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  • Garrigues hires Carolina Camacho as partner to head the labor practice in Colombia

    The firm continues to bolster its Latin American offering with the addition of a new partner, Carolina Camacho, who will take charge of the labor law department in Bogotá.

  • Counter-reform of Mexican electricity system in the spotlight: state of play

    The electricity system has been a big focus point in Mexico in recent years and is now attracting attention after the government’s attempt to implement changes (particularly the sought constitutional reform). This article describes the state of play, arranged in the order of events.

  • Transactional elements to be considered in relation to notifications to the competition authorities in Latin America

    In an earlier edition of our Latin American Viewpoints newsletter (see here), we analyzed the main provisions applicable to notification of mergers and acquisitions in Chile, Peru, Colombia and Mexico.  In this second part, we examine a few transactional and strategic elements that might be useful in these jurisdictions, in light of the competition legislation in each of them.

  • Circular economy: what is it and how could it benefit Latin America?

    The circular economy presents itself as an alternative to the current production and consumption model. It is built around the aim to decouple economic activity from consumption of finite resources and to transition to the use of renewable energy sources. And the goal of this economic concept intertwined with sustainability is resource efficiency by turning one person's waste into another's resource. In this article we look at where Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru stand regarding the circular economy.

  • Mexican Supreme Court of Justice dismisses Constitutional Controversies on the amendments to the Electricity Industry Law

    The highest tribunal of the country has not analyzed the merits of the cases, considering that there was a lack of legitimate interest.

  • Social infrastructure in Latin America - present and future

    Social infrastructure projects are booming in Latin America. Certain innovative tools such as public-private associations (or alliances) are becoming more relevant as an increasingly attractive option to materialize such projects, by guaranteeing the efficiency and quality of the hospitals, roads and education centers, etc. delivered. We provide details on the current situation and future prospects of social infrastructure in Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru.

  • Mexican Chamber of Representatives discarded the constitutional reform in the electricity industry

    The vote on the initiative, which, among other measures, intended to grant a majority and advantageous stake to state-owned companies, failed to reach the super-majority vote of two thirds established by the Federal Constitution.

  • Mexico: The Energy Regulatory Commission issued new rules for the processing of electricity generation permits

    The novelties translate into an increase in the regulatory burden: the requirements to accredit the legal, technical and financial capacities of the applicants and the obligations they assume when the permit is granted are increased.

  • Latin American Viewpoints - April 2022

  • Resolution of the Supreme Court of Justice of Mexico on the Action of Unconstitutionality of the amendments to the Electricity Industry Law: where are we, and where are we going to?

    On April 5 and 7, 2022, the Plenary of the National Supreme Court of Justice  (SCJN) discussed the draft resolution for the unconstitutionality action 64/2021 filed by some Senators of the Congress of the Union against certain articles of the Decree of March 2021, by means of which several provisions of the Electricity Industry Law (LIE) were amended and added.