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Date March 29, 2019
Pre-merger notification: thresholds raised by Chilean competition authority
The new thresholds will become effective 09th August 2019. Santiago, March, 2019. Further to our latest newsletters on the reform to Chile’s anti-trust statute introducing mandatory pre-merger clearance, the Chilean […]
Date March 7, 2019
Quasi-equity: new investment instrument for AFP and insurance companies
Law No. 21,130, which modernizes banking legislation, also incorporates amendments to Decree Law 3500 (Pension Funds Managers Act) and to Law-ranking Decree 251 (Insurance Law), by incorporating a new investment […]
Date February 5, 2019
New Supervision for the Financial Market
Together with Law No. 21.000, which created the Chile’s new securities and insurance regulator (CMF, for its Spanish acronym- former SVS), Law No. 21.130 provides for the merger of the […]
Date February 1, 2019
IAPP Chilean celebration Privacy Day
Alessandri hosted a Chilean Happy Hour, commemorating the “Privacy Day” with members Chilean IAPP members.
Date January 29, 2019
Derivate instruments – new amendment to insolvency statute affects close-out netting under master agreements
On January 12, 2019 an amendment (Law 21.130- the New Law) to the Chilean insolvency statute was published as part of a major overhaul of Chilean banking regulations, which affects […]
Date January 27, 2019
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and their effects in Chile
Data Privacy and its regulation continue to be on the news. In June 2018, and as an unprecedented event in the United States of America, California issued the first regulation […]
Date November 23, 2018
Corruption among private individuals and businesses is now a crime in Chile
Two new crimes, among others changes, were established with Law 21.121, which was enacted, on November 20th: corruption between private individuals and businesses as well as fraudulent administration. Companies will […]
Date November 7, 2018
Commercialization of pharmaceuticals in Chile: key things to know
Three key things to know about the changing landscape of commercialization of pharmaceuticals in Chile Francesca Rodríguez Spinelli, Alessandri Attorneys at Law The commercialization of pharmaceutical drugs in Chile is […]
Date October 25, 2018
PPH: new agreement between the United States and Chile will speed up patent prosecution.
Decrease the processing time of patents in the United States and facilitate the process to users, are the objectives of the PPH (Patent Prosecution Highway) agreement signed between Inapi and […]
Date September 25, 2018
Chilean pension funds are ready to invest in private equity and private debt: hedge fund rule clarified to remove obstacle for investment.
The Chilean pension regulator has recently released an important clarification (SP Official Ruling 18847 dated August 24, 2018 – “the Clarification”) to the hedge fund prohibition rule (SP NCG 220 […]