Balmaceda, Cox y Piña Abogados

-Number of partners: 3

-Number of Directors: 4

-Number of lawyers: 12

Balmaceda, Cox y Piña Abogados (BCP Abogados)www.bcp.cl is a Chilean law firm founded by partners Matías Balmaceda Mahns, Francisco Cox Vial, and Juan Ignacio Piña Rochefort, with over 20 years of presence in the market. The team consists of three partners, four directors, and 12 associate lawyers, all with an excellent academic background, extensive practical experience, and specialization in two areas of expertise: legal (white-collar crimes, international litigation, and administrative sanctions) and compliance.

The firm is a leader in the country in litigation and compliance matters, handling prominent high-complexity cases. Its work is based on creating its own models for personalized advisory services for a broad client portfolio in the country’s most critical industries.

In recent years, BCP Abogados, within the framework of the implementation of the Criminal Procedure Reform in Chile, has provided cutting-edge legal advice with innovative and effective legal solutions in the fields of Criminal Law and Compliance. This distinctive mark in the legal market has allowed the firm to expand its operations to Peru through a strategic alliance with the law firm Rebaza, Alcázar & De Las Casas.

In terms of international litigation, BCP Abogados is the only Chilean firm that has litigated before the International Criminal Court and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in defense of causes related to human rights and crimes against humanity.

The legal and compliance areas complement and synergize in their analytical and strategic work, focused on developing and implementing crime prevention strategies for companies and institutions in accordance with Law No. 20,393 on the Criminal Liability of Legal Entities and, currently, under the new legislation Law No. 21,595 on Economic Crimes, effective since 2023, which systematizes economic crimes and environmental offenses, among other provisions, extending the criminal liability of legal entities, strengthening the prosecution of so-called "white-collar crimes," and providing guidelines for defining responsibilities and improving the prevention mechanisms that organizations must maintain to prevent such offenses. In other words, it brings about changes

in terms of an increase in base offenses, the strengthening of penalties, and additional requirements for Crime Prevention Models.

In this context, Balmaceda, Cox y Piña BCP is recognized as a leading law firm in the development and implementation of new compliance strategies and crime prevention models for companies and institutions, following the enactment of Law No. 20,393 (Criminal Compliance) in 2009 and the legislative changes and corporate governance requirements imposed by Law No. 21,595 on economic crimes, effective in Chile since August 2023.

On the other hand, regarding its work in the community, BCP Abogados is a reference point for opinion on criminal litigation and compliance issues. Through its partners, directors, and associate lawyers, it provides its perspective on new legal trends or current legal issues in various contexts, such as through media interviews, opinions, or dialogues, as well as through systematic participation in seminars, conferences, and development spaces to provide information based on its legal expertise and enable society to be better informed and better positioned for decision-making.https://www.linkedin.com/company/bcpabogados/?originalSubdomain=cl

In this context, the firm’s short- and medium-term challenges are aimed at further strengthening its leadership in the legal market in criminal and compliance matters, expanding its legal services to other economic sectors, and continuing to provide relevant information to the market regarding its areas of expertise, with the goal of promoting a more informed society and legal market and contributing to the sustainable development of the country by addressing the specific needs of its clients with a strategic and operational approach to achieving results in its legal practice.

Languagues: Spanish and English.