DLA Piper’s Latin America Women’s Mentoring Program brings together Latin-American women lawyers in Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Peru, Puerto Rico, Portugal and Spain. Since the program launched in July 2019, more than 100 women have participated, including more than 35 mentors and 65 mentees.  We are not only committed to promoting the retention, advancement and empowerment of women lawyers but to bringing a cross-border element to the program, connecting women within specific practice areas across different countries.

These match-ups enable conversations to take place in a safe and productive space, all while enhancing integration and understanding across borders.  The program incorporates a strategic combination of independently scheduled one-on-one mentor/mentee calls and guided group discussions on topics of professional development. Regularly scheduled meetings enable the participants to overcome shared challenges as a team.  By building a strong sense of support across borders, we not only provide guidance but create and share action plans for internal and external networking, professional development and work-life balance.

DLA Piper’s overall Latin America strategy is to be a world-class leading law firm offering a one-stop solution to multinational companies doing business throughout the region. We want to seamlessly deliver quality legal services via diverse teams that look like our clients. Our mentoring program introduces our women associates to international standards and best-in-class processes which they can then apply in their respective countries, meeting clients’ expectations and setting us apart from our competitors in the region, who do not have the benefit of this type of professional network.

DLA Piper’s global core values remind us how important it is to promote diversity and inclusion as well as gender equality across our global platform.  These values reflect the diversity of clients, communities and markets where we work. As we prepare for the future, we are aiming to expand our support of our women lawyers in their respective roles to ensure they are seen as trusted advisors and leaders in the legal community.

DLA Piper Latin America’s International Associate Program supports our objective to become the leading global law firm with operations and services throughout the Latin America region. DLA Piper has never before launched a comprehensive program like this, with the specific goal of recruiting top talent in Latin America.

Our firm’s unprecedented push to build this Latin America program speaks to our global commitment to the region and our pan-hemispheric approach to delivering consistent, reliable and top-notch services to clients. The program builds on the growth of DLA Piper Latin America’s practice in the United States, as well as its quick success over the last five years opening offices in Santiago, Lima, Buenos Aires, Mexico City and Bogota, while helping build a large team in Brazil in cooperation with independent law firm Campos Mello Advogados.

We have designed the International Associate Program to maintain a client service team of highly sophisticated multi-lingual professionals in the United States who serve our expanding client base throughout the region. This sharper focus on sector experience joins the continuous expansion of our global and Latin American corporate teams, allowing us to meet our clients’ legal objectives across several practice areas.

Integrated with our global practices and sectors, the DLA Piper International Associates will be actively involved in cross-border matters in the United States. They are expected to perform at the highest standards, while working on complex and highly sophisticated matters in a wide variety of sectors.

About DLA Piper Latin America

DLA Piper Latin America offers full-service business legal counsel to domestic and multinational clients with interests in and operations throughout the region. Our integrated approach to serving clients combines local knowledge with the resources of the DLA Piper global platform. With more than 300 lawyers practicing in DLA Piper Latin America, our teams frequently work with our professionals throughout the Iberian Peninsula and around the global firm to ensure our clients receive the depth of service they require to meet their legal and business objectives. DLA Piper assists clients with cross-border business transactions and disputes throughout Latin America. We handle matters in almost every country in the region and across every industry sector in which our clients operate. As the level of cross-border activity continues to grow throughout the entire region, DLA Piper continues to expand its services to clients with its Latin America presence through our offices located in the United States, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru and in cooperation with independent law firm Campos Mello Advogados in Brazil.

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