Partner and head of Carey’s Corporate / TMT (Telecoms, Media & Technology) Group. His practice focuses on corporate and business law, financing, mergers and acquisitions and, specially, on all the regulatory and transactional aspects related to the telecommunications, media and technology industry, including the Telecom law and other regulations, concessions, licenses and permits, and state contracts. Mr. Silva has been appointed representative and/or board member of several multinational companies operating in Chile, including banks.

Bar Admissions
Chile (1988).

Education

• Law, Universidad de Chile.
• LL.M., University of Cambridge (British Council Scholarship - 1993).

• Recognized in TMT (Technology, Media, Telecoms), Chambers Latin America.
• Recognized in TMT, Legal 500.
• Recognized in Telecoms and Media and in Data, Technology and Privacy Law, Latin Lawyer 250.
• Recognized in M&A, IFLR1000.
• Recognized in Data - Information Technology and Telecoms & Media, Who's Who Legal.
• Recognized in Communications, Corporate and M&A, Investment, Media and Technology, Best Lawyers.
• Recognized in Innovation, Technology and Telecommunications, and Intellectual Property - Technology and Digital Services, Leaders League.
• Recognized in TMT, Top Ranked Legal.
• Named Lawyer of the Year in Communications, Best Lawyers (2019).
• Recognized as Best Individual Lawyer in Telecommunications in Chile, Client Choice (2017).

• Past Co-chair and current member of the Advisory Board, Communications Law Committee, International Bar Association.
• Member of the Legal Committee of the Chilean British Chamber of Commerce.
• Director of the Chilean Direct Selling Association (2021-2023).
• Member of the Chilean Bar Association (since 1988) and member of its Ethics Committee (2009).
• Member of the Cambridge Society of Chile (since 1993) and director of the same (2009-2016).
• Visiting professor of the Master of Informatics and Telecommunications Law, Universidad de Chile (2005, 2007 and 2009).
• Assistant professor of Administrative Law, Universidad de Chile (1985).

• Platform "I want to exit" is Implemented to Speed up the Termination of Contracts with Telecommunication Providers

  By Alfonso Silva |June 2020

• Subtel Initiates Public Consultation Processes and calls for New National Fiber Optic Project Bidding

  By Alfonso Silva |October 2019

• Co-author of the article "The implicancies and pending challenges of recent cibersecurity regulations in Chile", IBA (2023).
• Co-author of the article "Considerations regarding the potential refarming process for the 3.5 GHz band in Chile", IBA (2022).
• Author of the Chilean chapter about Telecoms and Media, Getting the Deal Through (2000-2019).
• Co-author of the article "The Potential Impact of Blockchain and Smart Contracts in the Chilean Telecommunications Market", Communications Law Newsletter, International Bar Association (2018).
• Co-author of the article "Analysis of the New Chilean Telecoms Regulation on Multiband Homologation and Certification of Mobile Devices", Communications Law Newsletter, International Bar Association (2017).
• Co-author of the article "International Roaming: Should it be regulated by NRAs and its cost reduced?, Communications Law Newsletter, International Bar Association (2016).
• Author of the article "New Communications Antenna Law in Chile", Communications Law Newsletter, International Bar Association (2013).
• Co-author of the article "The New Telecoms Antenna Law", Chilean Legal Report, Chilean-British Chamber of Commerce (2012).
• Co-author of the article "Amendments to Telecommunications Law in Chile", Chilean Legal Report, Chilean-British Chamber of Commerce (2011).