IBA Next Generation Legal Summit: Building your professional future in a changing world – a law firm management perspective

8 Sep 2025

Session information

The path to law firm leadership: insights from Latin American managing partners - Q&A roundtable

Monday 8 September (1030 - 1130)

Description

This session will take the form of an interactive roundtable, with each table hosted by a managing partner from a leading Latin American law firm. Participants will have the opportunity to engage directly with the managing partners, gaining personal insights into their journeys to leadership and the skills, challenges, and lessons learned along the way.

Topics to be discussed at each table include:
• navigating firm politics and partnership dynamics;
• building a personal brand and network within the region;
• leadership styles that resonate in Latin America;
• fostering diversity and inclusion at the top; and
• perspectives on preparing future firm leaders.

Session / Workshop Chair(s)

Cesar Amendolara Velloza Advogados , São Paulo, Brazil; Young Lawyers Initiatives Officer, Latin American Regional Forum

Speakers

Fabiola Cavalcanti Araújo e Policastro Advogados, São Paulo, Brazil; Scholarship Officer, Latin American Regional Forum
Pedro Whitaker de Souza Dias Mattos Filho, São Paulo, Brazil