An Employment & Compensation Practice and Healthcare & Life Sciences Industry Initiative
With major vaccine developments in Latin America, including kick-offs for vaccine campaigns, employers should consider whether a vaccination policy is right for their workplace, keeping in mind that such policies implicate a broad range of employment laws and regulations, and that many of these vary from country to country.
Foreign, and sometimes even national companies, have had the need to access more information regarding the legal and regulatory aspects of waste management existing in Chile. Likewise, many times an in-depth analysis of the regulatory situation is necessary to understand the key aspects before investing in Chile.
The National Economic Prosecutor (FNE) has recently issued two internal guidelines with the objective of providing legal certainty to economic agents who intend to merge, and who must require prior authorization from the FNE for such purposes, to provide predictability to such process and a rapid response.
The Pacific Alliance comprised by Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru seeks to attract private capital for the infrastructure sector, under the modality of Public-Private Partnerships (P3s). They adopted the guiding principles of PPPs, which will help member countries to promote predictability, transparency, competition and integrity. Our Baker McKenzie partners on…
As Latin American countries continue to struggle with the impact of the pandemic, new regulations are helping to…
Baker McKenzie’s VAT/Indirect Tax Practice presented ‘Digital Services in Latin America,’ on 12 August 2020. This was the second presentation in the International VAT Conference Webinar Series, a global webinar series designed for VAT specialists from all industry sectors that aims to discuss the latest developing trends and hot topics in the VAT/GST and customs arena.
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected all countries in Latin America. Administrative measures that limit or restrict economic activity have been adopted in most countries. Only some activities or industries have been able to continue operating, while the rest of the companies are waiting for the restrictions to be lifted in…
In view of the health crisis in Latin America following to the outbreak of COVID-19, as well as…
Our Latin America Employment and Compensation team is pleased to provide you with this quick guide which includes six key topics when planning to reopen the workplace around 7 jurisdictions in Latin America.
In this webinar, Esteban Rópolo, competition law expert and partner, presents the legal and economic challenges and risks that multinational companies from the region or operating in Latin America have to face when dealing with multijurisdictional filings. In addition, Miguel de Quinto, competition economist expert and senior associate, offers…