Carlos Frias

Carlos leads DP Group’s Financial Compliance, Corporate Governance, and Special Situations practices, advising regulated entities and companies on compliance, internal investigations, and restructurings.

Before joining DP Group, he was a director at HD Legal from 2019 to 2026, where he led the Compliance, Corporate Governance, and Special Situations practices. Previously, he served as Legal Manager at Moneda Asset Management from 2008 to 2018 and as Compliance and Internal Control Manager from 2012 to 2016. Earlier in his career, he worked as in-house counsel at banks (1995–2000 and 2007–2008); as a consultant in the Special Situations area, focusing on insolvency and restructurings, at the Inter-American Investment Corporation, IDB Invest, in Washington, D.C. (2001–2002); and as Deputy Head of the Specialized Unit for Money Laundering, Economic Crimes, and Organized Crime at the Office of the National Prosecutor from 2004 to 2007. In that role, he participated in transnational investigations with law enforcement agencies from Germany, Colombia, and the Netherlands.

He holds a law degree from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, obtained in 1993. He holds an LL.M. in International Commercial Law from American University, Washington College of Law, obtained in 2001.