Partner of Carey and co-head of the firm’s Banking and Finance Group. The main focus of his practice is the creation and structuring of financial products and financing for all kinds of businesses, both from the lender or the borrower’s perspective; the purchases and sales of companies and the issuance and placement of debt and equity securities either in Chile or elsewhere, as well as financial regulatory matters.

Bar Admissions
Chile (1975).

Education

• Law, Universidad de Chile.

• Named Lawyer of the Year in Project Finance and Development (2024 and 2018) and Capital Markets (2022), Best Lawyers.
• Recognized in Banking and Finance and Capital Markets, Chambers Latin America.
• Recognized in Banking and Finance and Capital Markets, Legal 500.
• Recognized in Banking and Finance and in Capital Markets, Latin Lawyer 250.
• Recognized in Banking and Finance and in Capital Markets, IFLR1000.
• Recognized in Banking and Finance and Capital Markets, Who’s Who Legal.
• Recognized as Thought Leader in Banking and Finance, LACCA.
• Recognized in Derivatives, Banking and Finance, Capital Markets, Investment, Project Finance and Development and Structured Finance, Best Lawyers.
• Recognized in Banking and Finance, and Fintech, Leaders League.
• Recognized in Banking and Finance and Capital Markets, Top Ranked Legal.

• Member of the Council, Chilean Bar Association (2017-2021).
• Member of the Advisory Committee on Capital Markets of the Ministry of Finance.
• Member of the New Commerce Codification Commission (2016-2017).
• Working Group to analyze a new General Banking Law, Chile (2015).
• Founder and member of the Advisory Committee of InBest, a non-profit organization promoting the Chilean capital markets.
• Member of the Legal Committee, Chilean Banking Association (2000-2007).
• Member of the Chilean Bar Association.
• Counsel and member of the Executive Committee, Inter-American Bar Association (IABA).
• Member of the Arbitration Body of the Center for the Arbitration and Mediation, Santiago Chamber of Commerce.
• Legal counsel, Citicorp and Citibank, Chile (1985).
• Law clerk, Comptroller’s Office, Republic of Chile (1972).

• Law 21,299: Regulates Postponement Loans of Mortgage Loans and Sets State Guaranty to Guarantee Them

  By Diego Peralta |January 2021

• CORFO Eases Conditions of Subsidy Programs and Financial Support

  By Diego Peralta |July 2020

• Law No. 21,236 on Financial Portability is Published in the Diario Oficial

  By Diego Peralta |June 2020

• Co-author of the Chilean chapter in Latam Fintech Regulation, Lloreda-Camacho (2019 and 2023).
• Co-author of the Chilean chapter in ICLG - Lending & Secured Finance, Global Legal Group (2015-2024).
• Co-author of the Chilean chapter in Global Legal Insights - Banking Regulation, Global Legal Group (2020-2023).
• Co-author of the Chilean chapter in ICLG - Foreign Direct Investment Regimes, Global Legal Group (2020-2021).
• Co-author of the Chilean chapter in China Trade and Investment in Latin America, The Legal 500 Guide (2020).
• Co-author of the Chilean chapter in Global Legal Insights - Banking and Finance, Global Legal Group (2020).
• Co-author of the article "Regulatory Overview of Fintechs in Chile" in the book "Fintech: Legal Aspects", Cetys, Universidad de San Andrés, Argentina (2019).