“Chambers and Partners Latin America 2018” ranked BCP Abogados as a Band 1 law firm in the Compliance category in Chile, and mentioned partner Matías Balmaceda as “Top Professional” in this area. This past September 20th, UK-based publication Chambers and Partners – which year to year ranks the world’s best law firms and legal […]
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New draft bills enter Congressional debate to expand spectrum of criminal offenses prosecutable against bodies corporate
Incitement to physical violence based on discrimination and environmental damage are the draft bills that expand the spectrum of offenses to be made part of the law that makes entities criminally liable. On July 19, 2017, the President of the Republic sent the Chamber of Deputies a draft bill introducing a new offense, i.e. incitement […]
Read more...Directive providing for mandatory identification of ultimate beneficiary owner of companies comes into force
Directive 57 of the Financial Analysis Unit requires companies to file a statement allowing for the identification of their beneficiaries. On September 11, 2017, Directive 57 of the Financial Analysis Unit came into force, requiring certain persons governed by Law 19913 to identify, verify and record data on the ultimate beneficiary owners of bodies corporate […]
Read more...Peruvian firms look up to Chile, seeking advice on how to prevent corporate crime
Source: El Pulso On January 1, 2018, Peru will usher in a law governing the administrative liability of companies that will make them liable to sanctions for bribery, asset laundering and financing of terrorism if found guilty of those crimes. Although this discussion has been dragging on for years, the Odebrecht affair gave it the necessary […]
Read more...Matías Balmaceda and Juan Ignacio Piña: “The law wants to stigmatize doing business with crooked companies”
Law firm chosen for top spot in the Compliance ranking by Chambers & Partners, provides legal advice in the application of Law 20393, which makes corporations criminally liable for certain offenses. Your firm was chosen as the number-one legal boutique in Compliance together with Deloitte & Touche in the Chambers & Partners ranking. Balmaceda Cox […]
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