Claudio Magliona

Practice Areas

Corporate and financing, technology law, telecommunications, intellectual/ industrial property, entertainment law, corporate structures, mergers and acquisitions, licensing/software development agreements, franchising, data protection, government relations.

Career

1998-2002 and 2006. Associate at Carey y Cia’s Banking and Financial Group. Led transactions such as D&S (CH$ 119.707.000.000) and Debt Restructure and the Foreign Credit Agreement from San Paolo Imi to Banco del Desarrollo for US$100.000.000. Focused on corporate law, particularly banking and foreign investment regulations and technology law. Organized and drafted merger and joint venture agreements. Participated in proceedings related to foreign investment applications, notes issuances and Chilean offshore stock exchange. Applications with the Superintendence of Banks and Financial Entities, the Central Bank of Chile and the Superintendence of Securities. Structured and drafted syndicated loan agreements and derivatives transactions. Advised clients and drafted reports on issues regarding technology and law, including e-commerce, cybercrime, data protection and copyright.

2003 to 2005. Foreign attorney at Greenberg Glusker’s Intellectual Property and Technology Group (part of Neff Law Group Merger), Los Angeles, CA. Focused on corporate and technology matters for many of the world’s major computer software and technology companies. Negotiated and structured international commercial transactions, licensing and transfer of technology agreements. During that time, he was also a legal advisor to the Latin America Committee of the Business Software Alliance (BSA), Washington, D.C. and BSA country manager in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Peru and Venezuela. Handled government relations, public policy and copyright enforcement.

Professional Memberships

Member of the Chilean Bar Association and the International Bar Association (IBA), President of the Legal Group of the Chilean Association of Technology Companies (ACTI), Vice President of the Commission of Digital Economy and Productivity of the National Chamber of Commerce (CNC), Deputy Director of the Cybersecurity Alliance, Director of ISOC Chile, among others.

Publications

Claudio Magliona has spoken at numerous conferences around Latin America and has been quoted in several publications. He is author of several publications on technology law, data protection, intellectual property and film financing, including the book Computer Crime and Fraud, Comparative Law and Law No. 19,223, for Editorial Jurídica de Chile and the article “Doing Business in Latin America: Opportunities and Pitfalls”, Los Angeles Business Journal.

Since 2019, he is author for Chambers and Partners in the Cybersecurity and Data Protection & Privacy guides, as well as Lexology Getting the Deal Through, specifically, he contributed to the Chile chapters for Licensing 2022, Digital Business 2023, and Data Protection and Privacy 2024.

Work Highlights

Ranked by (i) Chambers Latin America 2024 in TMT (Telecom, Media and Technology) (Band 1) and in Intellectual Property (Band 3), (ii) Chambers Fintech Legal 2023 (Band 1), (iii) Chambers Global 2023 in Intellectual Property (Band 3), (iv) The Legal 500 Latin America 2023 in TMT (Leading Individual), and Data Privacy, Intellectual Property, and Corporate and M&A, (v) Best Lawyers 2022 as Lawyer of the Year in Media Law and Best Lawyers 2023 in Communications Law, Information Technology Law, Intellectual Property Law, Media Law, Privacy and Data Security Law and Technology Law, (vi) Leaders League 2023 as Leader in Technology, Excellent in Fintech, Highly Recommended in Telecommunications Law and in Enforcement & Anti-counterfeiting Actions, Recommended in Patent Prosecution, Patent Litigation, Trademark Prosecution, IP Litigation as well as in M&A, (vii) IP Stars 2023 as Trademark Star, (viii) LACCA Approved 2021 in Corporate and M&A, (ix) Leading Lawyers 2022 as the most influential lawyer in Chile in TMT (x) Latin Lawyer 250 edition 2024 in Privacy, Data Protection and Technology as well as Telecoms and Media.