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Legal Audit in Chile

A findings report your management can act on and a regulator would respect — not a list of observations filed and forgotten.

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Overview

What this involves

Foreign parent companies usually discover the state of their Chilean entity in one of three ways: an inspection, a lawsuit, or a buyer's due diligence. All three are worse than finding out deliberately.

A legal audit reviews what the entity actually does against what Chilean law requires, across corporate, labor, contractual and regulatory dimensions. The output is a prioritized report: what does not comply, what it exposes you to, what to do about it, in what order and by when.

What we handle

Corporate review

Bylaws, capital, registries, powers of attorney and whether the people signing for the company are actually authorized to do so.

Labor review

Contracts, working time, internal regulations, subcontracting and the contractor arrangements most likely to be recharacterized.

Contractual review

Material agreements, their termination and change-of-control clauses, and the obligations nobody is currently tracking.

Regulatory and sector review

Permits, licences, sector-specific duties, data protection and exposure under Law 20.393.

Findings report and remediation plan

Every item rated by risk, with a concrete action, an owner and a deadline — written for management, not for the file.

From anywhere

How we run this for a client abroad

Assessment first

You send the documents you have. We tell you what applies, what it costs and how long it takes — before you commit to anything.

Power of attorney

Granted at a Chilean consulate or apostilled where you live. It lets us act for you in Chile without you travelling.

We file, you get updates

Our attorneys handle the filings and appearances in Chile. You get plain-English updates at every stage.

FAQ

Legal Audit — common questions

What English-speaking clients ask us most about this specific service.

What does the audit actually produce?

A findings report structured by risk level: the specific non-compliance, the exposure it creates in concrete terms, the recommended action, who should own it and by when. We write it so a general manager can act on it directly and a regulator would find it credible.

How long does it take?

A focused single-area audit of a small operation is a matter of weeks. A full multi-area review of a mid-sized company takes longer, and we phase it deliberately so the highest-risk findings reach you first instead of waiting for the complete document.

Will this create evidence against us?

It is a fair question and worth discussing before we start. The alternative — not knowing — is generally worse, because uncorrected non-compliance is what generates liability. We scope the engagement and handle the documentation with that concern explicitly in mind.

Can you audit remotely from the United States?

Largely yes. Document review, interviews and reporting are handled online, working directly with your Chilean managers and accountants. Physical records and site conditions require presence in Chile, which we cover locally without you travelling.

Talk to a Chilean lawyer about a legal audit of your Chilean operation

Get an initial assessment in English — confidential, with no obligation.

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