The 11-strong group at BCP Abogados is highly focused on the development and implementation of companies’ crime prevention strategies, in accordance with Law No 20,393 on the Criminal Liability of Legal Entities. The ‘very detail-oriented’ team is also mandated to advise banking, finance, energy, investment and stock market clients on the recently-enacted Law No 21,595 on Economic Crimes. It additionally assists with the Personal Data Protection Law (Law No 21, 459), which aims to align Chile with international standards such as the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation. Other representative specialisms, in addition to criminal compliance, are anti-corruption, money laundering prevention and counterterrorism. The department showcases founding partner and former public defender Matias Balmaceda, whose workload covers both criminal litigation and compliance, along with the design and implementation of crime prevention models. Beyond the partnership, the track record of senior lawyer and compliance director Iván Millán includes complex criminal litigation cases; while Isidora Eyzaguirre focuses on the design and implementation of companies’ and institutions’ crime prevention systems and compliance programmes. Eyzaguirre is particularly experienced in Latin American and international compliance laws and regulations, including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and Bank Secrecy Act.

The seven-member team at full-service market stalwart Carey is highly rated for its expertise in corporate compliance, particularly in relation to anti-corruption measures, legal entities’ criminal accountability and internal investigations; moreover, its specialisms in compliance and corporate governance cover the banking and finance, retail, real estate, technology and energy sectors. Representative mandates range from developing compliance programmes and implementing internal controls, to conducting risk assessments, creating codes of conduct and designing preventive policies. Recent growth areas for the practice include compliance due diligence, developing contractual controls, internal investigations, compliance management and adapting multinational policies to the Chilean landscape. Fusing compliance expertise with corporate law and M&A experience, Guillermo Acuña assists companies with implementing compliance programmes, structuring crime prevention models, and conducting internal investigations; and at senior counsel level, Rodrigo Aldoney‘s practice covers criminal liability, regulatory compliance and high-stakes criminal investigations. In the associate pool, Pablo Pavez focuses on criminal risk prevention and compliance (alongside his M&A practice); corporate and transactional lawyer Matías Gatica also advises on compliance (particularly criminal compliance and regulatory risk management); and Rebeca Silva assists with developing and implementing crime prevention models. Former senior associate Pablo Albertz departed the firm in January 2025.

Aligning specialisms in criminal, corporate and regulatory compliance, the seven-member team at Albagli Zaliasnik focuses on crime prevention and strengthening clients’ corporate culture and governance. The department assists companies from a range of national and global industries with their processes for identifying contingencies and designing risk matrixes; and the compliance department is increasingly involved with the energy, salmon, automotive, forestry and service provider sectors. The group’s expertise includes creating and implementing crime prevention models under Law No. 20,393, as well as Chile’s new Law No. 21,595 on Economic Crime. The team also advises on the compliance side to the country’s recently-enacted Personal Data Protection Law ( Law No. 21.096), which introduces stricter regulations on the processing of personal data and strengthens individuals’ privacy; furthermore, in addition to advising on crime prevention models, the practice covers consumer law, antitrust and labour law compliance programmes, as well as internal investigations. The team is co-led by firm managing partner and corporate group director Rodrigo Albagli, whose workload also covers compliance matters; and former LRN Latin America head, Yoab Bitrán, a September 2024 recruit (as compliance practice director), who focuses on designing, implementing and evaluating compliance programmes. According to one client, Bitrán is ‘by far the leading voice on the subject in Chile and one of the most listened to in the region’. Completing the group, senior associate Caterina Ravera's track record includes high-stakes investigations into economic crimes.

Housing ‘a committed team that delivers timely and accurate responses’, BH Compliance has longstanding experience in compliance and good corporate governance practices. The 20-strong department consistently assists  company clients with verifying whether their controls, guidelines and protocols mitigate the risk of committing crime. It also develops plans of action to improve companies’ compliance programmes, and assists with the certification of crime prevention models. Clients additionally benefit from the firm’s web platform, which enhances compliance officers’ internal supervisory roles, thereby enabling the ongoing global monitoring of companies and their subsidiaries. The practice’s principal practitioners in Santiago are firm COO Ramón Montero, whose track record includes leading over 2,000 certification processes in Chile and abroad; and Francisco Bilbao, the firm’s current legal and compliance director who advises on good practices through continuous monitoring. The firm further includes legal and compliance sub director Tomás Undurraga, an adviser on the effectiveness of corporate governance measures. Undurraga’s experience additionally includes heading up the development of the firm’s web platform, which facilitates the automation of ongoing monitoring processes. The practice also includes Miami-based CEO Susana Sierra, who is a compliance, transparency and anti-corruption sector expert.

The full-service team in DLA Piper Chile's Santiago office routinely assists with designing and implementing corporate compliance programmes. With ‘extensive knowledge of the subject matter and applicable regulations’, the six-member group also handles criminal investigations and advises on anti-corruption legislation. Other key areas are international sanctions, crime prevention, anti-money laundering, data protection compliance and corporate governance. The department additionally trains clients to identify potential risks and create specialised guides that are tailored to their specific sector requirements. Clients further benefit from the team’s ability to leverage the firm’s enviable global network, in relation to the provision of best practices. Francisca Franzani's experience includes developing crime prevention models, compliance policies and risk matrixes, as well as training senior management. The ‘outstanding’ Franzani also investigates white-collar matters, such as cybercrime and money laundering, along with handling preventive measures and internal investigations. Co-leading the compliance and white-collar crime practice alongside Franzani, Mauricio Halpern assists with designing and implementing regulatory compliance models, in addition to heading the firm’s banking and finance group. At senior associate level, Jaime Viveros' workload encompasses compliance plans, crime prevention models, unlawful conduct avoidance strategies, and compliance control mechanisms; while Andrea de la Vega departed the firm in November 2024.

A core area for full-service law firm Guerrero Olivos, its compliance group is able to leverage the specialisms of its corporate governance, competition, antitrust, environmental law, tax, labour, regulatory, and banking and finance teams. The firm’s ‘top-notch, highly specialised lawyers’ are consistently mandated to advise on anti-corruption, corporate criminal liability and anti-money laundering, in relation to both general and industry-specific regulations, as well as lobbying rules and the Freedom of Information Law. Representative experience includes drafting internal codes of conduct, training programmes, and corporate regulations and procedures. Recent matters include advising KGHM, a Polish state-controlled enterprise and major copper and silver producer, on the development and implementation of a global risk assessment policy and crime prevention manual; and assisting Indura Air Products with updating its policies and procedures so as to incorporate recent amendments to Law No. 21,595 on Economic Crimes. The workload of practice head and complex governance specialist Pedro Pellegrini encompasses internal codes, corporate regulations, training programmes and mitigation plans; and in the associate pool, senior Juan José García assists with the design and implementation of compliance programmes, while María José Rodríguez and Joaquín Valenzuela are also experienced compliance group members.

Focused on the prevention of criminal liability and sanctions through compliance measures, HD Legal's 11-strong compliance team covers the identification, management and mitigation of risks, in relation to corruption, financial crimes, unfair competition, tax offences, consumer protection, data security, labour issues and environmental threats. The group also handles areas including human rights, workplace harassment, sustainability and corporate social responsibility; and significantly benefits from the firm’s compliance consulting practice, HD Compliance. The latter advises fintech, mining and financial institutions clients (among others) on the design and implementation of robust compliance programmes, corporate integrity models, regulatory compliance and internal investigations. The team recently assisted with updating the crime prevention model of Viña Concha y Toro (one of the largest wine companies in the world), to ensure it was in alignment with the latest regulatory requirements and best practices. The track record of practice head Rebeca Zamora covers diligence processes for several companies’ compliance and anti-corruption systems. In the firm’s associate ranks, Ylania Celis (a January 2024 hire from Chilean water company Esval) specialises in corporate governance, administrative sanctioning and environmental law; while Rodrigo Maldonado is an experienced criminal lawyer.

Barros & Errázuriz's seven-strong compliance group has extensive experience in Chile’s rules on anti-money laundering, anti-bribery and anti terrorism financing. The team’s ‘advice is well-balanced between regulatory issues and companies’ needs’, and comprises experts in internal investigations, defence-side administrative investigations, enforcement actions, the design of compliance programmes and financial institutions’ risk management. The department is led by Javier Díaz, a specialist in financial and capital market regulations, along with transactions, securities litigation, anti-corruption, economic crimes and corporate governance. Cristián Barros is also a key compliance group member; while at senior associate level, Francisco Vial Marín acts for publicly-traded corporations, investment funds and fintech companies on corporate, regulatory and compliance matters.

Bofill Mir Abogados has ‘an outstanding understanding of Chilean law and the compliance risks faced by international companies operating in Chile’. In June 2023, the firm’s compliance group was boosted through the recruitment of practice head Andrea Abascal, who is ‘tireless in her commitment to clients’, and associate Rocío Vergara from Jara Del Favero Abogados. Abascal’s areas of expertise include corporate governance, anti-corruption, legal entities’ criminal liability and the design of compliance programmes, particularly in relation to highly-regulated sectors such as health, food, medical devices and cosmetics. Vergara advises companies on the implementation and updating of crime prevention programmes, as well as corporate policies, internal investigations and due diligence processes; she is additionally experienced in commercial and corporate law, as well as regulated markets and consumer legislation.

Cariola Díez Pérez-Cotapos' compliance team is consistently mandated by clients from the mining, construction, healthcare, life sciences, transport, technology, and food and beverage sectors for work on such matters; and the seven-member group routinely leverages the firm’s specialisms in tax, labour and environmental law, as well as data privacy, antitrust and IP. It recently assisted multinational technology company IBM with its new compliance programme in Chile, which involved a full review of internal compliance risks. The practice of department head Jorge Boldt covers companies’ internal investigations, designing and implementing compliance models, and economic crime trials. At associate level, Lorena Avendaño and Simona Marquet also maintain active compliance practices.

CMS Carey & Allende's four-member compliance practice routinely works alongside the firm’s offices in Peru, Colombia and Mexico on compliance matters. The group’s recent workload includes adapting compliance programmes to the recently-enacted Law No 21.595 on Economic Crimes, which introduces a range of modifications to white-collar crime regulations and the number of crimes that can lead to corporate criminal liability. Heading up the firm’s compliance and dispute resolution groups, Rodrigo Campero's practice covers the design of compliance programmes, particularly in relation to the prevention of corporate criminal liability. Campero also assists with day-to-day compliance enquiries and internal investigations.

The compliance, risk management and investigations group at Dentons is experienced in the creation, implementation and ongoing strengthening of clients’ compliance and anti-corruption programmes. The team’s expertise covers reviewing general internal compliance and anti-corruption regulations, company policies and guidelines; and the Santiago office further assists with compliance training sessions for company personnel and high-level executives. Other key areas are risk assessments, leniency agreements and investigation procedures. Andrés Marin focuses his practice on implementing local and regional compliance programmes, his specialisms encompassing antitrust, anti-bribery, anti-corruption and money laundering. Marin is supported at partner level by corporate law and M&A practitioner Karlfranz Khoeler.

A member firm of the Multilaw and World Law Group international networks, Urenda, Rencoret, Orrego y Dörr‘s eight-strong practice is experienced in internal corporate policies and codes that ensure compliance with anti-corruption, competition, data protection, securities and labour law, as well as environmental regulations. The group’s assistance covers training sessions for clients, as well as internal investigations and assessments; and in relation to international clients, the team assists with compliance programmes in relation to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and UK Bribery Act. Nicholas Mocarquer‘s compliance practice covers anti-corruption, competition, corporate, securities and data protection legislation; Alberto Rencoret advises on labour law-related compliance; Ignacio Urrutia  assists with environmental legislation compliance; and Rafael Rencoret is experienced in the compliance aspects of anti-corruption, corporate and securities law.

Following the March 2025 departure of practice head José Andrés Pascual to establish his own boutique, the compliance practice at Prieto Abogados is currently in a process of reorganisation. Associate director of the white-collar crime practice, María Jesús Becerra is currently heading up the team, her experience also extending into assisting with the design, implementation and updating of crime prevention systems. Fernando Bravo provides partner-level back up as regards corporate governance, and the group also has experience conducting training sessions and assisting with internal investigations. Fellow associate and compliance specialist Diego Madariaga recently completed his master’s degree at the University of Edinburgh. Former associate Fernando Rodríguez departed for an in-house role at L’Oréal Chile during 2024.