Damintha Pathirana is a legal trailblazer and currently a Partner at Atsumi & Sakai, one of Japan’s leading international law firms. She is the first and remains the only Sri Lankan lawyer registered to practice law in Japan, marking a historic milestone in the global legal community.

Damintha began her legal career as a junior counsel at the Hulftsdorp courts complex in Colombo, Sri Lanka, before serving as a Legal Officer in the Sri Lanka Navy. Her work in both civil and military legal systems, combined with exposure to international maritime law, provided her with a rare and multidimensional foundation early in her career.

Privacy, Governance, Third Parties at ZOLL Medical Corporation

Stephani Bueno is a lawyer graduated from Universidad de Montevideo, with more than 15 years of experience advising companies on labor law, social security, immigration, and compliance matters. She also holds a diploma in university teaching from UM and a Master’s degree in Human Resource Management from IEEM.

She began her career in 2007 at Pérez del Castillo, later joined Jiménez de Aréchaga —providing legal services to Banco Santander— and subsequently worked for 14 years at Ferrere, one of the leading regional law firms, where she consolidated her expertise in corporate labor law, collective bargaining, and internal policy design.

Camila Pinto is a Legal Counsel at Shell Brazil, with a strong track record in managing complex civil, labor, and intellectual property cases. She is known for her strategic legal thinking, negotiation skills, and ability to deliver results that balance legal risk with business impact. Camila leads litigation and advisory matters with a focus on operational efficiency and reputational protection. She is also a recognized leader in diversity and inclusion, serving as a focal point for mental health and accessibility initiatives, and actively contributing to networks that promote equity and representation in the legal profession. Her academic background includes a Master’s in Strategy and Innovation from the University of Oxford, which complements her legal expertise with a forward-looking approach to problem-solving and leadership. Camila’s contributions have earned her recognition across

Latam Antitrust Counsel at Uber

Antonella Panozzo is a lawyer specialized in Technology and International Law, with over 10 years of experience in legal technology and automation projects. She is a certified Legal Project Manager (LPM) and has led initiatives in legal operations, contract management, and process automation for global organizations. Antonella has worked with leading platforms such as Ironclad, Icertis, and BRYTER, and has implemented solutions for contract automation, legal operations, and digital transformation. Her expertise includes legal project management, consulting, contract lifecycle management, agile methodology, and low-code/no-code application development.

She is widely recognized as one of the most respected and accomplished lawyers and notary publics in El Salvador. With an outstanding track record in corporate law, administrative law, regulatory and corporate compliance, she has played a pivotal role in shaping best practices within her organization and the wider legal community, she currently works at Energía del Pacifico and Invenergy as Senior Compliance Manager for LATAM, leading the design and implementation of compliance programs in key areas such as anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, conflicts of interest, competition, ESG, data protection, and risk management.

Luis Mario Villalta is currently the Corporate Tax Manager at Grupo Unicomer, bringing more than a decade of experience in the retail and telecommunications sectors. He specializes in tax planning, M&A, and tax controversy, and has contributed to several notable regional transactions over the past ten years. Luis Mario holds a Law Degree from Universidad Dr. Matías Delgado in El Salvador and an LL.M. in Law and Economics from Universidad Torcuato di Tella in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is recognized for his strategic, business-focused approach to complex tax matters and his ability to navigate cross-border regulatory environments.

Michael grew up in a family dedicated to service, moving at age seven with his parents and six siblings to Aguascalientes, Mexico, where they worked as missionaries. There, he learned Spanish, hard work, cultural awareness, and a deep love for people. Michael values his upbringing, saying, “We may have been financially poor, but we had God and family,” which shaped his values and linguistic skills.

Corporate Legal Counsel at Petricore

Raissa Moura Ferreira is a distinguished legal professional with more than 15 years of experience, including eight years dedicated to shaping the field of data protection and privacy across Latin America. She holds a Master’s degree in Corporate Law from IBMEC and has built a career defined by innovation, ethical governance, and transformative leadership.

Natasha Dhingra is a distinguished legal and compliance professional, celebrated for her expertise in building robust compliance frameworks, streamlining contract management, and advancing ESG initiatives.  

Natasha’s ability to lead without authority, foster multi-functional collaboration, and communicate effectively with executives and vendors has been instrumental in driving organizational excellence. Her solution-oriented approach, dedication to team development, and commitment to ethical standards have made a lasting impact on legal and compliance practices.

Over 20 years of professional experience -most recently as former Acting Executive Director at Misr for Central Clearing, Depository, and Registry (MCDR)- in the back office of the Egyptian stock exchange, working in the sole Financial market infrastructures entity “FMIs” in Egypt that develops that field in the capital market; rotated between different departments, worked in several projects with foreign experts to develop the Central Depository and Registry in the Egyptian capital market according to the international benchmark of the industry; gained the experience that I seek from my early age to be an expert in that field on all the core business operations, the extra services related to the Clearing, the Depository and Registry, the cross border listing and settlement, the control systems linked to compliance, risk management, anti-money laundering and counter terrorism financing

Damian Agata Yuvens is a seasoned and well-rounded litigator based in Jakarta, with specialized expertise in constitutional, administrative, and criminal law. A graduate of Universitas Indonesia (Bachelor of Law) and the University of Melbourne (Master of Law and Development), he brings both doctrinal strength and comparative insight to his practice.

Advocate Hemant Manjani is a New Delhi-based legal professional with over 10 years of experience in litigation and commercial arbitration. He provides strategic legal counsel to domestic and international clients, with a strong track record of representing them before the Supreme Court, High Courts, Tribunals, and other quasi-judicial authorities.

Areas of Expertise

• Litigation: Strategic counsel and representation in civil, commercial, and corporate disputes.

• Arbitration: Represents clients in both domestic and international commercial arbitrations.

• Court Appearances: Extensive experience before the Supreme Court of India, High Courts, Tribunals, and other quasi-judicial authorities.

Jaime is a distinguished Mexican attorney based in Guadalajara, Jalisco, and the Founder of BM Abogados,a boutique law firm recognized for its global perspective and deep expertise in corporate, commercial, and M&A law.

He holds a Law Degree from Universidad Panamericana, ranked among Mexico’s top universities, a Master’s Degree in Law from Universidad Abat Oliba CEU (Spain), a leading Southern European institution and an MBA from IPADE Business School, ranked among the world’s top business schools by the Financial Times.

Rocío Nicole Tem is a Panamanian attorney with more than a decade of experience in corporate, commercial, administrative, and public procurement law. She currently serves as Legal Director of Ruta de Este Sociedad Concesionaria, S.A., an important Public-Private Partnership (PPP) project under the Ministry of Public Works, where she leads legal strategy, contract administration, and regulatory compliance at the highest level.

Guilherme Philippi is Senior Counsel at Uber in Brazil, where he leads the Product & Commercial legal team and advises on strategic initiatives at the intersection of technology, regulation, and business. He holds an LL.M. in Innovation, Technology and the Law from the University of Edinburgh and a Master’s in International Taxation from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC). Over the past decade, Guilherme has built extensive experience in tech transactions, M&A, product development, and AI governance (AIGP certified). His career spans different industries, including fintech/banks, edtech, and healthtech, giving him a broad perspective on how legal strategy supports innovation. Passionate about technology and law, Guilherme has worked with cross-functional teams to enable responsible growth in highly regulated markets.

Compliance Officer

Bruna Barrella is a corporate lawyer with expertise in aviation and international business law, currently serving as in-house counsel at Embraer S.A. Throughout her career, she has supported the negotiation and of high-value aircraft sales, training, supply and service agreements under New York and English law, ensuring effective risk allocation and innovative contractual structures.

Carolina Martinelli Bastos is a Brazilian lawyer with over 13 years of experience in labor and employment law. At Uber Brazil, as Senior Employment Counsel, she leads the company’s labor and employment litigation nationwide, overseeing complex disputes and shaping Uber’s defense in more than 21,000 reclassification cases, including collective actions.

She holds a PhD from the University Center of Brasília (Ceub) and a doctoral fellowship at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. She is a partner at Carvalho, Machado e Timm – CMT Advogados, specialized in economic regulation, with a focus on consulting, contracts, and administrative procedures related to Consumer Law. She worked as an Assistant Professor of International Relations at Insper and as a Professor in a workshop at UniCeub. She received a scholarship for the First Public and Private International Law course at The Hague Academy of International Law. She was legal consultant to the United Nations Development Program (UNDP)

Founder, Zaramello Advocacia e Assessoria Empresarial

Corporate Criminal Defense Attorney specializing in complex litigation in Brazil
Compliance Specialist, LL.M. and Ph.D. Candidate in Law at the University of Coimbra
Vice President of the Ibero-American Institute of Compliance
Published author of works in the field of Law

Karen is an attorney with a preventive approach, specialized in contracts and legal translations for clients across various business sectors, including commercial, goods and services, transportation and supply chain, textile, and financial industries.

She has more than ten years of experience in civil litigation which enables her to anticipate legal risks and structure contractual solutions that reduce clients’ legal exposure.

Pedro Ramírez Conde is a specialist in Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Counter-Terrorism Financing (CTF), and regulatory risk management, with 12 years of experience designing, implementing, and evaluating compliance programs across traditional, emerging, and virtual asset financial sectors. He currently serves as Chief Compliance Officer at SitesCapital SA de CV, SOFOM, ENR, and as AML Of-Counsel at ASIMETRICS, a compliance advisory firm. He is also a Board Member of the ACAMS Mexico Chapter, part of the leading global association for financial crime prevention professionals.

Founding / Senior Partner at Manzano Abogados

Stephanie Hong specializes in investment funds and structured finance. She has extensive experience in sophisticated domestic and cross-border transactions involving investment funds and comparable structures, with a particular focus on exchange-traded funds (ETFs), private equity funds (FIPs), receivables investment funds (FIDCs), and hedge funds (FIMs), among others. Her practice regularly involves representing Brazilian and international clients in structuring funds and investment vehicles

Ernesto Hernández has over a decade of experience in labor relations, employment law, and strategic labor consulting. His practice focuses on identifying and mitigating legal, reputational, financial, and operational risks across a wide range of industries, including pharmaceutical, manufacturing, energy, services, retail, and media.

Douglas Cohen Moreira is a Brazilian lawyer with over a decade of experience in regulatory law, technology, and innovation. He currently serves as Senior Counsel, Regulatory at Uber Brazil, where he leads the regulatory team responsible for supporting mobility and delivery products across the country. His work involves shaping legal strategies in highly dynamic and evolving regulatory environments.

Ph.D. in Constitutional Law and Master in Law, Justice, and Development from IDP. Specialist in Criminal Law (ABDCONST), Specialist in Advocacy in Digital Law and Data Protection (EBRADI), Master in Business Economics (FGV/EESP), and Specialist in Business Law (FGV/EDSP). Author of the books Persuasive Technologies, Personalized Pricing, and Reflections of the Welfare State in Private Law. Contributed with chapters in the books Brazilian Civil Procedure and Law and Economics in the Northeast. Author of articles published in academic journals. Former professor of the General Data Protection Law (LGPD) course in the MBA programs

Alfredo Navas Duarte is the Managing Partner of his firm and a prominent lawyer specializing in technology law. His focus areas include cybersecurity, LegalTech, and intellectual property, which are key areas in the modern digital environment.

Lucas F. G. Bento is a Lawyer with a strong background in Finance and Business, graduated at the University of São Paulo (USP), with international academic experience at the University of Illinois and the University of Chicago (USA). Holds postgraduate training in Commercial Law (master’s level) from USP and a Ph.D. (juris doctor – awarded cum laude) in Corporate Law and Capital Markets at the University of Hamburg, Germany.

Antonio is a legal executive with over 15 years of experience in leading comprehensive legal functions within dynamic, highly regulated, and cross-border environments throughout Mexico and Latin America. He is recognized for his ability to enable digital innovation while upholding compliance, risk management, and regulatory alignment.
Currently, as Head of Legal Product & Commercial at Uber Mexico, Antonio leads legal product & commercial strategies for Uber’s most complex verticals in Mexico providing advice on products, strategic partnerships, and operational risk.

Ana Carolina Vieira de Freitas is a Brazilian-qualified lawyer, Co-founder and Legal Director of Mundial Imigração e Soluções Internacionais, a leading Global Mobility, International Solutions and Immigration Brazilian company that just opened its U.S branch Mundial International Solutions Coporation. With over 15 years of experience and a postgraduate specialization in International Law, Ana Carolina is renowned for crafting strategic, cross-border legal solutions that integrate multiple areas of law across jurisdictions.

Oscar Portocarrero Mena, was born on September 16, 1994, in the State of Mexico, entered the Faculty of Law of UNAM in 2013, the same year he began his legal practice at the office of Licenciado Jesús Salgado Quiroz +, after which he was at various law firms such as
Santillana Hintze and Associates, CYCA Lawyers, among others, and the experience he gained helped him to open along with his partner José Maximiliano Guerrero the legal firm Portocarrero and Guerrero S.C.

Nadia Marcela Mira Rosa is a Salvadoran lawyer and notary with over 15 years of experience in the financial and legal sectors. She holds a Master’s degree in Business Finance and currently serves as Compliance Manager at a cryptoasset and digital services provider. Her work focuses on regulatory risk management, AML/CFT compliance, and developing frameworks for responsible innovation in the fintech space.

Paula Arrivabene Maino is a highly accomplished corporate real estate attorney with over a decade of experience at Pinheiro Neto Advogados (PNA), the most recognized law firm in Brazil and Latin America. She began her career at PNA in 2011 as an intern in the real estate practice and became an associate in 2014 after passing the Brazilian Bar Exam. Throughout her career, she has played a key role in high-impact cross-border transactions, developing deep expertise in real estate acquisitions, structured investments, rural property transactions, and large-scale urban development projects.

Audrey brings more than ten years of experience in the private sector and a solid technological profile. Since she joined Klimber in 2021 as in-house counsel, her convictions and values led her to head the Legal Department, where she safeguards the integrity of contractual audits -internal and external-, upholds standards of legal excellence and fosters high-impact strategic alliances that drive the company’s growth. She holds a degree in Journalism, a law degree from Universidad Torcuato Di Tella and a PhD in Law with a specialization in Intellectual Property and Technology. During the five years she worked in London, she obtained a diploma in Governance, Risk & Compliance and collaborated in a prestigious Silver Circle firm. In addition, she deepened her knowledge of the insurance sector through executive studies at the IAE Business School.

Maria Fernanda Gondin da Fonseca is an accomplished Brazilian lawyer with more than fifteen years of experience in the energy sector. She holds a Law Degree from Universidade Federal Fluminense and an MBA in Management Executive from Ohio University, and she is currently pursuing a degree in Psychology to deepen her understanding of human behavior and decision making. She was first called to the Bar in 2008 by the Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil.

Estefanía Rueda García is a distinguished labor law expert and Shareholder at Littler, where she has built a remarkable career advising national and multinational companies on complex employment matters. A graduate with honors of the Bachelor of Law from the prestigious Universidad Anáhuac México Norte, she further specialized with an LL.M. in Information Technology Law from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, equipping her with a unique perspective on the intersection of labor law, technology, and workplace innovation.

Thiago Müller is a lawyer with nearly two decades of experience. He is a founding partner of the law firm Koch, Müller, Azevedo & Loureiro Sociedade de Advogados, where he has extensive expertise in tax law and corporate law, with a current primary focus on anticipatory corporate governance. Today he drives carbon market innovation as CEO of Lux Carbon Standard (LuxCS) and is an Advisory Board Member of the Nature & Climate Academy at the Disruptive Futures Institute.

Hernán Simó is a globally trained attorney and legal innovator with a distinguished career spanning Argentina and the United States. He graduated with top honors from Universidad Nacional de Cuyo School of Law (LL.B., 2013) and later earned an MBA from ENEB Barcelona (2017) with a Cum Laude Distinction to Academic Excellence and an LL.M. from University of Dayton School of Law (2022) with a GPA of 4.11. After earning his LL.M., he became Program Ambassador for the Online LL.M. Program at UDSL, mentoring foreign-trained attorneys and fostering global engagement in U.S. legal education. Hernán served as Civil Prosecutor for the State of Mendoza from 2018 to 2023, where he led Argentina’s first civil asset forfeiture case—setting a national precedent in anti-corruption litigation.

Adrián is a Senior Associate in Labor and Employment practice group, advising national and foreign companies, particularly in the automotive, manufacturing, and electronics sectors. His practice focuses on mitigating client risk through strategic counsel on complex matters like collective bargaining, subcontracting compliance, and employer substitution processes. Adrián is also skilled in developing defensive strategies for labor inspections, conciliation hearings, and judicial procedures, ensuring clients are protected from potential sanctions.

David H. Haft brings over a decade of experience navigating the complex landscape of business and commercial litigation, with a deep focus on shareholder disputes, real estate litigation, taxation matters, and bankruptcy related issues. He is widely recognized for his ability to manage and resolve high stakes commercial conflicts, including critical bet the company cases, trade secrets protection, commercial arbitration, insolvency litigation, and claims involving breach of fiduciary duty and fraud.

Luiza Carrera is an accomplished legal professional and King’s College London LLM graduate, recognized for her extensive experience across multinational corporations and leading law firms. Her work spans strategic litigation, antitrust, consumer protection, intellectual property, regulatory matters, and complex corporate transactions. Early in her career, she earned regional distinction as the International Law Office Latin American In-House Counsel Awardee for Intellectual Property Individual of the Year (2013/2014).

Rebeca García López is a partner at White & Case LLP, based in Mexico City. Her practice focuses on the financial sector, with strong experience in capital markets, financial regulation, banking, M&A, and corporate governance. She regularly advises financial institutions, investment funds, and strategic shareholders on complex transactions involving regulated entities, both domestic and cross-border. Rebeca has led numerous filings before Mexican financial authorities and is particularly skilled in obtaining regulatory approvals for the incorporation of financial entities and financial transactions. Her international experience includes work across Europe, Asia, and the U.S., including a secondment in the Firm’s New York office.

As the Head of Legal & Government Affairs at The Kraft Heinz Company in Mexico, she leads the legal strategy and government relations for one of the world’s most recognized food and beverage companies. With more than 15 years of experience as a corporate lawyer across diverse industries, she has established herself as a strategic, trusted, and influential legal leader.

She holds a Master’s Degree in Business & Enterprise Law, along with a Federal and State Lawyer certification, which reinforces her authority in corporate, regulatory, and governance matters. Throughout her career, she has successfully negotiated and executed major global agreements with suppliers, distributors, customers, and government agencies, always ensuring a balance between legal precision and business objectives.

CaseDocker is an AI-powered Legal Operations WorkDesk developed by Coingeit, delivering end-to-end solutions for modern legal teams. Founded and led by Yash Singhal (Co-Founder & Chief Technology & Innovation Officer) and Kapil Singhal (Co-Founder), CaseDocker transforms how corporate legal departments, law firms, financial institutions, and enterprises manage their legal operations.

As a comprehensive LegalTech SaaS platform, CaseDocker integrates AI, automation, and domain intelligence to streamline contract lifecycle management, legal case management, compliance management, enterprise notice management, and document automation. The platform’s industry-first C3 Framework seamlessly links Case, Contract, and Compliance functions, enabling unprecedented operational efficiency.