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Latin America
Here you will find all the latest information for Latin America Region. This includes upcoming events, news and insights.
Latin America Insights and Events
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GAIL Member Drop-In | Host: Latin America
This GAIL member drop-in session is hosted by GAIL Latin America.
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JusticeTech & AI for Law Students
GAIL pioneers JusticeTech and AI for law students in Mexico, with teams from four law schools building new ways for artificial intelligence to serve justice
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Law in an Age of Transformation – Keynote by Marcel Fukayama
This keynote session, on 15 October 2025, addressed the widening gap between traditional legal frameworks and the rapidly evolving social, environmental, economic, and technological conditions shaping the modern world.
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Regulation – A Tool or a Barrier for Impact?
This webinar brought together practitioners and thought leaders from across Latin America to explore how legal frameworks can both enable and constrain social and environmental impact.
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United Nations Global Compact and GAIL – A Keynote Presentation
This session highlighted the strategic collaboration between the Global Alliance of Impact Lawyers (GAIL) and the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC).
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GAIL Impact Showcase 2025: Initiatives and Gallery
GAIL’s 2025 Impact Showcase explores pioneering initiatives advancing the practice of Impact Law worldwide.
Ivana Calcagno
Co-Chair
Founding Partner, You Hub
Uruguay
Latin American lawyer and seasoned Legal Advisor specializing in sustainable finance, impact investments, and B Corps. She holds a Doctorate in Law and Social Sciences from UDELAR (Uruguay) and a Diploma in Sustainable Finance from Finis Terrae University (Chile), with vast experience in the legal structuring of BIC trusts and funds that follow triple-impact models to promote social, environmental, and economic benefits.
As the Founding Partner of YOUHUB Legal Impact Consultant, collaborated in drafting and promoting Uruguay’s groundbreaking BIC Law (No. 19,969), which supports businesses and trusts dedicated to collective benefit. She has published extensively on ESG, impact investing, and female leadership, contributing research and co-authoring works for international organizations that guide individuals and organizations in adapting to new, purpose-driven economic models (Researcher for Blab, IDRC, BID, GRI, ANII).
Beyond the work in sustainable finance, serves as a mentor and educator, leading initiatives on new economies and consulting for UN Women. Co-founder an active member of GAIL LATAM Regional Board, advocating for sustainable development and economic empowerment across the region.
Lila Alejandra Gasca Enriquez
Co-Chair
Pro Bono Director – Responsible Business, Hogan Lovells
Mexico
Lila Gasca is the Pro Bono Director at Hogan Lovells México, where she has led impactful initiatives since 2009, aligning the firm’s Corporate Social Responsibility strategy with its global policies and the UN Sustainable Development Goals. As an impact lawyer, she specializes in advising civil society organizations, microenterprises, and purpose-driven companies on complex legal challenges. Lila has been instrumental in advancing pro bono culture in Mexico and Latin America, co-founding the Pro Bono Mexico Standards to establish a national framework for legal impact work.
In addition to her pro bono expertise, Lila has driven successful programs in community impact, operational sustainability, diversity, equity, and inclusion, wellbeing and fundraising partnerships. She has also received numerous national and international awards for her contributions to pro bono and CSR initiatives.
A passionate advocate for systemic change, Lila is recognized for her ability to identify legal needs and craft innovative strategies to address social and environmental challenges. Currently, she serves as an advisor to various organizations, including Make a Wish México and the Global Alliance of Impact Lawyers, she is Vice President of the Corporate Social Responsibility Commission at the International Chamber of Commerce México, and Pro bono Council for Trustlaw.
Agostina Coniglio
Partner, Keidos Impacto Legal
Argentina
Aline Gonçalves Videira de Souza
Partner, Szazi, Bechara, Storto, Reicher and Figueiredo Lopes Advogados
Brazil
Annalucia Fasson Llosa
Socia Senior del Área Corporativa, Muñiz Olaya Melendez Castro Ono & Herrera abogados
Peru
Daniela Solis
Senior Associate, Ritch Mueller
Mexico
Elisa Medici
Associate – ESG and Impact Investment Coordinator, Brigard Urrutia
Colombia
Guillermo Tejeiro Gutiérrez
Director of Sustainability and ESG for LATAM, Citi
Colombia
Juan Ignacio Pitta
Senior Associate, Egaña Abogados
Chile
Linda Barrera
Founder and Consultant, Guayacan Global
Panama
Magdalena Enei
Directora fundadora, La Siembra SpA
Chile
Maria Eugenia Camarero
Lawyer, Estudio Fischer Uruguay
Uruguay
Maria Laura Farrapeira
General Counsel, AB Mauri
Argentina
Martha Socha Peñaloza
Director Compliance and Sustainability, International Festival of Language and Culture (IFLC)
Colombia
Paola Fonseca
Senior Corporate Counsel
Costa Rica