DLA Piper Chile

‘An innovative firm that is at the forefront of technology discussions in Chile’, DLA Piper Chile's data privacy and protection specialists advise on compliance with data protection laws and regulations, privacy policies, consent mechanisms and data processing practices. It also assists with data breach responses, reporting obligations, risk assessments and mitigation. With ’an incredible ability to foresee and avoid possible legal problems’, the team additionally reviews and negotiates contracts and agreements; advises on international data transfers (including EU GDPR requirements); and assists with the privacy implications of emerging technologies, such as AI ethics, biometrics, and blockchain.  It also recently advised on Chile’s draft protection of personal data bill for a range of clients. The technology-focused practice of team leader Jorge Timmermann (who also advises on M&A transactions and stock purchase and shareholder agreements), covers data privacy work; while that of counsel and ‘innate talent’ Carla Illanes, a data protection and information security expert, includes advising on data collection, privacy policies, risk assessments, compliance and data transfer strategies. Illanes’ career includes working for three years at the digital division of the Presidency Ministry’s General Secretariat, and -according to certain clients- she ’plays an active role in the discussions on Chile’s data protection ecosystem’.