/ Carla Illanes Contreras

Carla Illanes is a lawyer from the Catholic University of the Most Holy Conception, with a Master’s Degree in Law of Regulated Sectors from the Carlos III University of Madrid and a Diploma in Personal Data Protection from the University of Chile. She has more th r 15 years of experience in the public and private sectors, with a practice focused on data protection, cybersecurity, information technology, technology procurement, and artificial intelligence.

Before joining Alessandri, she served as Counsel at DLA Piper Chile and as Head of the Legal Department of the Digital Government Division of the Ministry General Secretariat of the Presidency, where she led key legislative projects such as Law No. 21,464 on Digital Transformation of the State. Carla has advised national and international companies on the design and implementation of privacy policies, regulatory audits, regulatory compliance, and international data transfers, and has actively participated in Senate working groups on AI and cybersecurity.

International Association of Privacy Professionals

Co-author, “Transforming Corporate Culture: New Data Protection Obligations and the Outlook for In-House Lawyers,” Universidad del Desarrollo, June 27, 2024

Co-author, “Cybersecurity in Healthcare Institutions,” El Mercurio Legal, June 19, 2024

Author, “Essential Pillars of Digital Transformation in Chile and the Strategic Role of a Digital Transformation Agency,” TrendTic, March 4, 2024

Author, “Moving Toward Proactive Responsibility in Data Protection,” Compliance Sectorial, 2024

Co-author, “Interoperability and Digital Identity,” Building Cybersecurity in Chile, 2023

Professor of the course “Digital Transformation of the State from an Applied Perspective” in the LL.M. program at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, from 2023 to date.

Guest professor in the Master’s Degree in Administrative Law at the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso since 2022 to date.

Professor of the Diploma in Personal Data Protection, Pontifical Catholic University, from 2022 to date.

Professor of the Diploma in Technology and Regulation, Faculty of Law, Universidad del Desarrollo, from 2021 to date.

Professor of the Municipal Law Course at the University of Los Andes, from 2022 to date.

Professor of the Course on Digital Transformation of the State at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, from 2023 to date.

Professor of the Course on Digital Transformation of the State at the Adolfo Ibáñez University, from 2023 to date.