Partners Gonzalo Zeballos and Joel Roberts and Counsel Nahila Cortés will participate in panels at the New York State Bar Association International Section’s 2026 Global Conference, Oct. 21-23, 2026, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The theme of the conference is “Global Regulation, Governance and Dispute Resolution: The Future of Legal Practice.”
Zeballos’ session is titled “International Arbitration in a Changing World: Energy Transition and Investment Disputes,” which will examine recent developments in international arbitration, with a focus on disputes arising from energy transition policies, critical mineral projects and shifting regulatory frameworks. Roberts will take part in a panel titled “The Defense Industry, The Sleeping Giant is Wide Awake,” discussing the accelerated increase in public procurement of defense capacities and everything that surrounds it, from increased security to issues with financing.
Cortés will moderate a panel titled “The Critical Minerals Race: Latin America, the United States and the Future of Supply Chains,” a look at the evolving landscape of critical minerals in the Americas, focusing on developments in Latin America and the U.S. Cortés is also on the steering committee for the conference.
