Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
Maria-Leticia Ossa Daza, Chair of the Latin America Practice at Willkie Farr & Gallagher, alongside Allan Cohen, research editor at The Legal 500: In-House Research Team, introduce the important topics discussed in this special report.
Latin America has a rich and diverse culture with a population of over 660 million people from many different ethnic groups and cultural ancestries. Due to the region’s diversity, it is essential for companies and their workforces to continuously prioritize the need for diversity and inclusion in their general work environments, including in their boards and senior management positions, which data indicates are more than 90% occupied by men, mostly from a similar ethnic group.
Studies show that Latin American women are underrepresented among the top echelons of the legal profession – as they also are in the wider corporate environment – despite having a higher level of education than their male counterparts on average (as is the case in Brazil, for instance) or them representing half of the students in law school (as is the case in Mexico).
