Rodrigo Aldoney > Carey > Santiago, Chile > Lawyer Profile

‘Constituting one of the most prepared teams in Chile’, Carey‘s compliance and anti-corruption team is sought out by major companies to assist with corporate compliance matters, particularly in relation to anti-corruption measures and the criminal accountability of legal entities. The group’s specialisms cover policy formulation, compliance programmes, preventive models, due diligence processes, contractual clauses, and internal investigations; and its advice further encompasses international laws and regulations, particularly the US’ Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the UK Bribery Act.  In recent highlights, the team was mandated by ENAP to produce a comprehensive evaluation of its environmental and economic risks, in relation to the legislation on the criminal liability of legal entities (modified by Chile’s Law No 21,595 on Economic Crimes, which came into force in August 2023). The compliance practice of team head Guillermo Acuña, who is also a corporate and M&A co-leader, focuses on designing and implementing anti-corruption compliance programmes; conducting internal investigations; and advising on clients’ multi-jurisdictional exposure to bribery allegations. Providing key support, senior counsel Rodrigo Aldoney is an expert in criminal-related compliance work; and in the firm’s associate ranks, Pablo Albertz‘s workload covers criminal compliance, anti-corruption, money laundering prevention, corporate crime risk management, and white-collar crime-related litigation.

With ‘solid knowledge of criminal investigations and trials’, Carey‘s multidisciplinary law team specialises in highly complex litigation at both national and international levels. Assisting with risk prevention, internal investigations and how to respond to criminal contingencies, the department focuses on economic and tax crimes, violations of anti-corruption laws, domestic and international asset laundering, and breaches of industrial and intellectual property legislation. The full-service firm also fields experts in cybercrime. In recent highlights, the group acted in a criminal investigation, which was initiated further to a criminal unfair administration complaint for the falsification of financial and accounting records. The six-strong department is co-led by Gonzalo Fernández, who focuses on litigation, national and international arbitration, securities, and corporate and business law; and senior counsel and criminal law specialist Rodrigo Aldoney, who predominantly advises on economic crimes, fraud, environmental offences, antitrust, and general litigation. ‘Highlighted not only for his knowledge but also for his availability’, Aldoney additionally assists corporate boards with compliance issues, disputes, and internal corporate investigations. In the firm’s associate ranks, the wide-ranging criminal law practice of senior Eduardo Alcaíno focuses on white-collar crime, compliance work and complex litigation. Former associate Caterina Ravera departed the firm in late 2023.