Legal Advice for a Connected World

We provide comprehensive support for your foreign trade operations to ensure regulatory compliance and optimize your operating costs through the following services:

• Customs planning: Design of strategies to optimize your import and export processes.
• Free Trade Agreements: Application and utilization of current tariff benefits.
• Duty drawback: Management for the recovery of paid customs duties.
• Capital goods: Specialized advice on the entry of machinery and fixed assets.
• Legal reports: Preparation of technical opinions and legal analyses.
• Temporary admission and suspensive regimes: Authorizations, extensions, and other customs procedures.

Optimize timelines and reduce customs duties when processing your operations. The so-called "Rule 1" allows importers to declare and bring into the country large-scale capital goods or machinery combinations that constitute a functional unit, whose parts, pieces, or components must arrive in Chile in fractions, in installments, and over deferred periods due to their volume, logistical complexity, or manufacturing requirements. We advise you and prepare the application for this benefit before the National Customs Service.

You are exempt from paying VAT on the import of capital goods required for the operation of an investment project in Chile if the project value is equal to or greater than USD 5,000,000. This includes the import of parts, pieces, spare parts, and/or accessories included in the project plan.

If you provide services from Chile to foreign countries, we analyze whether they qualify as export services as determined by Customs. If they do, we prepare, submit, and track the qualification application. As a primary benefit, you will be able to issue export invoices exempt from Value Added Tax (19%) on the income received, and you can recover the VAT charged when purchasing goods or contracting services necessary to carry out the export. This makes your prices more affordable and competitive for your clients abroad.

Processing and negotiation of the Waiver of Public Action before the National Customs Service (SNA) in cases of alleged customs offenses such as smuggling, allowing for the early termination of the conflict through the payment of a reduced fine or its complete dismissal.

When Customs formally questions the declared transaction value of your goods (Reasonable Doubt regarding Value). We handle the structuring, compilation, and submission of the evidentiary file required by the authority to justify the price actually paid.

Certified companies will enjoy benefits such as:

1. Deferred payment of customs duties for importers.
2. Significant reduction in inspection channels (physical and documentary).
3. Exclusive points of contact (AEO advocates) within Customs to resolve issues expeditiously.
4. Exemption from proof of origin.

We advise you on preparing your company to apply for this certification. We provide training, procedural corrections, and risk management, and we support you throughout the process with the National Customs Service in the event of any observations.

We assist entrepreneurs and foreign companies in legally establishing their operations in the country, handling the entire corporate structure and the required initial procedures:

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1. Corporate bylaws: Custom drafting of articles of incorporation tailored to your business model.
2. Commercial registry: Full management of legal filings and publications to ensure the company's validity.
3. Tax registration: Processing the commencement of activities and obtaining a tax ID from the tax authority.
4. Powers of attorney and mandates: Structuring, granting, and revoking authority for your legal representatives.
5. Business license: Processing and obtaining the municipal permits required for your operations.

We provide ongoing legal support to adapt your company's structure to market changes or to guide you through the orderly winding down of your corporate operations:
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• Amendment of bylaws: Drafting and processing corporate reforms due to changes in partners, capital increases, or business activities.
• Transformation and merger: Advice on corporate reorganization to optimize your business's legal and operational structure.
• Dissolution of companies: Legal management of the termination of partnership agreements in accordance with current regulations.
• Liquidation processes: Support with inventory, payment of liabilities, and distribution of remaining assets among partners.
• Business closure: Processing and obtaining final termination of activities with the relevant tax authorities.

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We guarantee the legal security of your commercial relationships through the strategic design and review of legal instruments that mitigate risks and protect your intangible assets:
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1. Commercial agreements: Consulting and drafting collaboration agreements aimed at long-term operational alliances.
2. Private contracts: Drafting service provision, distribution, and international sales agreements tailored to your business.
3. Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs): Protecting strategic information, trade secrets, and sensitive data from third parties and potential partners.
4. Contractual risk management: Comprehensive legal review to ensure balanced obligations and prevent future contingencies.

Avoid prolonged cargo delays at the port, minimize the financial impact of penalties, and ensure that authority actions strictly adhere to current legislation. We provide comprehensive legal representation and advice during audits, charges, or complex resolutions issued by the National Customs Service (SNA) and regulatory bodies such as the SAG, SEREMI of Health, and ISP. This includes challenges to fines, regulatory infractions, discrepancies in goods valuation, and seizures.

We provide technical and independent legal representation against unjustified state decisions, seeking the total or partial annulment of improper tax and tariff charges using solid jurisprudential arguments. You can challenge tax assessments, fine resolutions, or other customs actions that affect your rights as an importer or exporter.

Preventive and reactive legal consulting focused on the supply chain. We address conflict resolution arising from cargo claims, contractual disputes in national and international transport, and contingencies or extra costs with off-dock facilities and warehousing companies.