Artificial Intelligence is transforming industries, redefining business models, and demanding new forms of governance. Gabriela Szlak, partner at Lerman & Szlak, participated as a keynote speaker at AI in Finance, while our associates Agustina Hagelstrom and Delfina Bianchi joined AI in LATAM 2025—two leading events where the present and future of AI in the business world were discussed.
AI in Finance
As keynote speaker at AI in Finance, and before an audience of over 1,200 people, Gabriela Szlak developed the theme “AI in Legal Terms: How to Innovate with Artificial Intelligence in Finance While Building Trust.”
Her presentation revolved around three key pillars:
- Organizational culture: a strong culture allows organizations to define their risk appetite and establish clear guidelines to innovate responsibly, protecting their most sensitive intangible assets—brands, patents, software, trade secrets, business information, and personal or customer data.
- Interdisciplinary approach: engaging legal teams early and fostering ongoing dialogue with product, marketing, security, and data teams enables the anticipation of risks and supports innovation through an enabling rather than restrictive approach.
- Trust by Design: building trustworthy organizations from their very DNA ensures sustainable and scalable innovation. Responsible innovation does not limit technological progress—it amplifies it. Being trustworthy by design is the condition for AI to become a tool for transformation, not risk.
In this way, AI in Finance established itself as a key meeting point for those leading the transformation of the financial sector through AI, bringing together industry leaders, technology experts, business executives, and key figures from the regional ecosystem.
AI in LATAM 2025
AI in LATAM 2025 offered a dynamic agenda that included conferences, workshops, exhibitions, and competitions aimed at industries seeking to accelerate AI adoption in their strategies and business processes. Diverse sectors participated, including retail, fintech, martech, e-commerce, manufacturing, logistics, human resources, IT, security, energy, healthcare, agriculture, entertainment, and media.
The event presented the latest trends, such as new multimodal models from leading tech companies, and revolved around the AI-First Culture concept, where talent and training are consolidated as the main assets of AI-driven organizations.
Finally, one of the central themes was ethics in the design and use of AI. Speakers emphasized the importance of new forms of leadership that combine empathy, purpose, and emotional intelligence: in the age of AI, the human factor remains the ultimate differentiator.
At Lerman & Szlak, we support organizations that seek to innovate intelligently and responsibly, helping them translate AI Governance principles into concrete legal strategies.
