Busy days for MootComp, a contest in the field of antitrust and competition organized by our Mexican member firm Mijares, Angoitia, Cortés y Fuentes S.C. MootComp, now in its fourth edition, seeks to provide law and economy students with a learning experience that is based on simulated a court hearings, case studies and interdisciplinary work.
The contest drew over 3oo participants in 65 groups this year, and can count on the participation of 89 coaches -all respected competition law experts- and the support of countless university and institutions.
Increasingly, there is an international dimension to MootComp, and Affinitas is delighted to see active participation of our member firms in Chile (Luis Eduardo Toro and Francisco Bórquez of Barros & Errázuriz), Colombia (Mauricio Jaramillo and Germán Cálvano of Gómez-Pinzón), and Peru (Enrique Felices, Omar Alvarado and Fiorella Zumaeta of Miranda & Amado).
The Competition and Antitrust team of Mijares is the driving force behind MootComp, ad we congratulate it leading partners Horacio de Uriarte, Pilar Mata, Francisco Fuentes and Carlos Orcí for their commitment and dedication to such a worthy initiative.
More information on MootComp and this year’s edition is available (in Spanish) on this website.
Affinitas’ member firms Barros & Errázuriz and Miranda & Amado advised Grupo Gloria on the acquisition of the shares of Cementos Bío-Bío. With this cross-border investment, carried out through its Chilean subsidiary Yura Chile SpA, Grupo Gloria is gaining a foothold in the Chilean cement market.
Investment firm Picton advised on the transaction, in which Grupo Gloria acquired the 19.05% participation of Inversiones ALB (grouping the interests of family members of the founders of the company), valued at US$ 45 million.
Partners Pablo Guerrero and Bernardo Simian and associates Francisco Bórquez and José Miguel Poblete from Chile, and partner José Daniel Amado from Peru advised Grupo Gloria. Inversiones ALB was represented by Bofill Mir & Álvarez Jana Abogados.
The Gloria Group is an industrial conglomerate of Peruvian capital with businesses in Peru, as well as in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Argentina and Puerto Rico. Its activities are carried out in the dairy and food sectors, in cement, paper, agro-industry, transport and services.
Cementos Bío Bío is one of the largest cement producer in Chile, producing and commercializing building materials for construction and mining projects. Based in Concepción, and founded in 1957, its operations are focused on cement and ceramics.
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Legal Hackathon is a LegalTech experience aimed at in-house legal teams of companies in Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru. The entirely virtual event will take place from 23 to 27 November 2020 and consist of five days of online collaboration, in which graduates of Laboratoria in Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru will develop technology solutions for legal challenges of participating companies from the four countries involved.
The legal sector is undergoing unprecedented changes, which have intensified by the social and economic effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. Today, digital transformation strategies have become key to enhance client value and offer truly client-centered legal services.
Our regional Legal Hackathon is an experience that aims to strengthen such competences of legal teams through the development of digital products focused on the needs and client experience of their internal clients and the improvement of their legal department’s efficiency.
In this digital marathon, in-house legal managers will discuss some of the challenges they are facing, and with the mentoring of Laboratoria and lawyers from Barros & Errázuriz (Chile), Gómez-Pinzón (Colombia), Mijares, Angoitia, Cortés y Fuentes (Mexico) and Miranda & Amado (Peru), they will create innovative products aligned with the strategic objectives of each company to thrive in the digital era. After the event, these managers take a MVP (minimum viable product) back to their respective companies. At the end of the event, Affinitas will be hosting an award ceremony where the two best projects will be selected and celebrated.
Juan Luis Avendaño, current chair of Affinitas, explains: “This Legal Hackathon is unique. It combines the strategic agenda of leading companies, the talent of Laboratoria’s digital experts, and the legal expertise of the participating in-house teams and our member firms. Innovation and digital transformation have become a shared priority among our member firms, and we are delighted to contribute to the positive change this project will generate.”
Regarding the need to consolidate a digital economy that generates opportunities in the region, María Paula Rivarola, Regional Business Director of Laboratoria, comments: “This revolution involves all sectors; technology has disruptive potential in everything we do. But it is people who have the real capacity to innovate and leverage new digital tools to their advantage. With this Legal Hackathon, Laboratoria and Affinitas will build bridges between the legal talent in the region and Laboratoria’s web developers and user experience designers. We know the results will be amazing!”
Laboratoria is an organization that encourages people to develop their skills to work and grow in the digital age. We do this because in an era where technology is gaining prominence, we believe that human potential is our best resource. We promote diversity and the inclusion of talent in the digital economy and we do it through learning programs that develop the skills needed for today’s and tomorrow’s jobs.
We currently have two flagship programs: A «Bootcamp» for women that seeks to respond to the lack of female talent in the technology sector, opening up opportunities for more women to pursue a career in technology and improve their future. A «Corporate Training» program, which seeks to respond to the need to retrain business leaders and collaborators so that the transformation of their organization in the digital era, driven by trained talent and a culture of continuous learning, really happens.
We are a proudly Latin American organization, for now with students in Peru, Mexico, Chile, Brazil and Colombia and clients in many more countries. More than 8000 students have taken our programs and more than 600 companies have trusted Laboratories to hire Bootcamp graduates or train their own talent with our Corporate Training programs.
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Legal Hackathon is a LegalTech experience aimed at in-house legal teams of companies in Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru. The entirely virtual event will take place from 23 to 27 November 2020 and consist of five days of online collaboration, in which graduates of Laboratoria in Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru will develop technology solutions for legal challenges of participating companies from the four countries involved.