Alessandri & Compañía Abogados

The five-member technology, cybersecurity and data privacy practice at Alessandri & Compañía Abogados assists clients with both adapting to new regulatory standards and advising on regulatory risks. ‘Technically very good and always up to date with what's happening in other jurisdictions’, clients additionally benefit from the group’s leveraging of the firm’s specialisms in IP, corporate law, finance, litigation, tax and labour matters; its sector expertise ranges from healthcare, banking, financial services, insurance, retail and food and beverage, to fintech, education, real estate and entertainment (among others). Recent mandates include advising Corporación Nacional del Cobre (Codelco) on compliance with Chile’s December 2024-enacted data protection legislation; and assisting gender diversity foundation, Fundación Iguales, with drafting a privacy policy for its new technological platform. Following the October 2025 departure of former practice head Macarena Gatica, the firm has moved swiftly to hire Carla Ilanes - formerly a counsel at DLA Piper Chile, whose trajectory also includes time in the public sector at the digital governance division of MINSEGPRES. She will co-head the practice with Rodrigo Velasco A (who also heads up the firm's technology and IP practices) and has particularly experience in data protection-related litigation. Illanes arrives accompanied by Elisa Matta (data protection, cybersecurity & AI) who joins an associate team consisting of Jaime Urzúa and María Ignacia Ormeño who both advise companies on the implementation of personal data protection and cybersecurity programmes - particularly in the insurance, health, retail and technology sectors.