The eight-member technology, privacy and media team at Cariola Díez Pérez-Cotapos acts for both domestic clients and large global technology companies on IT law, telecoms and data protection. The practice also covers cybersecurity, advertising and media issues, along with fielding team members who are certified in cloud services. Other key areas include the contracting of IT services, such as software, hardware, open source solutions, and software development and outsourcing. The group additionally advises on compliance with data privacy and cybersecurity regulations; the regulatory side to IT and media projects; and investments in IT, telecom, media and internet companies. Fintech, payments sector and risk and compliance management specialist Carolina Flisfisch is a June 2024 recruit from financial sector technology company Redbanc; former partner Rodrigo Lavados is now at senior counsel level and is experienced in data privacy, fintech regulation, advertising and entertainment law; senior partner Francisco J Illanes' broad expertise includes telecoms matters; and Juan Antonio Parodi is a highly-rated transactional expert. In the associate pool, senior Eduardo Vilches focuses on technology contracting, e-commerce, licensing, software, and personal data and information security; while José Pablo Lapostol's workload covers technology, privacy and cybersecurity work. Former senior Gabriel Pensa left the firm in October 2025.
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Work Department
Technology, Privacy and Media, Intellectual Property.
Position
Senior Associate
Career
Eduardo is a senior associate of our firm since 2022. He has focused his professional practice in matters related to technology, cybersecurity, and privacy. He has been especially dedicated to technology contracting, negotiation and advice in processes of development, licensing, implementation and maintenance of software, privacy, personal data and information security, e-commerce, and, in general, matters related to new technologies and intellectual and industrial property.
Previously, he worked as a researcher at the Center for Studies in Computer Law at the University of Chile, and was a lawyer in the Studies Division of the Ministry of the Interior and Public Security of Chile. Among other achievements, he was part of the team that developed the First National Cybersecurity Policy and Chile’s accession to the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime.
Languages
Spanish and English.
Memberships
- Editorial team of the Chilean Journal of Law and Technology.
- The Chilean Society of Information Security.
Education
- Course “ISO 29.100 Lead Implementer – Data Privacy Framework” Universidad de Santiago, 2023.
- Diploma in Law and Artificial Intelligence, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, School of Law, 2021.
- Course “International law applicable to cyber operations”, OAS, 2018.
- Diploma in Cybersecurity and Cyberdefense, Universidad de Chile, School of Law, 2017.
- Master in Audit, Security, Governance and ICT Law, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 2013.
- Universidad de Chile, Law School, 2013.
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Key clients
- Blue Express
Work highlights
Assisted Equifax with compliance with Law No. 21,719 on personal data protection.