Diego Peña: New partner at DLA Piper Chile
With the aim of strengthening the firm’s regulatory and energy and natural resources practices, Diego Peña will join DLA Piper Chile as a new partner as of January 2022. “It is very motivating to continue growing in a project with which I identify, with a first class team, innovative, close to our clients and with a culture of making our […]
Read moreLegal Alert Covid-19: Regulation on occupational safety and health conditions for remote working or teleworking.
July 7, 2020 / By Luis Parada, Juan Pablo Mesías y Alfonso Bustamante On July 3rd, 2020, the Official Gazette published a Regulation that establishes “Specific Conditions on Occupational Safety and Health at Work” (the “Regulation”), applicable to workers who provide their services via “Telework” or “Remote Work” according to the newly incorporated Labor Code provisions. The Regulation establishes a […]
Read moreAdquisición de ArchDaily por Architonic-NZZ destaca en mayo (Diario Financiero)
Diario Financiero highlights the aquisition of ArchDaily by Architonic-NZZ, the approval of the sale of Cornershop and the acquisition of TodoVa, all operations advised by DLA Piper Chile. Diario Financiero
Read moreLegal Alert: Law establishing the limitation of liability for loss, theft or fraud
June 1, 2020 / By Paulo Larrain, Ricardo López y Felipe Riedel On May 29, 2020, Law No. 21,234 (hereinafter the ”Law”) was published in the Official Gazette, which amended Law No. 20,009, changing the name of the latter to “Establishment of a regime of limitation of liability for holders or users of payment cards and electronic transactions in case […]
Read moreLegal Alert: Ministry of Health introduces e-commerce in medicines
May 8, 2020 / By Paulo Larraín y Tomás Muñoz On May 7, 2020, it was published in the Official Gazette Decree No. 58 of 2019 of the Ministry of Health, which entered into inmediate force. This regulation introduces electronic commerce of drugs and allows pharmacies to sell them through electronic means, complying with the requirements established for such purpose, […]
Read moreLegal Alert Covid-19: Law that increases the capital of the Small Business Guarantee Fund (FOGAPE) and temporarily softens its requirements
May 5, 2020 / By Mauricio Halpern y Vicente Vergara On April 24, 2020, Law No. 21,229 (the “Law“) was published in the Official Gazette. Its main purpose is to provide an emergency capitalization to the FOGAPE and to temporarily relax the requirements to qualify for financing, until April 30, 2021. The FOGAPE (an acronym for the initials in Spanish, […]
Read moreLegal Alert Covid-19: Obligation to wear masks and their infringement as a source of the crime of harming public health
April 20, 2020 / By Ignacio Schwerter On April 17, 2020, Resolution No. 282 of the Ministry of Health was published in the Official Gazette. By means of this resolution, the authority established the mandatory use of masks in different places and under different circumstances: 1. To all people using public or private transportation subject to payment. The same obligation […]
Read moreLegal Alert: Law that modifies Law No. 19,983 that regulates the transfer and grants executive merit to the copy of the invoice
April 7, 2020 / By Macarena Iturra, Ricardo López, Manola Quiroz, Luis Parada, Felipe Riedel, Ignacio Schwerter, Claudio Sepúlveda and Andrea de la Vega. In this legal alert prepared in the framework of the Coronavirus in Chile, you can find information about (I) law N°21,217 that modifies law N°19,983 that regulates the transfer and grants executive merit to the copy […]
Read morePermisos sin goce de sueldo y baja de salarios: las medidas en que piensan las empresas para afrontar la crisis (Diario Financiero)
Luis Parada in Diario Financiero comments on some of the measures taken by the companies to face the Coronavirus health crisis. Diario Financiero
Read moreLegal Alert: CMF authorizes corporations under its control to use electronic signature for board of directors meetings minutes
February 25, 2020 / By Matías Zegers and M. del Pilar Paredes On February 13, 2020, the Commission for the Financial Market (“CMF”) issued General Rule No. 434 (“NCG 434”) that authorizes corporations that are under its control, the use of electronic signature for the subscription of minutes of board of directors meetings. The NCG 434 permanently authorizes the use […]
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