Matías Balmaceda

Practice Areas

Criminal Litigation and Compliance

Career

Founding Partner at BCP Abogados with more than 20 years of practice experience. Attorney, Universidad Finis Terrae, Chile; Diploma in Reform of Criminal Procedures, Universidad Alberto Hurtado, Diploma in Updates and Perspectives on Anti-Narcotics Legislation and Diploma in Criminal Law and Public Defense.

Mr. Balmaceda is specialist in both criminal litigation and compliance, as well as the design and implementation of crime prevention models applied in over 150 companies from different economic sectors with positive results in its implementation processes. Previously, he was Public Defense Attorney.

Recognitions and Awards

-Ranked Lawyer, Compliance, Chambers and Partners (Guide 2018 and 2025).

-Leading Individual, Compliance, The Legal 500 2021 – 2024.

-Recognized as Lawyer of the Year, The Legal 500 (Chile Awards 2023).

-Merit Diploma, Academic Excellence, Universidad Finis Terrae, Chile.

Languages Spoken

Spanish/ English

Experience

He has extensive academic experience at prestigious universities in Chile. He is currently a professor of Criminal Procedure Law at Universidad Finis Terrae. Previously he works in the following educations institutions:

-Professor of the Diploma in Compliance, Pontificiai Universidad Católica de Chile.

-Professor of Criminal Law, Universidad Finis Terrae.

-Professor of Criminal Law, Universidad Mayor.

-Professor of Litigation Skills in the Diploma in Subcontracting, Universidad de Chile.

-Director and professor of the Diploma in Oral Litigation, Universidad Finis Terrae.

-Professor of Oral Litigation, Universidad Finis Terrae

-Professor of Oral Litigation Skills, Universidad Santo Tomás (Concepción)

-Professor of Criminology, Universidad Santo Tomás (Temuco)

-Lecturer on Oral Litigation Skills in the Diploma in Criminal Procedure Reform, Universidad Austral de Valdivia.