Legal Hackathon 2020 comes to an end

Luego de varios meses de preparación, la primera Legal Hackathon regional de Latinoamérica, organizada por nuestra alianza Affinitas y Laboratoria, llegó a su fin este 2 de diciembre.

After several months of preparation, the first regional Legal Hackathon in Latin America, organized by our alliance Affinitas and Laboratoria, came to an end this December 2nd. There were 6 companies and 7 squads that reached the last stage of the event: Agrosuper, Falabella (with two squads in competition), Grupo Graña y Montero, Belcorp, Interbank and BlackRock but only three were on the podium.

First of all, we congratulate the big winners of the night: the Belcorp squad (Peru) with their Legal Keeper solution. We would especially like to highlight Miranda & Amado, who were part of the team, and Paula Paredes, Alejanda Ibañez, Alejandra Pérez and Elian Tapia, the programmers who shaped the solution required by Belcorp.

Those who also stood out for their two podiums in the ranking (second and third place) were the squads of the Chilean company Falabella, with their innovative solutions: Facillito and Ale, also designed by the programmers of Laboratoria, who demonstrated their talent and capabilities in both projects.

As mentioned by the partner in charge of the project within Barros & Errázuriz, Sergio Eguiguren, in multiple media: “[. . . ] this event has exceeded the expectations of all those who have participated in the region [. . . ]”.

In Barros & Errázuriz we believe that this project is a great milestone at regional level, because it included several topics such as the digital transformation in the legal industry, innovation and diversity. As a firm we wanted to be pioneers in installing these issues and processes of change at the local level and in Latin America, through our Affinitas alliance. We thank the 8 participating companies, the work teams of the 4 firms and Laboratoria.