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The Big Question
“The newly-elected government
announced a plan to push forward
pro business measures, which
helped improve business confidence.
Our law firm will increase the
number and depth of our teams
which will allow us to offer a
broader range of opportunities for
young lawyers and to attract and retain talent. We
will continue with our strategy to remain as an
independent firm in Chile, being the local market
leader in size and breadth. We are devoting a lot
of time, effort and investments on technological
issues, data protection and cyber security. In general
terms, we are quite confident about the future and
we continue to focus on how to give a better and
innovative service to clients. “
Jaime Carey
Managing partner, Carey, Chile
Talent retention challenges in
the competitive Mexican market
makes us look for opportunities
to present our young lawyers
with continued prospects of
growth, finding room for them
to lead projects and take part in
mentoring programmes. Investing
in technology cannot be put aside
when you want to remain competitive and
efficient in providing services to your clients. In
Mexico, the NAFTA renegotiations, oncoming
presidential elections and other market conditions
are presenting new challenges to law firms, so we
have to be prepared and diversify.
Daniel del Rio
Senior partner, Basham, Ringe y Correa
Mexico
“This year will bring a few challenges to our firm such as attracting, training and retaining talent,
incorporating A.I., streamlining internal processes to provide a more efficient service, and improving
cybersecurity. Our firm will maintain and improve our brand and will prepare for increasing
competition, from in-house departments, accounting firms and global players.”
Santiago Carregal
Chairman, Marval, O’Farrell & Mairal, Argentina
“Our strategy is keeping our focus
in sophisticated, complex work. We
started as a transactional firm and
all our practice areas, original and
new, keep the same DNA. We want
to be the best by far in those areas
where Artificial Intelligence cannot
replace us (or at least not in the
short or medium term). In a market facing political
and business turbulence, we aim to be the best
firm in crisis management, and with our expertise,
we guide clients through a complex legal and
business environment that changes constantly. On
the search for talent, we recruit the most talented
lawyers and staff and keep our people focused and
aligned with our common vision and strategy. Been
able to achieve major goals is not only great for
our firm as an institution, but also is tremendously
exciting for us, partners, associates and staff.”
Alberto Rebaza
Managing partner, Rebaza, Alcázar & De Las
Casas Abogados Financieros
Peru
www.thelatinamericanlawyer.com
“Expansion is one of our main
challenges; we want to maintain
our growth in order to ensure top
level service. Cyber security risks
are amongst the top three most
unsettling threats for businesses
and governments, and we want
to ensure that we provide sound
advice to our clients in order to prevent them and
prepare an action plan. The impact and disruption
technology is having in the field of legal services
is another matter of concern and, perhaps, an
opportunity. For example, we are working on
different initiatives involving artificial intelligence
and our services. 2018 is an election year in
Colombia, there is an atmosphere of uncertainty
and many decisions will be postponed. Our job
is to understand the impact on these conditions
on our clients´ businesses, to further ensure we
enable them to adapt.
Sergio Michelsen
Partner, Brigard & Urrutia
Colombia
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