Compliance, ABC and Data Protection in Latin America

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The MHR Compliance, Data Protection, Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Corruption and Corporate Criminal Liability team is made up of partners and associates with more than 15 years’ experience advising local and foreign corporations. Our team stands out for its knowledge and handling of legislation, regulations across Latin America.

Our advice includes the adaptation of global compliance plans under foreign legislation to local necessities and regulations within the Latam region, coupled with training and assistance in internal investigations. Furthermore, we counsel clients with Anti-Money Laundering (AML) procedures, data protection, fraud prevention and the implementation of ethics codes, whistleblower channels, investigations, internal audits and training in general. We have assisted Compliance Officers and Committees in their activity, in risk assessment and the application of preventive measures.

Our regular advisory services for purchasing audits (due diligence) include Anti-Bribery & Corruption (ABC) programs. Clients we have provided these services for include Refinor, IMPSA, Accor Hotels, Sinopec, Trafigura and Total.

In 2020 we conducted two specific ABC audits, one for IMPSA S.A. (done entirely in Portuguese) and the other for a confidential target. Said audits included identification and classification of relevant issues according to their materiality, analysis of the target’s compliance programs, identification of its mandatory and optional requirements, also classified under their degree of compliance (full, partial or non-compliant), and the answering of integrity questionnaires provided by the client.

Regarding Compliance and Data Protection, we have counselled local and international companies in the analysis of regulatory requirements, in the design of informed consents of data subjects, data processing schemes, registration of personal databases, advertising regulations and outsourcing of data processing, treatment of sensitive data, international transfer of data, terms and conditions of websites and apps, and regulator and customer requirements, among other issues.

Head
Coordinators

Martín Lepiane

  • Resident in Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • More than 15 years of experience in compliance and data protection.
  • 2 years of work practice in New York

Martín Lepiane

  • Resident in Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • More than 15 years of experience in compliance and data protection.
  • 2 years of work practice in New York

Milagros Lezica

  • Resident in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

  • 5 years of experience in transactions, consulting and litigation.

  • Certificate on Compliance and Criminal Corporate Liability from the Torcuato Di Tella University.

  • Diploma on Private Law from Austral University.

  • Completing a master’s degree on Public Law at Austral University

Contact

Phone

+598 2518 2791

Email

compliance@mhrlegal.com