Carla Illanes > DLA Piper Chile > Santiago, Chile > Lawyer Profile

DLA Piper Chile
El Golf 150
10th Floor
Las Condes
Chile

Work Department

Intellectual Property and Technology; Data Protection; Privacy and Security; Cybersecurity

Position

Counsel

Career

Carla focuses her practice on data protection and information security, including legal aspects of data collection and processing, design and implementation of privacy and security policies, audits and risk assessments in these matters, implementation of effective data transfer strategies, compliance programs, among others.

In addition, she has extensive experience in information technology, including topics such as open data, interoperability, electronic records and technology procurement, digital transformation, artificial intelligence, and cybersecurity. Her expertise also includes intellectual property.

Languages

Spanish; English

Memberships

International Association of Privacy Professionals

Education

Law, School of Law, Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción, 2006

Diploma in Criminal defence issues, School of Law, Universidad De Los Andes, 2008

Master of law on regulated sectors, School of Law, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, 2018

Diploma in Personal Data Protection, Universidad de Chile, 2020

Lawyer Rankings

Chile > Data privacy

DLA Piper Chile‘s growing practice advises on the application and implementation of both Chilean data protection law and the European Union’s GDPR legislation. The five-member team also assists with the development of standard data-protection guidelines for multinational corporates and is particularly active on behalf of technology companies. The broad practice of the ‘very respectedMatías Zegers covers data protection advice, while Jorge Timmermann‘s technology-related workload includes data privacy issues. In a boost to the group, data protection and information security expert Carla Illanes joined as counsel in November 2022 from the digital division of Chile’s Ministerio Secretaría General de la Presidencia.