THE STRENGTH AND VALUE OF THE LAW IN CHILE  FOR FOREIGNERS AND EXPATS

Socially speaking, there is a great complaint from many people that Justice is not working properly in Chile. However, for all our purposes, and in particular for a foreigner, you can not take these Chilean conversations, as synonymous that the ruling is just a matter of influencing the judge, the ruler, or the public officer […]

YOU CAN BE A PARTNER ON A SOCIETY FROM THE START IN CHILE

You can not start a business on your own name. Not at all. Impossible unless you may have a few years living in Chile. However, you can be a partner in a society either with a Chilean or another foreigner. Or the other partner could be a society, Chilean or foreigner. Or create a society […]

LEGAL REPRESENTATION OF A FOREIGN COMPANY IN CHILE

Unless you got a local VISA authorized by the State of Chile, with no less than two years staying on this country, you can not be the legal representative for the company on which you are the owner. Impossible. Most of the time this person would be a lawyer, your partner, an accountant or a […]

REPRESENTING A FOREIGN ENTITY IN CHILE

REPRESENTING A FOREIGN ENTITY IN CHILE A frequent problem is that senior officers or investors buy properties or sign the incorporation as a partner or shareholder of companies on their own name, when they should have done it on the name of the legal entity. I must warn you that the Chilean Internal Revenue Service […]