Matías Gatica
Associatemgatica@carey.cl
+56 2 2928 2208
His practice focuses on compliance, anti-corruption, corporate crime risk management, compliance programs, internal investigations, and criminal corporate liability, as well as corporate and commercial matters, mergers and acquisitions and general practice.
REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE
- Frutura, a US-based global sales and marketing network for fresh fruit, on the acquisition of Giddings Fruit, a leading global supplier of berries and cherries with operations in Chile, Mexico, Peru and the US.
- A Chilean bank on the update of its crime prevention model, in accordance with Law on Corporate Criminal Liability, including the amendments to the Economic Crimes Law.
- Qantas Airways on the process of revalidation of its Air Operator Certificate before the DGAC in order to resume its regular flights to and from Chile. Its previous license required to be revalidated due to the suspension of its flights during the pandemic.
- An energy company and its subsidiaries on the updating of its crime prevention model in accordance with the recently enacted Cybercrime Law, including a risks matrix, and the implementation of controls to mitigate risks of committing crimes under said law.
- A company in the data center business on various aspects regarding the design and implementation of a crime prevention model in accordance with the Law on Criminal Liability of Legal Entities.
- A German company that provides medical diagnostic services on a compliance due diligence in the context of the acquisition of a Chilean company in the field of diagnostic laboratories. The advice included a review of the target companies to identify risks related to anti-corruption and compliance, in accordance with the Corporate Criminal Liability Act.
- A Chilean mining company and copper producer on various compliance, corporate governance and prevention of criminal offenses matters, including the update of internal compliance policies in accordance with current industry requirements.
- A Chilean multinational retail consortium on various aspects related to the updating of its crime prevention model to the Chilean regulation, in accordance with the recent modifications to Law 20,393 on cybercrimes.
ACTIVITIES AND MEMBERSHIPS
- Teaching Assistant of Criminal and Criminal Procedural Law, Universidad Católica de Valparaíso (2018-2021).
SEMINARS
- Speaker, "Criminal Liability of the Parent Company for the Crime of its Subsidiary", First National Conference on Economic Criminal Law, Universidad Católica de Valparaíso (2024).
- Speaker, "Recent Law on Economic and Environmental Crimes", Chilean German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (AHK) (2023).
EDUCATION
- Law, Universidad Católica de Valparaíso.
- Raúl Le Roy Le Roy Award, granted to the student with the highest grades of his generation, Universidad Católica de Valparaíso (2019-2020).
- Tito Solari Peralta Award, given to the student with the highest grades in Criminal Law and Criminal Procedural Law, Universidad Católica de Valparaíso (2022).
ADMISSIONS
- Chile (2023).
LANGUAGES
- Spanish.
- French.
- English.