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Rejection of New Constitution in Referendum in Chile
On September 4, 2022, Chile rejected a proposed new Constitution draft and saw the end of a cycle of heavy political discussion that lasted almost three years. Even though the drafting of a new Constitution for Chile had been proposed in academic circles before, it became part of political discussion after a series of public manifestations that took place in Chile beginning from October 18, 2019. In those manifestations, people raised before the government a wide range of social demands, including environmental issues, gender equality, the status of indigenous peoples, and the protection of animals, as well as reforms to the pension and health insurance systems. In that context, drafting a new Constitution was proposed as a means of addressing ...To read the full article, please see the PDF file
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Corporate Newsletter (September 29, 2022) (182 KB / 3 pages)
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Makoto is an M&A/corporate partner. He has advised on numerous cross-border and domestic mergers and acquisitions for a variety of clients including business entities, financial institutions and private equity funds. He also worked for a leading Brazilian law firm for one year and is a key member of the Latin American Practice Group of Nishimura & Asahi, and provides legal advice to clients that operate businesses in Brazil and other Latin American countries.