About

Upon joining multinational healthcare company Roche in 2015 as legal head and compliance officer for Chile, Jorge Julio has transformed a small legal department of two attorneys into an enthusiastic, well-known, well-trusted internal team. Eager to stimulate the generation of new ideas in the unit, Julio has changed the mind-set in his team, giving more responsibility and freedom to his junior attorneys, while training them to approach tasks differently and set new objectives every day. Apart from leading the legal function, Julio is also in charge of dealing with Roche’s response to changes in the regulatory framework, ensuring that the company is adaptable and flexible in its approach. Between 2010 and 2015, Julio served as a senior corporate counsel at British American Tobacco, covering all legal matters and litigation in the Southern Cone region. In this role, Julio impressed with his support of product liability litigations, as well as with his work protecting the interests of BAT’s important cigarette factory in Chile. Prior to that, he worked for Yell Group in Chile (now known as Hibu), supporting all Chilean legal matters, working in close contact with the UK-based general counsel. Before his move in-house Julio gained experience while working as a private practice lawyer across several leading law firms.