Agenda

Steering Group
Almeida Advogados
Amaral Gurgel Fischer & Foster Advogados
Noronha Advogados

Organizing Group
Bastos Tigre, Coelho da Rocha e Lopes Advogados
Fragata e Antunes Advogados
Miguel Neto Advogados Associados
Paulo Roberto Murray – Advogados
Siqueira Castro Advogados
Toron, Tonihara e Szafir Advogados

Meeting Co-Chairs
Patricia V. de L. Guidi (Chair)
Luiz Cesar Correa (Secretary for International Matters)
Alexandre Leite Ribeiro do Valle (Treasurer)
Regis Coppinni Meireles de Lima (Executive Secretary)
André de Almeida (Public Relations’ Secretary)

Steering Committee
Alexandre Cruz
Alexandre Nassar Lopes
Annaisa Jardim de Freitas Borges
Antônio Garbelini Jr.
Carolina Pett G. Gonçalves
Cristina Andrade Salvador
Heloisa Estellita
Marcelo Freitas Pereira
Mauricio Roschel
Patrícia Goldberg Terpins

	THURSDAY, MAY 8
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm	Pre-Meeting Reception at the Mercure Grand Hotel Opened to all registered attendees.
8:00 pm -10:00 pm	Registration
	FRIDAY, MAY 9
7:30 am - 4:30 pm	Registration
7:30 am – 8:45 am	Continental Breakfast
9 am – 10:40 am	Program: Developing Sustainable Growth Laws and regulations to protect the environment are now a critical part of the legal landscape in Latin America. This panel will explore the impact of these laws on investment and provide a perspective on achieving sustainable growth in the region. Among other things, the panel will address the risks investors confront in environmental regulation, strategies to address these risks and practical solutions involving environment-friendly technologies pioneered in the region. Panel: Adriana Mathias Baptista, Tozzini Freire Advogados, Sao Paulo, Brazil Guillermo Malm Green, Brons & Salas, Buenos Aires, Argentina Juilán Ruiz, Ferrere Abogados, Montevideo, Uruguay Martin Santa Maria Oyanedel, Guerrero, Olivos, Novoa Y Errazuriz, Santiago, Chile Werner Grau Neto (moderator), Pinheiro Neto Advogados, Sao Paulo, Brazil Chair: Alexandre Nassar Lopes, Fragata e Antunes, Sao Paulo, Brazil
9 am – 10:40 am	Program: The War Against Money Laundering and Corruption Recent years have seen substantially increased international enforcement of laws and international conventions against corruption and money-laundering. Responding to substantial pressure in OECD and other capital-exporting countries, investors are increasingly focusing on compliance programs to address corruption and money-laundering issues confronted by their investments in Latin America. This panel will examine the current state of anti-corruption and money-laundering regulation in the region, the effectiveness of these measures and best practices for foreign investors in the region. It will also explore the impact of international cooperation in criminal matters and stepped-up enforcement in the United States and other capital-exporting countries. Panel: Octavio José Aronis (moderator), Advocacia Idel Aronis, Sao Paulo, Brazil Diego Martin Dedeu, Estudio Dedeu – Ferrario, Buenos Aires, Argentina Heloisa Estellita, Toron, Torihara e Szafir Advogados, Sao Paulo, Brazil Guillermo Jorge, Jorge-Dassen Consultores, Buenos Aires, Argentina Aaron Schildhaus, Law Offices of Aaron Schidhaus, Washington, DC, USA Chair: Patricia V. de L. Guidi, Noronha Advogados, Sao Paulo, Brazil
10:40 am – 11:00 am	Networking Break
11:00 am – 12:40 pm	Program: In-House Counsel in Latin America This panel will address the challenges of the relationship between the legal department of foreign investors in Latin America and the region’s law firms. What are international clients’ expectations in this relationship? What are the characteristics of a successful in-house department and of a law firm in the region? What are the best methods to ensure accurate communication, full trust and transparency? For investors in Latin America, what are the key factors for hiring local legal counsel and the best law firm practices from in-house counsel’s perspective? Panel: Décio Alarcom, EMC2, Sao Paulo, Brazil André de Almeida (moderator), Almeida Advogados, Sao Paulo, Brazil Cinthia Ambrogi, Elektro, Campinas, Brazil Edmundo Olivares, Aeromexico, México City, Mexico George Miller, Novartis Coroporation, New York, USA Chair: André de Almeida, Almeida Advogados, Sao Paulo, Brazil
11:00 am – 12:40 pm	Program: Antitrust as Industrial Policy Tool? In this panel, government authorities and private practitioners will discuss the application of competition laws to foreign investors. It will address the perception sometimes expressed that competition laws are applied to foreign investors differently from the way they are applied to domestic ones. It will debate the difference between this perception and the realities of competition-law enforcement in the region, with specific focus on Argentina, Brazil, Mexico and Canada. Panel: Elizabeth Farina, Conselho Administrativo de Defesa Econômica – CADE, Sao Paulo, Brazil José Ignácio Gonzaga Franceschini (moderator), Franceschini e Miranda Advogados, Sao Paulo, Brazil Gabriel Castañeda Gallardo, Castañeda y Asociados, Delegacion Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico Omar Wakil, Torys LLP, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Marcelo den Toom, M. & M. Bomchil, Buenos Aires, Argentina Chair: Regis Coppini Meireles de Lima, Bastos Tigre, Coelho da Rocha e Lopes Advogados, Sao Paulo, Brazil
1:00 pm– 2:15 pm	Ticketed Event Luncheon with Distinguished Guest
2:30 pm – 4:10 pm	Program: Capital Markets and IPO This roundtable discussion will assess the realities of booming capital markets in Latin America, their prospects and strategies for further development and the future of regional capital markets, including possible regional integration of stock exchanges. Panelists from several jurisdictions will debate the results of recent IPOs and the globalization of capital markets and compliance standards, including accounting rules and corporate governance issues. The panel will also explore the perspectives, experiences, and future plans in Latin America of highly developed stock exchanges such as NYSE and LSE, with a view to identify whether such stock exchanges are becoming competitors in these markets. Panel: J. Anthony Girolami, Chadbourne & Parke, Mexico City, Mexico Durval de Noronha Goyos Jr. (moderator), Noronha Advogados, Sao Paulo, Brazil Antônio Piccirillo, Proskauer Rose LLP, Sao Paulo, Brazil Francesca Odell, Cleary Gottlieb, New York, USA Alexandre Ibrahim, New York Stock Exchange – NYSE, New York, USA Co-chairs: Alexandre Leite Ribeiro do Valle, Noronha Advogados, Sao Paulo, Brazil Marcelo Freitas Pereira, Siqueira Castro Advogados, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2:30 pm – 4:10 pm	Program: Alternative Dispute Resolution in Commercial Context The past decade has seen an explosion of commercial arbitration in Latin America, as investors both foreign and domestic have turned to this form of dispute resolution as an alternative to local courts. This panel will provide a forum for exchanging experiences with arbitration and mediation in the region, evaluating the effectiveness of the current system and exploring the future of alternative dispute resolution in Latin America. It will also examine the practical essentials of drafting arbitration clauses that are enforceable in the region. Panel: Alberto Murray Neto (moderator), Paulo Roberto Murray Advogados, Sao Paulo, Brazil Dra. Lise de Almeida, Pinheiro Guimarães Advogados, Sao Paulo, Brazil Guillermo Cabanellas, Cabanellas, Etchebarne, Kelly & Dell’Oro Maini, Buenos Aires, Argentina Michael Socarras, McDermott Will & Emery, Washington, DC, USA Sandra Gonzales, FERRERE Abogados, Montevideo, Uruguay Chair: Patrícia Goldberg Terpins, Paulo Roberto Murray - Advogados, Sao Paulo, Brazil
4:10 pm – 4:30 pm	Networking Coffee Break
4:30 pm – 6:10 pm	Program: The Latin American Tax System and Foreign Investment Tax considerations are almost always one of the most important legal considerations for foreign investors considering a major investment in Latin America. This panel will offer the perspective of foreign investors and their tax advisors on how they address for investments in the region the critical question: what will the effective tax rate be? It will further debate the characteristics of a tax system that favors foreign investment and the concerns of foreign investors with respect to the tax systems currently in place in Latin America – and what modifications would be required to diminish these concerns. Panel: José Antônio Miguel Neto (moderator), Miguel Neto Advogados Associados, Sao Paulo, Brazil Jonas Bergstein, Estudio Bergstein, Montevideo, Uruguay Marcio Neves, Veirano Advogados, Sao Paulo, Brazil Roberto Márquez Alonso, Márquez Alonso Abogados, Cuajimalpa, Mexico Sam Kaywood, Alston and Bird, Atlanta, USA Chair: Cristina Andrade Salvador, Miguel Neto Advogados, Sao Paulo, Brazil
4:30 pm – 6:10 pm	Program: IP Protection: Where Latin America was and Where it Should Be Latin America has seen an improvement in enforcement of intellectual property rights in recent years, as demonstrated by the fact that Brazil has recently been removed from the worldwide intellectual property infringement “watch list.” This panel will debate the extent of the improvement, what measures can and likely will be taken to increase respect for IP rights and current developments in the approaches taken by government and industry to implement an optimal IP protection program. Panel: Maristela Basso (moderator), Maristela Basso Advogados and University of Sao Paulo – USP, Sao Paulo, Brazil Gabriel Francisco Leonardos, Momsen, Leonardos & Cia., Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Gustavo Giay, Marval, O’Farrell & Mairal, Buenos Aires, Argentina Rodrigo Marre G., Mackenna, Irarrázaval, Cuchacovich & Paz Abogados, Santiago, Chile Markus Wanger, WANGER Advokaturbüro, Vaduz, Fürstentum Liechtenstein Chair: Annaisa Jardim de Freitas Borges, Amaral Gurgel Fischer & Forster Advogados, Sao Paulo, Brazil
8:30 pm – 10:30 pm	Ticketed Event Closing Reception and Dinner at Churrascaria Fogo de Chão