Pedro Oller, Senior Partner, Oller Abogados

Costa Rica has been opening and expanding its economy since the 1990s, enacting significant free trade agreements and reforming its laws to enable international integration. Costa Rica’s business disputes, however, are still being resolved offshore. Pedro Oller has worked with the country’s government to reform their arbitration laws: he discusses his vision to make Costa Rica an arbitration hub in Latin America.

Vijay Sambamurthi, Founding Partner, Lexygen

India is a complex market for M&A and private equity. Cultural challenges – Indian business owners are often reluctant to surrender control – are compounded by regulatory ones – such as exchange controls and sector restrictions. In this context Lexygen is renowned for working on trend-setting, market-defining transactions. Vijay Sambamurthi discusses the importance of innovation in “Indianising” PE firms’ objectives and rationale.

Dr Victor Marroquin, Partner, Marroquin & Merino Abogados

The recent success of the Peruvian economy is being driven by light touch regulation of business creation, investment and acquisition. Dr Marroquin outlines Peru’s investor-friendly tax and regulatory regime, and updates us on the state of the local M&A market.

Sophie May, Head of Investor Relations, Banc de Binary

In 2008 the SEC legalised the trading of binary options through an exchange, rather than simply over the counter. As demand for retail access has grown, so have the platforms available. Sophie May talks about the origins of Banc de Binary, the reasons why binary trading has seen such significant growth since its regulation, and the broker’s plans to improve its client offering in 2013.

Jeff Holland, Partner, Brown Brothers Harriman

Considerable regulatory and cost pressures have forced private banks to adopt new business models and distinguish clearly between their client segments. Brown Brothers Harriman has identified one emerging trend caused by this perfect storm: ‘multi-convergence’, where universal banks, private banks and asset managers are consolidating their businesses. Jeff Holland explains the changing landscape.

Chris Faulkner, CEO, Breitling Oil and Gas

The huge increase in shale gas production in recent years has turned the market on its head. The US in particular has transformed from the world’s biggest importer of natural gas to a sizeable exporter, after discovering 200 years-worth of reserves. At the the forefront of developing, acquiring and exploring emerging basins is Breitling Oil and Gas. CEO Chris Faulkner explains the emerging global trends in natural gas production, and the factors that make it a worthy investment.