About

Founded in 1893, Banco de Chile holds a leading role in the financial industry of Chile and attracts the best in-house lawyers to its in-house ranks. Heading the legal function at the universal financial institution since 2004 is the highly experienced and respected general counsel and secretary of the board Nelson Rojas Preter. Highlighting some of his qualities, one nominator explains that Rojas ‘has been Banco de Chile’s prosecutor for more than 20 years and also led the Legal Committee of the Chilean Bank Association’, adding, ‘he has a strong reputation as a strategic partner in all legal matters in the company, and he focuses rapidly
on the key issues’. In the last year Rojas has helped the bank finalise an insurance distribution agreement with Chubb as well as a court-approved conciliation agreement.