Category: News

Elimination of violence against women

Posted on

To commemorate the “International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women” on 25 November, our member firm Miranda & Amado organized a webinar around the topic of abuse, femicides and gender violence.

In this opportunity Carmen Kcomt, member of the American Bar Association and the Board of Directors of the Commission to help victims in the office of the California District Attorneys Association, gave us her reflections on this problem that does not let up. Likewise, Marlene Molero, co-founder and CEO of GenderLab, international consultant who today leads projects with IDB and WIPO and expert in gender equality, spoke to us about the advances and setbacks of this struggle.

Both speakers made us reflect and analyze the problem of violence against women and, show us some mechanisms of action to prevent and denounce these cases of violence in our countries.

MootComp 2020 organized by Mijares, Angoitia, Cortés y Fuentes

Posted on

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.

Barros & Errázuriz with Miranda & Amado advised Grupo Gloria on the acquisition of the shares of Cementos Bío-Bío

Posted on

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.

 

For more information, please visit the LexLatin’ website.