing deals at the 'IJGlobal' Awards
Garrigues has won three awards at the IJ Global Awards, which every year single out the best advisors from the region in project and infrastructure financing. The awards were handed out in a ceremony held last night in New York, which brought together the main companies and firms operating in Latin America.Garrigues receives the award as the best law firm in Chile from ‘LatinFinance’
Garrigues was presented with the award by LatinFinance as the 'Law Firm of the Year in Chile' last night in New York. This recognition, one of the most prestigious in the Latin American legal field, takes into account key factors such as innovation and excellence demonstrated by the lawyers, as well as ESG impact and the success of the transactions advised.Garrigues Mexico obtains the “Socially Responsible Enterprise” distinction for the eighth consecutive year
The Garrigues Mexico office has been recognized, for the eighth year in a row, as a Socially Responsible Enterprise (ESR® 2023), a distinction awarded by Centro Mexicano para la Filantropía (Cemefi) with a view to encouraging companies to initiate corporate social responsibility and sustainability practices that have a positive impact on society.Chile: Publication of Law No. 21.592, which establishes a whistleblower protection statute
The law conceives access to protection as a right of any whistleblower who reports irregularities within organisations and guarantees their personal integrity and that of their property, as well as the preservation of their living and working conditions, which could be threatened as a result of their whistleblowing or their participation in the respective investigations.