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Latin Lawyer- Andrés Nieto- State interventionism may spur policy advice work for law firms
November, 2018

Our Partner Andrés Nieto participated as speaker at Latin Lawyer Live 9th Annual Private Equity conference in New York in the panel “Deal-making in an illiberal world”. Here's what Latin Lawyer covered about the discussion. 

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Latin Lawyer- Fernando Carreño- Mexican antitrust regulator probes market for card payment systems
November, 2018

Our Partner Fernando Carreño shared his opinion about this investigation carried out by COFECE. 

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Event: Legal Implications of the Termination of the project for the construction of the new Mexico City Airport
October, 2018

We are pleased to invite you to our event "Legal Implications of the Termination of the project for the construction of the new Mexico City Airport" The panel will be held on November 20 2018 at Club de Industriales located in Andrés Bello 29, colonia Polanco, CDMX.

Event begins at 6:00 p.m. followed by a cocktail. 

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Event: Planning Past Unconscious Bias: The ArbitralWomen Diversity Toolkit
October, 2018

We are pleased to invite you to our event "Planning Past Unconscious Bias: The ArbitralWomen Diversity Toolkit." The seminar will be held on November 14th 2018 at the offices of Von Wobeser y Sierra. It will be an all day conference that we are organizing jointly with ArbitralWomen, we will be discussing topics related to diversity.

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Global Arbitration Review- Adrián Magallanes- IBA unveils new slate of officers
October, 2018

The IBA Arbitration Committee has announced its latest slate of officers at the association’s annual meeting in Rome, and our Partner Adrián Magallanes was appointed as treasurer.

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Latin Lawyer- Fernando Carreño- Steel manufacturer fined in Mexico for antitrust commitments breach
October, 2018

Our Partner Fernando Carreño gave his opinion about COFECE's fine imposed to steel manufacturer Villacero due to anticompetitive harm following the accquisition of Savoy International Investments in 2010. 

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United States, Mexico, Canada Agreement and the steel tariffs
October, 2018

On September 30, the U.S. and Canadian governments finalized negotiations to allow for the “United States, Mexico, Canada Agreement” (USMCA), which will substitute the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) signed by Mexico, the U.S. and Canada.

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Organizational Law of the Attorney General’s Office
October, 2018
On September 25, 2018, MORENA, the political party of President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador ("AMLO"), filed with the Senate the Bill for the Enactment of the LOFGR, Iniciativa con Proyecto de Decreto por el que se crea la Ley Orgánica de la Fiscalía General de la República(“Bill”).
 
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Lex Latin- Andrés Nieto, Rodolfo Trampe, Santiago Barraza & Alix Trimmer- Creation Investments Fund invests MXN 250 million in fincancial Pluscorp
September, 2018

Von Wobeser y Sierra S.C. advised Creation Investment Capital Management, LLC in the investment process they carried with Pluscorp in Mexico, turning into minoritary shreholders of this Mexican financial institution.

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Ratification of ILO´s Convention 98 and main proposals of the elected Government to the labor model
September, 2018

The newly elected government has stated on several occasions that beginning on December 1st it will introduce a series of legislative changes in the labor area, according to the various promises made in the campaign, as well as the “National Project 2018-2024”, a document presented by the transition team of the President-elect, describing the main themes of the public policies the new government will have to adopt. In that regard, today in the Senate of the Republic, ILO Convention 98 was ratified, which establishes the principles of freedom of association and collective bargaining negotiations. This ratification was unanimous and will be turned over to the Federal Executive for publication in the Official Federal Gazette.

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