Drawing on their industry-leading expertise in crisis management and Latin America, Sullivan & Cromwell Co-Chair Robert Giuffra Jr. and partners Sergio Galvis and Werner Federico Ahlers served as editors to the Latin Lawyer: The Guide to Corporate Crisis Management, Fifth Edition, and authored the Introduction.
While abundant opportunities for investors and corporations remain in Latin America, recent years have proven that it is increasingly important for boards and senior executives to have advanced crisis protocols in place in order to respond to and emerge strongly from all potential risk factors.
The Guide, created in collaboration with Latin Lawyer and other global organizations and law firms, presents practical strategies to help business leaders and their advisers best position themselves to withstand an expected crisis.
In addition to the Introduction, S&C lawyers authored three chapters for The Guide.
1. Crisis Management as a Tool for Approaching Shareholder Activism
By Werner Federico Ahlers and Sergio Galvis
- How companies and their directors in Latin America can draw on crisis management techniques and strategies from the United States to prepare for activist campaigns
- Why boards of directors of Latin American companies should re-evaluate traditional shareholder relations models and responses, including recognizing that activists are increasingly pursuing ESG initiatives
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2. Practical Considerations for Achieving Global Resolutions in Cross-Border Investigations
By Kathleen McArthur, Aisling O’Shea and Olivia Chalos
- Why companies should consider aiming for global resolutions in multilateral investigations, and in which circumstances pursuing a global resolution may not be the best option
- How companies can be prepared for multilateral investigations, including by making critical early decisions that can lay the groundwork for coordination at later stages
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3. United States Bankruptcy Proceedings for Latin American Corporates
By Andy Dietderich, Jim Bromley and Fabio Weinberg Crocco
- Why business professionals and non-U.S. practitioners dealing with potential insolvencies of Latin American companies should consider whether U.S. law can provide them with useful reorganization tools
- How Chapter 11 proceedings or Chapter 15 proceedings under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code can support a home country reorganization
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