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Last Thursday night, in a televised address to the nation, Chile's president, Gabriel Boric announced his government's new lithium strategy. The announcement...

Owners of intellectual property (IP) have many ways to protect their valuable assets.

On April 20, 2023, Chile's president, Gabriel Boric announced Chile's new policy on the extraction and production of lithium, the "National Lithium Strategy" (the "Strategy") (speech available here).

For over 16 years, Harris Gomez Group has been assisting foreign companies with their investments in Latin America.

With Chile's presidential election fast approaching, a last-minute debate has emerged over whether compulsory voting rules should apply to foreign residents.

Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados' São Paulo office has helped Chilean wood products company Arauco buy two timber factories in Brazil from counterpart Masisa for US$103 million.

There are several reasons as to why a business may want to enter a joint venture overseas.

The Government of Chile recently released an updated version of the National Lithium Strategy ("NLE"), which is poised to reshape the country's lithium industry.

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP in New York and Larraín, Rencoret y Urzúa in Santiago have advised Chilean financial institution Banco de Crédito e Inversiones (BCI) on a US$500 million...

Just a couple of days ago the Government of Chile released the National Lithium Strategy ("NLE"), perhaps the most important announcement regarding lithium that has been made in the last 40 years...

On 22 September 2021, the Chamber of Deputies approved a Bill of Law (the ‘Bill') to modify the profit-sharing legal benefit.

From a labour perspective, Chile offers a semi-flexible labour relationship system. Although employment contracts must comply with minimum regulations in relation to working hours, remuneration, among others, ...

Chile es uno de los países de América Latina más ricos, estables y competitivos.

Signing a contract with a mining company in Chile can be an exciting time for foreign companies. It often comes after many trips to Chile...

Der Handelsvertreter ist eine Figur, die dem in Art. 3 Nr. 7 Código de Comercio gennanten agencia de negocios ähnelt.

A Chilean appellate court annulled a major international arbitration award in a salmon-farming acquisition dispute, ruling that the tribunal exceeded its mandate by recharacterizing the buyers' contractual damages claim into an unpleaded restitutionary price adjustment claim. The decision explores the boundaries of the iura novit curia principle and its limits when tribunals reshape claims beyond what parties actually submitted for arbitration.

Desde hace algún tiempo, la Superintendencia de Bancos e Instituciones Financieras ha impulsado una agenda que busca adecuar la normativa que regula a las instituciones bajo su vigilancia con los avances ...