Event Overview

¡Se habla Español! Join AIJA’s one hour virtual gathering with all AIJA Spanish speaking members, colleagues and friends from every corner in the world, on Tuesday 9 June, starting at 16:00 CET (9 a.m. Mexico City time, 10 a.m. Miami time, 11 a.m. Buenos Aires time, and 4 p.m. Madrid time) and be part En Español of the conversation of all things AIJA, the practice of law and leadership.

Our special guest Jorge Rosas Torres, attorney, TEDx speaker, and Co-Founder & CEO of Delivering Happiness México, will kick off the gathering with a talk on ‘Leading in times of crisis’ where he will share his views about the role that a leader must fulfill in times of crisis, how to overcome adversity and take advantage of the circumstances to generate innovation. We will then open the floor for questions and comments.  So come in to learn and share your experiences and ideas.

The discussion will be moderated by Eduardo De la Peña, AIJA’s International Arbitration Commission President.  We will also be hearing at the meeting from different AIJA’s commission officers and national representatives about what is next across board in AIJA.

How to join

The virtual gathering will be held in Spanish. The gathering is available to AIJA members and non-members for free. 

To join, click here.

Speaker

Jorge Rosas Torres, Attorney-at-Law, Co-Founder & CEO of Delivering Happiness México

Jorge graduated with honors from La Escuela Libre de Derecho, with postgraduate studies in IPADE, CEIBS in China, Wharton, Harvard and Stanford in the US. He became one of the youngest partners of one of the largest law firms in the world, Baker and McKenzie. As a speaker, he has participated in more than 300 events in four continents, and in 2018 he participated in TEDx with his talk called, ‘Y tú, ¿en qué miedo descubriste que eres valiente?’ which translates to ‘With which fear did you discover you are courageous?’ (link). He became Chief Human Resources Officer at Cinepolis and was later appointed as HR Senior Director of Diversity, Inclusion, and Wellness of ESPN (The Walt Disney Company), based in New York City. Currently, he is the Co-founder & CEO of Delivering Happiness México.

Practical Information

The virtual gathering will be held in Spanish. The gathering is available to AIJA members and non-members for free. 

To join, click here.

Fees & General Info

There are currently no registration fees available.

General terms and conditions

By registering you have to accept the general terms and conditions and accept that your registration is considered binding immediately, but participation to the event is possible only after full payment of the registration fee.

Please note that any arrangements related to the participation of the participant in an AIJA event, including but not limited to booking or cancellation of accommodation or flights, as well as respecting the cancellation deadlines indicated in the general terms and conditions, are the sole responsibility of the participant. AIJA shall not be held liable for any expenses the participant may suffer as the result of participant’s failure to comply with his/her obligations.

It is recommended for each participant to purchase a cancellation and travel insurance.

Please note that in-house counsel registrations are subject to review and confirmation by AIJA. AIJA considers in-house counsel professionals who hold a university degree in law allowing access to a bar association and practicing law as an in-house counsel in private, public, or non-profit companies, institutions or organisations. Please note that in-house counsel who are at the same time active as fee-earning lawyers or consultants are not eligible to the discounted in-house counsel fee.

Please read the general terms and conditions applicable for AIJA events.

Scholarships

If you are a lawyer under 35 years old and meet the requirements, apply to our Scholarship Programme for this event. You can check more details here.

Practical Information

The virtual gathering will be held in Spanish. The gathering is available to AIJA members and non-members for free. 

To join, click here.

Personal Protection

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Your data will be managed by AIJA's General Services, Events and Accounts Section:

  • For the purpose of administering your registration for the event and your on-site access to the event;
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  • In order to communicate information messages from AIJA.

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Data relating to your participation in the event shall be stored for a period of 10 years. We are obliged to archive billing data until the end of the period required for our tax and accounting obligations, i.e. for 7 full tax years.

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