Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman's New York office and Chilean firm Carey have advised Deutsche Bank Trust Company as placement agent in a US$45 million bond issuance by Chilean insurer Inversiones SAMS.

Chadbourne & Parke LLP in New York and Carey in Santiago have helped Chilean power company Enersis issue US$600 million worth of notes.

The plaintiff filed an appeal for case law unification against the ruling of the Court of Appeals of Santiago, invoking a ruling issued by the Court of Appeals of Santiago and another...

Pursuant to Law 20.940 (the "Labor Reform") which has entered into full force as of April 1st, 2017, employers have the obligation to periodically deliver certain documents to unions, which varies...

On March 24, 2018, a law for the creation of a corporation named "Infrastructure Fund Inc.", hereinafter the "Fund" was enacted.

In comparison to Australia, where Power of Attorneys are not an especially common instrument when doing business, Latin America cannot operate without POAs which are part of "la vida".

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

Foreign companies looking to sell their products or solutions into Chile tend to favor doing so (at least initially) without incorporating a company.

Even as its neighbours dominate talk of complexity and difficult business environments, Chile has maintained a reputation as a stable, functioning country that has clear, relatively simple business rules - and, above all, that these rules they have not changed over the years.

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).

Mayor certeza jurídica a las empresas otorgará el nuevo mecanismo obligatorio de consulta de operaciones de concentración ante la Fiscalía Nacional Económica

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

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

Chile is one of Latin America's wealthiest, most stable and competitive countries but when it comes to starting a business there are many regulatory and bureaucratic challenges.

Chile has continued to grow as one of the most attractive commercial jurisdictions in Latin America. The South American powerhouse has a stable economy and a political environment welcomes foreign participation.

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.

Chile has continued to grow as one of the most attractive commercial jurisdictions in Latin America. The South American powerhouse has a stable economy and a political environment welcomes foreign participation.

A new pension Law has been published in Chile, representing one of the most significant structural reforms to the Chilean pension system in the last decade. Focused on the recovery of unpaid contributions, we set out the key changes below.

The "Law to Boost Productivity", was published in the Official Gazette, introducing various modifications to different laws and regulations in order to enhance the country's productivity...

If your firm still runs like a 1990s back office while your clients live on their phones, there's a gap – and competitors may already be taking advantage of it.