The 13-strong TMT practice at full-service firm Cariola Díez Pérez-Cotapos routinely assists international and domestic IT, telecoms, media and internet companies with their investments in local companies. It also advises on joint ventures, transactional IP and litigation. On the regulatory side, the group houses experts in IT and media projects; while in the data processing segment, the team freqeuntly acts on large infrastructure projects involving technology aspects. The team is additionally certified in cloud services, with several of its practitioners able to code. The technology, privacy and media group’s principal figures are: Rodrigo Lavados, whose broad practice includes software and database-related IP issues, data privacy, fintech regulation, advertising, and entertainment law; senior partner and financial, banking and capital markets department leader, Francisco Illanes; and financial transactions expert Juan Antonio Parodi. The senior team was further strengthened in June 2023 when Carolina Flisfisch returned to the firm as a partner after almost 10 years in house at Redbanc. Within the senior associate ranks, both Gabriel Pensa and Eduardo Vilches assist with IT, telecoms and data protection work.
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Key clients
- Warner Bros Discovery
- Acceso TV
- IBM
- Zimpler
- Datamart
- Bitpanda
- MercadoLibre
- Hennes & Mauritz
- Chilevisión
Work highlights
- Advises Banmédica on the treatment of personal data and information security.
- Represented Google in multiple constitutional actions, which were based on alleged right to privacy violations.
- Advises Medtronic on the implementation of solutions and contracts with third parties, including privacy and data protection matters.
Lawyers
Rising stars
Leading individuals
Partner - Intellectual Property, Technology, Privacy and Media.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Rodrigo Lavados, Francisco Illanes, Juan Antonio Parodi