Affinitas and Laboratoria join forces to carry out the first Legal Hackathon in Latin America
November 20, 2020 · 3 min read
With 18 Legal Departaments participating in the region and 20 squads made up of the companies, lawyers from the Affinitas alliance and the developers of Laboratoria, Legal Hackathon week begins, a LegalTech experience aimed at internal legal teams of companies in Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru. The event, which is entirely virtual, will take place from 23 to 27 November 2020 and will consist of five days of online collaboration, in which they will develop technological solutions for the legal challenges of the participating companies in the four countries.
The legal industry is experiencing unprecedented changes, accelerated by the social and economic effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. Today, digital transformation strategies have become the key to increasing the value of truly client-focused legal services.
In this digital marathon, Legal Departament will propose challenges to the graduates of Laboratoria, a non-profit organization that promotes female talent in the world of technology. The companies, with the mentoring of Laboratoria and lawyers from Barros & Errázuriz (Chile), Gómez-Pinzón (Colombia) and Mijares, Angoitia, Cortés y Fuentes (Mexico) and Miranda & Amado (Peru) will create innovative products aligned with the objectives of each company, aimed at improving their internal processes, to win in the digital era. At the end of the event, these managers will bring to their organizations a MVP (minimum viable product) and Affinitas will organize a ceremony in which the two best projects will be celebrated.
Legal Hackathon es una experiencia integral para el desarrollo de competencias de las áreas legales, con una etapa de entrenamiento corporativo para impulsar un mindset de innovación en el sector legal. La etapa final (Hackathon y Demo Night) se desarrollará del 23 al 27 de noviembre, cuando abogados in house se unan a las más de 100 UX Designers y Front-end Developers, egresadas de Laboratoria, para desarrollar productos digitales para las gerencias legales de 18 importantes empresas de la región junto a 20 squads.
Procter & Gamble, Nexa, Banco de Chile, BlackRock, Falabella, Interbank, Diamong Generating, Agencia Ransa, Agrosuper, TGP, Colbún, Belcorp, Banco Estado, Accenture, Ingeniería y Construcción (Grupo Graña y Montero), AES Gener, Porvenir, y Walmart son las empresas que se sumaron a este desafío de transformación digital que, en un trabajo en conjunto con Affinitas y Laboratoria, implementarán soluciones a la medida de cada una.
Juan Luis Avendaño, Secretario Ejecutivo de Affinitas, comenta: “Juan Luis Avendaño, Executive Secretary of Affinitas, comments: “The Legal Hackathon is unique. It combines the strategic agenda of leading companies, the talent of Lab’s digital experts, and the legal expertise of the participating internal teams and our member firms. Innovation and digital transformation have become a shared priority among our firms, and we are delighted to contribute to the positive change this project will generate.
Sobre la necesidad de consolidar una economía digital que genere oportunidades en la región, María Paula Rivarola, Regional Business Director de Laboratoria comenta que Regarding the need to consolidate a digital economy that generates opportunities in the region, María Paula Rivarola, Regional Business Director of Laboratories, comments that “this revolution involves all sectors. Today, and perhaps more than ever, technology has a disruptive potential in everything we do and how we do it, but it is people who really have the ability to innovate and use digital tools to our advantage. Human potential is the most powerful of all, and that’s why at Laboratoria and Affinitas we want to build the bridge between the talent that exists in the best legal areas of our region and Laboratoria’s web developers and user experience designers! We know the results will be amazing! Learn more about the event and follow the award ceremony live at: https://talento. laboratoria. la/legal-hackathon
Conoce más detalle del evento y sigue la premiación del evento en vivo en: https://talento.laboratoria.la/legal-hackathon
