Agenda

Interested in speaking? Contact Samantha Richardson at Samantha.Richardson@LBResearch.com.

6 May 2026

9:00 am-9:30 am

Registration and networking

9:30 am-9:45 am

Latin Lawyer welcome remarks

9:45 am-10:15 am

Keynote address

Taís Tesser
Taís Tesser Head of Litigation, Brazil, Google
10:15 am-11:15 am

Deal or no deal: navigating volatility in cross-border investment in the energy industry

  • Investment trends and challenges
  • How should lawyers stay ahead of shifting investor sentiment and regulatory responses in volatile environments?
  • What are institutional investors demanding for 2026?
  • Cross-border complexity – how best to navigate multi-jurisdictional risk
Mariana Tumbiolo
Mariana Tumbiolo Partner, Madruga
Giovani Loss
Giovani Loss Partner, Mattos Filho
José Prado
José Prado Partner, Machado Meyer
11:15 am-11:45 am

Networking break

11:45 am-1:15 pm

Workshop: Critical Minerals

How are critical minerals re-shaping the mining industry and the role of legal advisors? 

Adriano Drummond Trindade
Adriano Drummond Trindade Partner, Mattos Filho

Workshop: Arbitration

Arbitration 2.0: Latin America’s Leap Toward UNCITRAL Harmony

Marcela Levy
Marcela Levy Partner, Lefosse

Workshop: Data Centres

Server Samba: Legal Moves in Brazil’s Data Centre Boom

Jessica Nunes de Queiroz
Jessica Nunes de Queiroz Partner, Dias Carneiro Advogados

Workshop: Infrastructure

Legal Clarity for Brazil’s Infrastructure Financing 

Francisco Werneck Maranhão, Partner, Pinheiro Neto

Workshop: Compliance

Erica Sarubbi
Erica Sarubbi Founding Partner, Maeda, Ayres & Sarubbi

Workshop: Renewable Energy

Legal Challenges for Financing, Development, and Transition to Renewables

Jose Roberto Martins
Jose Roberto Martins Partner, Trench Rossi Watanabe
1:15 pm-2:30 pm

Networking lunch

2:30 pm-3:15 pm

Briefs & bots: running legal teams in the age of AI

  • How is AI and GenAI being used in the practice of law?
  • Communication of the use of AI to clients and teams
  • How best to protect confidentiality
  • How are ethical considerations evolving?
Carlos Motta
Carlos Motta Founder, C Motta
Fellipe Fortes
Fellipe Fortes Director of Legal, Compliance and Data Privacy, Samsung
Marcela Masiero
Marcela Masiero General Counsel & Compliance Officer, CI&T Group
Ingrid Sguassabia Ferreira
Ingrid Sguassabia Ferreira Head of Legal, Business Affairs, Brazil, Paramount
3:15 pm-3:45 pm

Networking break

3:45 pm-4:15 pm

Legal Tech Live: AI showcase for your day-to-day legal practice

In this fast-paced, interactive showcase, three cutting-edge legal AI tools will take the stage to show how they’re transforming the daily grind of legal practice. From contract review to research and client communication, these demos will spotlight practical ways to boost your expertise, slash inefficiencies, and stay ahead of the curve.

Each tool gets:

  • 10 minutes to wow you with a live demo
  • 5 minutes of audience Q&A to dig into use cases, risks, and real-life results
4:15 pm-5:00 pm

Legal Tech Live: Lab Workshop

Your chance to experiment using the cutting-edge technology and see how it can transform your legal practice. 

5:00 pm-5:15 pm

Latin Lawyer closing remarks

5:15 pm-6:30 pm

Networking drinks reception