Latin American Summit (2-Day Program)
June 10, 2026 | 9:00 am - 6:00 pm
June 11, 2026 | 9:00 am - 6:30 pm | Reception 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Format: In Person
Where: New York City Bar
42 West 44th Street
New York, NY 10036
Registration: Fee Covers Both Days
$100 Members, Foreign Lawyers and Members of Cosponsoring Organizations | $200 Nonmember
$50 Sponsor Firms (Please register here)
Free In-House Lawyers Members and Non-Members (Please register here)
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Description:
The Americas are entering a period of accelerated economic and geopolitical recalibration. Trade architecture is under review, supply chains are being reengineered, capital is reallocating across borders, and governance models are evolving in ways that directly affect investment certainty and long-term growth. From North America’s treaty framework and the USMCA review to nearshoring, financial resilience, regional reform cycles, and shifting transatlantic capital flows, structural change is reshaping the hemisphere.
The New York City Bar Latin American Summit convenes policymakers, industry leaders, financial institutions, and practitioners to assess where these forces are converging—and how strategic decisions must adapt. Throughout the program, macroeconomic and geopolitical analysis is paired with a practical lens on risk: enforcement trends, compliance expectations, dispute resolution mechanisms, and institutional stability. In an environment where legal exposure and regulatory scrutiny increasingly shape capital deployment and corporate strategy, risk is no longer peripheral to growth—it is integral to it.
See the full agenda and all keynote speakers and panelists at the Latin American Summit in the Latin American Summit brochure.
Day 1 | June 10
Panels:
- Mexico: Risks and Rewards for U.S. Businesses in an Age of Global Uncertainty
- Europe and Latin America: Capital, Competition, and Strategic Alignment
- Central America and the Caribbean: Growth Opportunities and Strategic Risk
- Signing Ceremony: Memorandum of Understanding
New York City Bar and Mexican Bar Association
- North America at a Crossroads: The Future of Trade, Investment, and USMCA (Plenary Lunch)
- The Southern Cone: Investment and Economic Transformation
- Latin America Now: Strategic Considerations for U.S. Companies
- Strategic Horizons in Latin America: Opportunity, Governance, and Long-Term Value
Day 2 | June 11
Panels:
- Managing Risk in Latin America: Enforcement, Compliance, and Corporate Strategy
- Recent Trends in International Arbitration in the Americas
- Nearshoring North America: Business, Labor, and Policy Realities
- Mexico’s Evolving Judiciary: Institutional Change and Market Implications (Plenary Lunch)
- Banking Across the Americas
- Financial Stress and Recovery in Latin America
- Litigation Risk and Enforcement Across the Americas
- The Dominican Republic Means Business
Sponsoring Committee:
Inter-American Affairs
Co-sponsoring Committees:
Arbitration, Gretta Lee Walters, Chair
Asian Affairs, Benjamin Qiu & Kabir Duggal, Co-Chairs
Council on International Affairs, Margaret E. McGuinness, Chair
European Affairs, Katherine Gonzalez & Rafael Carmona, Co-Chairs
International Commercial Disputes, Stephanie L. Cohen, Chair
Co-sponsoring Organizations:
Dominican Bar Association
Florida Bar International Law Section
NYSBA International Law Section
Thank you to our generous sponsors.
Gold Level
JAMS
Silver Level
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
DGA Group
Katz & Gudiño
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Sainz
S-RM
Winston & Strawn LLP
Bronze Level
BLP
Colón & Partners
Cozen O'Connor
Covington & Burling LLP
Davis Polk &Wardwell LLP
Duane Morris
Ferrere
Harper Meyer LLP
Hogan Lovells US LLP
Mattos Filho
Rincon Castro Abogados
Santos Elizondo, S.C.
Scoolidge, Peters, Russotti & Fox, LLP
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Von Wobeser y Sierra, S.C.